Hodges 4/5/14

[ebomb]

Tough day at Hodges yesterday. First time that I fished the lake and I really like the structure/water color etc just couldn't get the bass to bite. I donated about $40 worth of lures to lake as well which is frustrating. I will definitely be going back to try again in the future. Any tips are appreciated. I threw cranks, spinnerbaits, jigs, and senkos through the course of the day. Water temp was just under 67 degrees.

ebomb

[TUNAVIC]

Been awhile since I've fished there,but last time I went we did ok,we used mostly plastics,big worms,lizards,and other creature baits,no hard baits.

Cya Tuna Vic

[CrouchingNinjaHiddenFish]

Night Crawlers? if not they always work

[bendopolo2004]

8 inch brown worms with blue stripe. Fish them with a split shot and weedless in the narrows. Work them really slow. Twitch and wait. Lots of scent. Good bite in the first hour. Great bite as the afternoon progresses.

[seal]

Lived above the lake in one of those cool old fishing cabins for a couple years. Back then I'd kayak to the dam and drop a white jig or fly line shiners for a little of everything, crappie, LMB's, catfish. Seems everybody liked that white jig, an Asian guy out there turned me onto it and gave me a few, was bummed as hell when I lost the last one. Unfortunately I think they have a bouy line up now by the dam, before you could sit right by the dam and watch the bass chase the baitfish right up onto the dam, fun fishing!

[wildlife]

Haven't fished there in a couple years ,but if the water is high enough we flipped the reeds along the entrance with 8"-10" worms . Spinner baits are good also jerk baits , we also used 3" grubs on dart heads . These 3" Castaic soft baits, not sure what they are called and hard to find worked great . Have also used them at Castaic and Pyramid , lost some really big fish on 6# . If your not in a boat I've seen some big fish caught on shore with crawdads . Good luck , I really like that lake .

[TmBtc12]

I grew up fishing Hodges. Haven't fished it yet this year but from what I've heard, it's been a tough bite. Spinnerbaits and cranks work well this time of year and plastic worms have always done well for me there.