October 9th Trout and Bass Fishing Report

Water temp 72 / no wind / cloudy early then clear / front approaching / temp 65-70

Started at the mouth of the Toxway River and fished up river to bends pulling sutton and badcreek spoons at 70-90 foot of water. Marked good bait at 80 feet with scattered bait on top. Moved to intakes at dam with nothing then to point of fishers knob and up Whitewater River. Several outfitters already in area. Fished till 11:00 with no takers. Never saw any fish caught. Decided to run the bass to get a few fish in the boat. Marked good bait (small) mid-way up Horsepasture and adjoining creek. Jigged spoons and dropshot in 65-70 foot of water. First fish was a spot in 35 foot drifting a bank near mouth of creek. Landed several smaller ones in the area. Moved to middle of Toxaway river and threw to suspended bass around shad schools in 80-130 foot of water. Fished suspending jerk bait and rattle traps. Boated several others with a mix of spots and largemouth. All hit suspendeing jerk baits. Later ran windy banks and caught a nice 3 1/2 pound smallmouth on small strike king colorado blad spinnerbait. Few more small bass were caught and we retired for the day. Clients seemed happy so I was too.

Capt. Frank Askew
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