Mumpys Jigs

Tim Malcolm

I would like to start off by first and foremost thanking Dr. Malcolm for volunteering his Eufaula reports to Southern Sportsman.

For 21 years, Dr. Tim Malcolm owned and operated a veterinary hospital in Americus, Georgia.  Since selling his practice in March of 2005, he has been blessed with the opportunity to pursue one of his other life-long interests, tournament bass fishing on a larger scale. Dr. Tim Malcolm has fished the FLW Tour since 2006 and has had 5 Top 10 Finishes. In 2007 Tim took 1st Place at Lake Eufaula in the BFL Bulldog Division and Finished 3rd in 2008 in the same Tournament one year later.

I hope everyone enjoys his reports and visits often to stay up to date with what the Bass are doing on Lake Walter F. George, Eufaula, Alabama.

July 1st, 2010 report from Lake Eufaula

Tim Malcom Big Bass Caught on 06.12.2010

Conditions on Lake Eufaula are as follows.

The current lake elevation is 189.15.  The water temperature is running in the upper 80′s.  The water on the main lake and in the creeks is clear to slightly stained.  The last month has seen a lot of changes on the lake.  Toward the first part of June, the water was higher than normal for this time of year and there was a huge mayfly hatch.  This resulted in a lot of fish moving up shallow.  Buzz baits, top-water baits, bream-colored shallow crank baits, swim baits and jigs were all productive around the flies and bream that were feeding on them.  By the time of the BFL tournament on June 19 the mayflies were gone and the water had slowly but steadily dropped. This resulted in most of the fish moving offshore.  In the BFL tournament, I was fortunate to catch a dozen or so keepers with the best five weighing 16 1/2 pounds to finish in 8th.  All but one of my fish were caught out of cover I found in practice with my Humming bird 998 side imaging unit.  I have had the unit for several months now, and it has honestly changed the way I am fishing, especially when the fish are on offshore structure.  The majority of the fish were caught on green pumpkin Texas-rigged Big Bite Kreit Tail worms using a 1/2 oz. weight in 8-12 feet of water.  My kicker fish came on a 3/4 oz. PB&J custom jig made with a 6/0 heavy wire Gamakatsu hook and a green pumpkin Big Bite Bait four inch creature bait trailer.  The fish should remain in these offshore areas for the next couple of months, and really start to school up.  Start your search in the 8-12 foot range, but be prepared to fish deeper, especially if no current is present.  If you can stand the heat, the fishing can be as good as it gets, especially during the week when there is current being generated.  As always, enjoy God’s creation, and do your part to help protect it!

Dr. Tim

Tim Malcolm