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Tj
Bronze Ambassador
9/19/21
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
I had success catching smallmouth as well as my personal best Northern Pike on Enemy Swim this past week. The water clarity is quite good and was having some success using small swimbaits. Fish were cruising along weed-line edges, and edges of reed clusters, in the middle to bottom of the water column. You can get good success with a small swimbait like a small spark shad or a zman minnowz on a small jig head.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Forage
Crawfish
Dropshotting and chucking a tube for smallies in 8-17ft look for hard bottom and bait.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crawfish
8/21/2022: We caught a bunch of quality smallmouth and a few quality largemouth. The smallmouth were feeding on craws and the largemouth were chasing bait out a bit deeper. The majority of our fish came in 3-6 ft of water. The thicker the vegetation the thinner material bait id use to get more hook penetration. Black and Blue was the color of choice. The water was stained and that darker presentation made for more bites. We did not catch the numbers we normally do on Enemy Swim, but we had a phenomenal day for quality with our best 5 weighing in at 18.30, which was good enough for first place.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
8/14/2022: The bite on Enemy Swim is good, but inconsistent. We caught slightly below average numbers, but high quality. We covered a lot of ground with a Rat L Trap and Spinnerbait, but once the sun came up the dock bite was on fire. We found multiple docks that reloaded with high quality fish. The fish were aggressive and would hit anything that could be skipped under a dock. We caught both largemouth and smallmouth, with an average fish of 2.75 - 3 lbs.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water temp mid 70s, cracking a tube and dragging a dropshot in 15+ around good rock
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
75°
Fish were set up on rock piles in 20 feet of water. All fish were caught dragging and stroking tubes of the bottoms. Darker color tubes with flake we’re producing well compared to liter colors.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Crawfish
Water temp low 70s, flipping grass for big smallies in 3-9ftow.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water temp low 70s, cranking and winding around the bays in 5 or less ftow, just keep the trolling motor down and keep casting