Osborne Chain-of-Lakes

Good fishing should continue through September for bluegill and redear sunfish as they continue to spawn through the months of summer. Look for bedding areas with a shallow, sandy bottom and areas that provide cover to be the most productive. Baits such as live grass shrimp, crickets, and red wigglers will produce good results from many of the shoreline access points. Catfish can be caught on chicken liver or live worms throughout the summer by fishing the bottom. Largemouth bass will retreat to the deeper areas of the lake as the summer heat intensifies. Rat-L-Traps and crank baits seem to work for the deeper areas once the sun gets up, but plastic worms or jigs can also be productive in the deeper holes. Early mornings may find bass using the edge of the vegetation particularly near patches of eel grass scattered throughout the lake. The summer heat will drive sunshine bass to the deep refuges in the lake and will provide little or no action. Crappie fishing should also be slow until we see cooler weather again around October. Mayan cichlids and peacock bass should be active during the summer months when water temperatures are typically warmest. These exotic fishes will bite throughout the day, even into middle of the day when fishing for natives will often slow down.