Sardis

Sardis is on a slow fall with water temps in the low 90s. With water temps that high most lakes will slow down in terms of numbers of fish caught. Sardis, however, has many deep channels and standing timber in deep water for fish to hold to. Crappie fishing is excellent when trolling Strike King Series 3 crankbaits in shad colors. Troll these cranks from the mouth of Clear Creek to the dam. White bass action is also excellent early and late on main lake points on shallow crank baits in shad colors, especially during “jumps.” When the fish go down, use tailspin baits. Bass fishing has been good early in the morning on Sammy topwater baits. Fish from Hurricane Creek down to the lower Graham Lake area. During the day use Carolina-rigs with Yum craws around Pat’s Bluff and Cole’s Point. The best fishing, however, is at night. You avoid the extreme heat and land more fish. Most night anglers are using Texas-rigged 10-inch Yum black neon worms. Catfish action is best around riprap and boat ramps using cut shad and chicken livers. You can land lots of catfish from the bank all around Sardis. Clear Creek has many areas to access the water on foot. Take a lawn chair, insect repellant, a box of night crawlers or any other favorite catfish bait. Find a shady spot and set out about three poles. Pretty soon they’ll all be bending over from the tug of Sardis channel cats. At Clear Creek, you’ll be able to fill a stringer before the gar find your line and rob you of your bait. Bream fishing is very good from Piney Point to Black Water Creek along the bank using crickets. August fishing will be pretty much the same. Determining factors will be water level, extreme highs (not likely) and extreme lows (not uncommon).