The bass bite on Cedar Creek has been pretty consistent the last couple of weeks, with great fishing on the lower lake, and tough fishing at mid lake. On Monday, November 17th, I caught 16 bass on the lower lake, and 4 big crappie. One thing about bass fishing docks with finesse baits, you can also catch some big crappie. Small bass baits are also big crappie baits. Best bass of the day weighed 4.52 pounds. I kept the 3 best crappie for dinner.

On Wednesday, the 19th, I only managed 9 bass mid lake, but once again, caught some really nice size crappie. I kept 3 more, so did a good job of restocking my freezer that week.

This Tuesday, I visited the lower lake again, and caught 32 bass. As usual, I caught some fish in a Finesse TRD, but the best bait of the day was a 4″ Jerk Shadz. Shaking my rod as I retrieved it did the trick. Yesterday, I fished at mid lake, and found a very tough bite. The wind blew much harder than forecast, and I just couldn’t get many bites in the areas that I was able to fish. There were lots of people on docks, to be expected on Black Friday, and that kept me from fishing some of my more productive docks. I only caught 3 bass, 2 crappie, 1 drum, 1 hybrid, and a handful of white bass. But yesterday’s 3 bass were nice ones. Two went over 3 pounds, and the other was a 5.46 pounder. I won’t complain too much about any day where I catch a 5 pounder.

A 4.52 pound bass from November 17th.

Yesterday’s 5.46 pound beauty.