Sizzling Santee Action

The hot air temps made the fishing conditions less than pleasurable, but the bite more than made up for the arid conditions. I made two trips this week as is the norm. Thursday solo, Friday my bud Tommy joined forces with me. The shallow bite was off compared to weeks prior, but the mid range depths of 12-14 feet held plenty of fish. We are also seeing our deeper, main channel brush began to pay off nicely as well. Schools of small bait fish are being seen by the millions, as the shad fry are schooling near our structure. We fished with both jigs and minnows. Jigs seemed to have the upper hand during the early parts of the day, with the minnow bite heating up as the sun got high. Blue skirt/green wing Rooty Tooty 309's seemed to be the best color jig. Being persistent this time of year is key, as some brush will be void of fish while others will be loaded. Limit catches were had on both days, along with a nice tan line. As we do so often, we took the time to sweeten a hole or two with fresh brush, along with establishing a few new ones. No pics were taken on Thursday, but the results were similar.



A fine specimen caught by Tommy.



Friday's cooler shot.



My smiling face framed by two slabs.