Lake Seminole Fishing Report 04.25.11

 

 

 

 

Bass fishing is good. The shad are spawning early in the morning in shallow grass. To catch bass on the shad spawn, a spinnerbait and a top water are hard to beat. For a spinnerbait, you need double willow blades to imitate shad. For any top water opt for a Spro Dawg 100 in Old Glory. For this technique, use a long rod and Sunline FX2 braided line in order to make really long casts for fish that may come up busting shad. The shad spawn usually only lasts for the first 30 minutes or so in the morning, and then you have to go to a different technique. There are quite a few patterns running on the lake right now, but one good way to catch fish is to stay shallow and fish around thick cover such as grass and lily pads. The post-spawn fish are hanging around shallow cover recovering from the spawn and they can be caught on frogs or small swim baits. A Spro Bronzeye 65 in Nasty Shad is a good bait to use. Also a Big Bite Baits Cane Thumper is working great on Seminole. For color stay with something that resembles a shad or a shellcracker. Rig the Cane Thumper on a 6/0 Weighted Gamakatsu Superline Hook. The weighted hook allows the bait to be swam either on top of the vegetation, or you can let is sink down in the holes and fish it slow.