Thread: Tensaw

Fish are still a in deeper water though moving in a bit. You can find big singles once in a while in 3'-4' around stumps. Schools were in 6'-8' suspended around 3'-4' on isolated submerged structure. The schools were smaller fish. All in the 9"-10" range. After this cold front the moon phase should push the bigger pre-spawn fish into the shallows. They'll hit jigs but seemed to want minnows more. Tried every color combo known to man from 1/8 oz to 1/64 oz heads with very little success. Minnows were way more productive.



This is the start of my second season fishing this area. I predominantly fish the Tombigbee a little to the north and further up. Always heard about the fishing down this way (closer to home) but just never tried it. Decided to give it a try this past summer and found lots of fish and good numbers of nice fish, but did find one oddity for late summer, fall, and winter fishing. The fish around this river seem to shy away from structure that is attached to the banks such as fallen trees. I'm checking every tree I see fallen from the bank with its trunk/roots still on the bank and body/top in the water from the bank out to 15'+ water. Not a fish one on any of them regardless of depth up and down the tree. Finding isolated structures not attached to the bank in same depths that are loaded with fish. First time I've experienced this. Don't seem to have that issue on the Tom. As long as part of the structure is in the depth the fish want over there, they're on it.

A bit of the learning curve, but now I don't waste a bunch of time checking trees on the bank. I do a quick scan on them just to keep them honest, but dedicate the majority of my time searching for isolated submerged structure. Great thing about technology now is the ability run down scan, side scan, and live scope on the split screen simultaneously.

I always catch more off the submerged brush than what you can see. I think the visible laydowns get hit by every angler while the submerged stuff doesn't get hit as hard.