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July Fishing


Well, anglers, the heat is on but don't let that discourage you from getting out and taking advantage of the awesome fishing right now!  With the increase of water temps, the fish begin to feed early and late in the day. Speckled trout tend to follow this pattern more than other species that we target during the summer months.  As water temps increase during the day, fish tend to slow down some unless you follow this one rule of thumb. When temps increase, you increase the depth that you fish!!! That’s right the warmer the water the deeper you need to present your bait.  I love to fish shallow early with artificial baits like MirrOlure She Dogs and She Pups in the bone and silver patterns, but if you are a live bait angler then you need to fish around islands and reefs early with VersaMaxx Bolt Corks. Try popping the corks every 3-5 seconds but try not moving the cork, leave a little slack in the line and pop.  The reason for this is you want to call the fish to your cork with the noise, with temps high strike zones increase so fish will move greater distances to find food but if you keep moving it they will tend to lose interest.
As temps increase you want to move to deeper Bayous, Rigs or Reefs where water movement is more likely.  Deeper areas will have cooler waters, more salinity, and higher oxygen content. Majority of baits are filter feeders and will likely be in moving water, predator fish will know this and begin feeding in those areas.  Using Drop Shot Rigs, Carolina Rigs and Free-lining bait will allow you to present your baits properly at deeper parts of the water column. Don’t forget that VersaMaxx Bolts offer you the ability to change depth up to 6 feet!  This could allow you to suspend your bait just off the bottom by a couple feet offering fish your bait where other anglers can’t!!! Good luck during the month of July, the fishing is always awesome but you have to get up early to catch the bite!
Capt. Charlie Thomason

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