Lake Ouachita

Bassmaster Weekend Series on Lake Ouachita, Arkansas this weekend, Here are some are of the trails I want check out. It's a grass lake so I should be able to find the fish. The water level is 10' high so that may effect their location, I suspect the big bass will still be caught deep but reports are some bass are up shallow in the brush. Leaving tomorrow with one day of practice for tournament on Saturday.




Update:
Fishing is a lot tougher than I thought it would be. There is a morning topwater bite then it gets tough. The water is a lot warmer than was reported and I haven't found the deep water fish, I haven't seen any grass or Lilly pads high water... some bass shallow but not really in the brush. I have a plan but well just have see how it goes, will be on the water earlier than today so maybe that will make a difference. Going hunting for shade and deep water before noon it was very hot, light wind on main lake felt good. So far thin spawned out bass 3lb best today? Very small field. I practiced on the two trails left/center.

Update:

I fished all new water today on Lake Ouachita, I fished the trail I laid out on the right. The fishing didn't go as well as I had hoped. I didn't catch enough fish to get in the money. No topwater bite for me. But my friend Larry Havaila won on the co-angler side using his Pop-R that he was using in practice. As strange as it sounds it didn't appear the bass would bite topwater in the shade, I guess that's where I went wrong in the morning? My co-angler threw a popper most of morning with no bites. The bait that I chose today was a Berkley Heavy Weight stick worm rigged wacky style on Trokar circle hook. I only had two keepers and got one step closer to Regionals on the Red River. I just didn't get the bites I needed. I did finally find some grass but got there too late in the day. I boated every fish that bit, just not the quality I needed for a limit. A little under 14lbs won...I just needed a limit of 3's. sometimes it's harder than it sounds. My other two friends Chris Megee and Mike Phar finished 3rd/4th...I finished 19th not so good with 2 bass. It was very hot and guys struggled to keep fish alive, Chris lost 4 otherwise he would have finished 2nd. My bass were healthier than when I caught them. I hope to make amends on the 2day championship on the same lake in August.