Hello from your Lake Jennings! Contrarians had the most success this weekend for bass and cats. The back end of Eagle Cove and Shadow Cove each produced double limits of cats while the old standby’s Hermit Cove and Siesta Cove were spotty. A very effective strategy for bass was beating the brush with topwater stuff right at dawn and dusk.

Best Trout Spots: Middle of the lake.

Best Trout Lures/Bait: Nightcrawlers drifted about 40 to 80 feet down.

Best Catfish Spots: The bird trees, Shadow and Eagle Coves and anywhere there is brush in the water.

Best Catfish Lures/Bait: Nightcrawlers are really working well or mackerel. Use scent liberally.

Best Bass Spots: Dawn and dusk tight on the bank. Daylight finds them in 20 to 30 ft. off the points chasing shad.

Best Bass Lures/Bait: 16” Texas worms, frogs, Pop R’s.

Notables: Fri., Ondre Piernas, 10-4 channel cat, bird trees, Bonita.

Water Temperature: 70-72 degrees.

Prognosis: Not to pat myself on the back but this prognosis was right on target, and I expect that this lack of pattern will hold.All the fish seem to be scattered. The worst strategy seems to be sitting in one spot. Move when you’re not catching fish, and move right after you catch fish.

Current Schedule: We will be open Friday from 5:00 p.m. – 11:45 p.m., Saturday from 5:30 a.m. – 11:45 p.m. and Sunday from 5:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Holiday Schedule: We will be open Friday, July 4th from 5:30 p.m. – Midnight.

Discounted Sunday Boat Rental: We have created a twilight special for our motorboats. After 4:00PM on Sundays, motorboats can be rented for $20.00. That gives you over 4 hours of primetime fishing.

FREE Fishing Classes: Lake Jennings Fishing University will hold a fishing class this Sunday at 1:00 p.m. The classes concentrate on what is working best. This week’s class will talk about fishing cats. Most importantly, the classes are FREE! Ranger Hugh will be the professor.

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