Trapped? In August?


When I think of fishing a Rattle Trap, I think of springtime mornings over the top of budding grass beds. I never really think of fishing a trap in the middle of the dog days of summer. Go with what works, I say, and don't be afraid to take a chance on a new possibility.


We unloaded the boat at Carters Lake and launched well before daylight and made our way to the first shoal marked with numerous bouey markers. We threw some various cranbaits off the edges of the shoals of rock with no luck. Fish were blowing up all around us on the shoals, but never really got on them too good. Actually, we didn't get on them at all.


Daylight came and we motored to the next hump of bouey markers and shoals of rock. This time we decided to try another trick that worked back in May. I tied on a trap and Zack, which is pictured with my fish, tied on a worm. I made a few casts and hooked up on a nice three pound spot. Two casts later, another spot. This time, it was a four pound spot. We fished it out with no more bites, but what a nice start to on good sack of fish. We fished on and caught another good spot on a Deep Little N and Zack added a three pound chunk of his own on a trick worm.


We ended the day with seven keepers caught in depths from 3-25 feet deep. Be as versitile as you can in August. It may just work out that the last three months of patterns comes back into play.