A MID OCTOBER WHITE BASS. LAKE LURE HAS AN EXCELLENT WHITE BASS FISHERY.

• WELCOME TO 2008!!! I AM FINALLY MAKING SOME MUCH OVERDUE UPDATES TO MY WEBSITE.  I PLAN TO KEEP CURRENT FISHING REPORTS POSTED. I ALSO PLAN ON KEEPING YOUR (AND A FEW OF MY) PICS POSTED.

•  AFTER A DOWNWARD SLIDE FROM 2003 TO 2006, THE FISHING ON LAKE LURE WAS MUCH IMPROVED IN 2007. LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING SAW GOOD CRAPPIE AND WHITE BASS FISHING. LATE SPRING WAS SLOW OVERALL TILL THE SUMMER BITE KICKED IN. THIS WAS HIGHLIGHTED FOR ME WITH A 6LB. 6 OZ. SMALLMOUTH EARLY ON A MAY MORNING. FISHING WAS VERY GOOD WITH SOME GOOD LARGEMOUTH AND BIG WHITE BASS TILL LATE AUGUST. THE BITE WAS RATHER POOR TILL A GREAT DECEMBER CRAPPIE BITE. AND AS OF THE LAST DAY OF JANUARY 2008 THE BIG CRAPPIE SEEM TO BE HOLDING THEIR OWN.

• THE RATHER POOR FISHING IN PREVIOUS YEARS HAS MADE IT VERY HARD TO PREDICT THE FISHING. BUT THE TOWN OF LAKE LURE IS MAKING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE FISHING. I GUESS WE'LL SEE WHAT THE REST OF 2008 HOLDS FOR THE LAKE LURE FISHING.

• FEBRUARY WAS TOUGH AS USUAL. THE CRAPPIE BITE SLOWED A BIT AND THE BASS BITE WAS WELL BELOW PAR. MARCH HAS BROUGHT A FEW LARGEMOUTHS IN THE BOAT ALONG WITH SOME HUGE PRESPAWN PERCH. THE WATER TEMP IS HOVERING AROUND 45 DEGREEES BUT WITH A FEW WARM DAYS AND NIGHTS THE TEMP SHOULD START HEADING TOWARD THE 49 DEGREE MARK AND THE CRAPPIE AND WHITE BASS SHOULD START HEADING SHALLOW TO PREPARE TO SPAWN. HOPE TO SEE SOME SMALLIES SHOWING UP SOON. MARCH IS PROBABLY THE MOST TRANSITIONAL MONTH OF THE YEAR. FISH CHANGE HABITS AND LOCATIONS MORE AND ARE EFFECTED MORE BY COLD SNAPS THIS MONTH THAN ANY OTHER MONTH.

• ITS NOW THE 1ST WEEK OF APRIL. MID MARCH SAW THE WHITE BASS AND CRAPPIE BITE HEAT UP. AFTER A COUPLE OF VERY GOOD WEEKS, THE BITE SLOWED AROUND THE FULL MOON (AS USUAL). THE LARGEMOUTH AND SMALLMOUTH ARE LATE AGAIN THIS YEAR. A 6 LB. 13 OZ. LARGEMOUTH WAS A WELCOME MEMBER IN THE BOAT ON A STORMY MARCH SATURDAY THOUGH. THE BASS ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP ON THE BANKS AND IN COVES INDICATING THE SPAWN SHOULD BE ON THE FULL MOOM IN APRIL. LOOKS LIKE WE STILL HAVE SOME GOOD PRESPAWN FISHING AHEAD.

• MAY 13TH. THE BASS FISHING HAS BEEN EXCELLENT FOR ABOUT 4 WEEKS NOW. GOOD NUMBERS OF LARGEMOUTH AND A FEW SMALLIES. THE FISH ARE THRU SPAWNING AND ARE FEEDING TO REGAIN SOME WIEGHT. TODAY WAS A LITTLE TOUGHER AFTER A STRONG FRONT BLEW THRU YESTERDAY THOUGH. MY CLIENTS STILL MANAGED TO BOAT 10 OR 11 (DEPENDS ON WHO WAS COUNTING : )THE FISH WILL SOON BE HEADING FOR THEIR SUMMER TIME HANGOUTS. I HAVEN'T DONE ANY CRAPPIE FISHING DUE TO THE GOOD BASS BITE. THE LARGEMOUTH FISHING USUALLY SLOWS DOWN FOR A WEEK OR TWO THIS TIME OF YEAR AS THEY TRANSITION FROM SHALLOW WATER TO DEEP WATER. WATER TEMPS ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60'S. THE BLUEGILL AND SHELLCRACKERS ARE ON THE BANKS AND SEEM TO BE BITING.

• JUNE 12TH. ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SUMMER FOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKS BUT I THINK ITS A LITTLE EARLY. IT FINALLY COOLED OFF TO THE UPPER 90'S YESTERDAY AFTER 3 STRAIT DAYS OF TEMPS OF 102+!!! THE EARLY MORNING TRIPS ALLOW YOU TO MISS THE MOST OF THE HEAT. THE FISH ARE STILL BITING FAIRLY WELL. THE WHITE BASS HAVE BIT GOOD WHEN YOU CAN FIND THEM. THESE FISH ARE PULLING MACHINES AND WORTH A LITTLE TIME SPENT TO FIND THEM. THE LARGEMOUTH ARE BITING BUT YOU HAVE TO EARN THEM. WATER TEMPS IN THE MID 80'S MAKES THEM A LITTLE LAZY BUT WILL STILL BITE A PROPERLY PLACED LURE. THE BIG SHELLCRACKERS (BREAM) ARE STILL BITING GOOD. THEY USUALLY COOPERATE WHEN NOTHING ELSE WILL.  

HERE'S MY WIFE AMANDA WITH 13 LAKE LURE CRAPPIE CAUGHT ON A LATE DECEMBER AFTERNOON.