Lake Okeechobee Bass Fishing Reports

Clewiston-----The lake level is at 13.42 above sea level and still rising, and the lake is changing daily. The bass are moving back in the grass and areas that were to shallow to fish a week ago are starting to produce some good bass. The area around the mouth of Uncle Joe's Cut where it meets the lake has been good for numbers of bass the size has been kind of small with an average fish weighing two pounds, this area is best with a north or northeast wind to create current down the cut. Crankbaits and Senkos have been working best with junebug color working the best for the Senkos and firetiger color for the crankbaits. With the water rising you are able to get back into Cochran's Pass now and I watch some nice bass being caught last weekend in the area but there was a lot of boats fishing around the mouth of Cochran's and this seems to be where the bass are and if this water continues to rise we should be able to get back in toward Moonshine Bay and there should be some bass in here. For the most part no one has been in Moonshine since after Easter and if the water gets up around fourteen foot above sea level we should be able to get back in this area without a problem and these fish haven't seen a lure or a boat for four to five months. The area from Cochran's Pass south to the shoal has been slow but we have caught a few nice bass up to six pounds on the outside grass line using a Senko and letting it just lay on the bottom a technique that is called dead sticking, it takes a lot of patients but the quality of the fish is worth it. Again a Senko is the bait to use in this area with green pumpkin color working best as the water here is very clear, and don't forget to put a little Mega Strike fish attractant on your Senkos to get these bass to hold on just a little longer so that you can get a good hookset.
The West Wall continues to be good but the bass are moving to the inside of the grass and I have been catching these bass on 10" Berkley Power Worm in junebug color, green pumpkin Senkos and Gambler Cane Toads in Ghost Shad color. The Cane Toad seems to work best in the afternoon around the sparse grass patches and the worms has been working all day long. The area around the Hogpen is looking good but all that I can catch are small bass but there is a lot of them. The Football Field south of Clewiston has been good one day and the next day you go in here you might only catch a couple fish, not sure what is going on in here except the water in here can get dirty if the wind blows off the lake strong for more than one day. Be sure to watch for logs in the rim canal south of Clewiston, with the water rising some of the logs that were sticking out of the water last week are now just under the surface.
For you tournament bass angler don't forget the Super Bucks Bass Tournament out of Clewiston is coming up on September 24th and the Grand Prize is $10,000 guaranteed, to register stop in at Scott Martin's Anglers Marina and pick up an entry form or call 1-800-413-9899 for more details.
Bass Wishes
Capt. Scott Martin / Capt. Mark King