{"id":4035,"date":"2026-08-09T22:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=4035"},"modified":"2026-08-09T22:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:33:26","slug":"inks-lake-fishing-report-august-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/08\/09\/inks-lake-fishing-report-august-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inks Lake Fishing Report \u2013 Offshore Rock &amp; Gizzard Shad Pattern (August 8, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inks Lake is offering water temperatures around 83 degrees, with water clarity varying throughout the lake from stained to clear and a water level approximately 1 foot below full pool. The best fishing has shifted toward offshore rock structure, where schools of bass are concentrating around the lake\u2019s large gizzard shad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A variety of presentations have been effective, including River2Sea Rovers, finesse worms on drop-shot rigs and shaky heads, Texas-rigged 10-inch worms, urchin style baits, and large swimbaits. Once a school is located, rotating through different presentations has been key to keeping the fish fired up and generating additional bites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Big Bass Score = 4; Numbers Score = 3;&nbsp;<strong>Total = 7<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inks Lake is offering water temperatures around 83 degrees, with water clarity varying throughout the lake from stained to clear and a water level approximately 1 foot below full pool. The best fishing has shifted toward offshore rock structure, where schools of bass are concentrating around the lake\u2019s large gizzard shad. A variety of presentations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[142,242,159,144,143,147,191,243,204,245,201,174,244,186],"class_list":["post-4035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-inks-lake","tag-drop-shot-fishing-bass","tag-gizzard-shad-bass-fishing","tag-highland-lakes-fishing","tag-inks-lake","tag-inks-lake-bass-fishing","tag-inks-lake-fishing-report","tag-offshore-bass-fishing","tag-offshore-rock-fishing","tag-schooling-bass-fishing","tag-shaky-head-fishing","tag-summer-bass-fishing","tag-swimbait-fishing-bass","tag-texas-rig-worm-fishing","tag-topwater-bass-fishing","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4036,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4035\/revisions\/4036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}