I am fishing our first tournament of the year this Saturday. Problem is I haven't fished this lake in about two months. So I wanted to get an opinion on what you guys would do. Weather has been relatively warm past two weekends moving the fish up but this Saturday its supposed to be cold and rainy, about 50. I plan on throwing crankbaits and jerk baits but you guys have any other tips or advice? The lake is blue ridge lake in Georgia if you want to google a map of it. Thanks in advance.

stick to rock banks if there is any cus they hold heat the best and if it was me jerk ur arm off and if the water temps are in the mid to upper 50s try a crank bait also u know the lake and the colors but i fish cold and thats what works for me and try shaky head or texas rig what ever works and stick to the basics. work on retrieve slow soft twitches to hard twitches. i like jerk pause jerk jerk pause jerk pause jerk jerk jerk pause kinda sing it in my head sounds weird but works hope this helps man and good luck. or slow roll a spinner bait but yeah try that

long points basically anything with a flat that drops off holds fish cus they can come up fast to get bait fish and go back to the warmer water

stick to rock banks if there is any cus they hold heat the best and if it was me jerk ur arm off and if the water temps are in the mid to upper 50s try a crank bait also u know the lake and the colors but i fish cold and thats what works for me and try shaky head or texas rig what ever works and stick to the basics. work on retrieve slow soft twitches to hard twitches. i like jerk pause jerk jerk pause jerk pause jerk jerk jerk pause kinda sing it in my head sounds weird but works hope this helps man and good luck. or slow roll a spinner bait but yeah try that

 

 

long points basically anything with a flat that drops off holds fish cus they can come up fast to get bait fish and go back to the warmer water

Thanks for such an awesome reply. There are several rocky banks that ill keep in my mind. Thanks again for the tips.

so how did it go what worked and what didnt?

so how did it go what worked and what didnt?

tried jerkbaits mostly but couldnt get bit. Then found some largemouth under very shallow docks so we skipped flukes and thats how we caught our only three fish. very tough for us, but the winner managed to have a 16lb bag! 

dang well atlest u figured them out some what did u find out how they got the 16lb bag

dang well atlest u figured them out some what did u find out how they got the 16lb bag

 

Nope they kept it their secret, which is understandable. They had a 5.4 spot for a kicker though 

Bet they threw the rig

tried jerkbaits mostly but couldnt get bit. Then found some largemouth under very shallow docks so we skipped flukes and thats how we caught our only three fish. very tough for us, but the winner managed to have a 16lb bag! 

That pattern didnt hold up simply because only a few bass moved under the docks. I would have suggested throwing a jerkbait off rocky points and also watching for transitions that continue into the water. To get a big fish I would have said to  throw an a rig. 

That would been my tactic too.

That pattern didnt hold up simply because only a few bass moved under the docks. I would have suggested throwing a jerkbait off rocky points and also watching for transitions that continue into the water. To get a big fish I would have said to  throw an a rig.