Lake level is 1068.72 (2.28 feet below full pool) with water temps around 84-86 degrees and clear water conditions, but will increase with recent hot weather. From the way the lake is setting up this summer be prepared for an early turnover again this year, so keep your eyes open for some early top water, but the more consistent September Striper fishing will be to get out there and pull lead core. Lead core is a braided line that has a lead center making the line heavy so that you can get a jig or spoon down to the depths that the stripers will be at. This can also be done with Cannon downriggers. The 8-10 pound ball will get that lure down to a targeted depth even easier and with much less line out. This year the 1 1\2oz Striper Tackle Super Shad Spin in white with white trailer on sunny days and chartreuse with chartreuse sparkle on the cloudier days have been the go to jigs all summer. One of our Striper Tackle pro staff guys is dipping the white shad trailer in a bit of chartreuse Spike It Dip N Glo for a bit of both colors. The Fat Hawg spoon in Nickel/ Silver Flash or Pearl has been very good on lead core as well. The Capt Mack’s Mini Mack with blades will continue to catch fish as a trolled lure in Sept too. All three of these baits should be pulled behind the boat at 2.5-3 mph and 7-9 colors back depending on the depth that you are marking fish on your Humminbird graph or 50-75 feet behind the Canon downrigger ball. Each color represents approximately 2.5 to 3.5 feet of depth when pulling on lead core and 3-5 feet of additional depth below the downrigger ball. The stripers will be scattered over the trees and in the middle of creek channels like Big, Six Mile, Two Mile, Young Deer, Bald Ridge, and Shoal in 60-130 feet of water from the mouth to half way back in the creek. They will also be on the river channel from 100-150 feet later in the day. The bait bite will still be good and the only changes from Aug will be to concentrate in 90-140’ of water and to increase leader length to 9-11 feet of 10# fluorocarbon leader. The herring are not living well on the hook below 30 feet so take lots of bait if you are going to only rely on bait to catch fish.
The world invites a few making the rest feel unworthy. Jesus invites the whole world making everyone worthy. He did not come to this world to be with the highbrow religious people, he came and ministered to the worst of the worst. In Luke 7:36-50 we see Jesus at a dinner party where a most likely prostitute comes and washes his feet and then the religious person, in indignation, says how can he be the Messiah if he is letting this person touch him. Jesus then explains to the man that she has done all these things for him and that the man has done none of these things to show his love and respect. Your past doesn’t prevent you from being invited to God’s party. Your faith, like the lady’s, will allow your sins to be forgiven.
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