Bass-O-Rama awaits night owls, early risers

• Published August 12, 2008

A bass lake is a special place in August -- if you're there when the light is low and the jetskiers are asleep or gassing up their water-churning machines.

The water is warm and rich with bass food -- frogs, little fish, crayfish and bugs. But bass will happily whack a floating fly rod popper or a chugging surface plug lobbed out to a nice weedline with a spinning or casting rod.

A lot of these flies and lures don't look like natural foods -- they look more like space aliens -- but the hungry bass are ready to eat.

It's a small price to get up before the sun -- or stay out in the evening twilight -- to see a bass blow up on your lure.

Now is the time to get out there....

Chester Allen