skeet reese bass tips for high water levels in california fisheries

skeet reese bass tips for high water levels in california fisheries

C w f i H i t s h h A i S n N g k t e G h e r t o I u N R g e h G es th e e WA

of California

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his past winter’s storms have etched their

mark on the Golden State. Many of California’s

popular fisheries will hold water levels not

seen in recent memory. It is anticipated that the remarkable changes will add another piece to our

angler’s ever-changing, bass-catching puzzle. It is

a notion that many anglers have been considering–

including one of the State’s Elite Series pros – Skeet

Reese.

“This year fishing is going to be much different than

the past 10-years,” said Reese, who makes his home in

Auburn, Calif. “Bait selection is going to be different and

bait colors are going to be different. We will have

more water color and more habitat in the

water.

“There is going to be a lot of flooded

dead grasses, buck brush and shoreline

stuff that is underwater now; but hasn’t

been subsurface in many years. When

we get these full pools, the fish are going

to have habitat that they haven’t had in

a long, long time. I think that is going to

make it a shallow water fishing paradise.

It’s not going to be your traditional dropshot,

finesse techniques that it has been for some

time now.”

30-POUND LIMITS AND RECORD CATCHES

Although the Bassmaster Elite Series will have Reese competing on waters away from the West

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