Surface Sizzlers

Most fishermen approach July as a month when bass are deep, but a Shearon Harris expert knows how to reach out and touch them on top.

While waiting for a visiting angler, Chili the Wonder Dog took guide Jeff Thomas for a walk around the parking lot at the Merry Oaks boat ramp at Shearon Harris Lake as the sun burned through the daylight fog last July 10.

It didn’t appear to be a great day for fishing. The temperature had zoomed into the 90s and spent a week there, slowing the bite, so Thomas, a bass pro from nearby Broadway, wanted to get an early start, along with Chili.

“I’m gonna show you something not a lot of people know who fish Harris know about,” Thomas said when his party finally arrived.Click here to read more on Surface Sizzlers