FISHING
Hungry bass and still-warm water temperatures should make for some great action to be had this month on Southern California lakes. (BILL SCHAEFER)
BASS ON THE PROWL FALL’S STILL-WARM WATERS, FISH FEEDING UP FOR WINTER COULD SPARK GREAT SHORELINE ACTION By Capt. Bill Schaefer
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s I wrote this, the remnants of Tropical Storm Kay passed through Southern California, dropping some much-needed rain. With that precipitation, maybe the region’s lakes will take in some more water and rise a bit.
The weather has still been very warm with this burst of rain, with temperatures remaining over 80 degrees. That should keep the lakes’ water temps up in the 70- to 80-degree range. And as water heats up each day, so will the morning topwater bite at most lakes around the Southland.
Bass are schooling up into wolf packs, roaming the shallows and eating everything in their path. Schools of bass fry and shad and bluegill fingerlings will be swallowed up by these hungry fish. A trip down the bank in the gray light of morning could produce some fun action and larger bass. In the shadows and low
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