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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
Caught a 13 inch and a 15 inch. A few smaller ones but was a good day all in all from the kayak. Normally a hard bite at this location and was surprised. Rod I used is a Cadence CR7 medium heavy. They don’t have those to select here. Not too bad of a rod.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Rip Rap
Water Temperature
56°
Smaller fish. They tend to bite along the shoreline.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Reef
Always seem to do good here with the bandit 200. The model I use isn’t shown. It is called a “splatterback”. It is a crappie profile. The actual bait is shown next to one of the fish. I have found that on this body of water it has a large white crappie population. Bass feed on the crappie and the crappie feed on the bass fry in the spring after hatch. It is an ongoing cycle it seems. Water is getting colder and I was burning this through the water on the faster 8.1.1 reel and not the 7.1 to get reaction bites close to the shoreline after they followed it in.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Not much happening. This one one of two that I caught today. Still lots of vegetation around the edges where they are feeding on bluegill. Still quite hot but the temps are going down in the evening. Water is still low. Hoping for more rain soon to bring back water levels.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Wasn’t a lot biting. A few crappie and this guy. Was dragging along the edge of rock and he hammered it. Water is still very low but they appear to be working on correcting the issues with the overflow. Hopefully will be done soon.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Water Temperature
89°
It is hot! Got lucky this guy even bit. Water continues to be very low and that hasn’t helped the water temperatures. Fish are typically very deep right now according to the Garmin. Tiny bass fry are still feeding in the shallows though.
Species
CrappieSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Stumps
Water Temperature
88°
Seems all fish are deep at the moment. Caught 5-6 a foot or so off bottom in 10-12 feet deep. Drop shot was the only way to get them to bite. They are still apparently still feeding on bass fry that can be seen in the shallows. Heat is miserable for the fish and for those fishing! Water is still very low.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Brush Piles
Water Temperature
54°
Took a while to figure out what they wanted to eat but finally did it. Caught 5-6 about the same size along with some smaller ones as well. Was a good day for only being out about 4 hours. Windy conditions and was around 55 degrees. Then turned off cold with rain before calling it a day.
