Fishing Report for Largemouth Bass using Neko Rigs in Spring (Pre-Spawn)

Item: Lake Norman
Author: Riley Bowen

Riley Bowen

Blue Ambassador

4/11/22

Lake Norman

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill

We caught bass skipping true center sticks both with a Neko rig setup and a weightless texas rig up under docks ranging from 6 inches to 17 feet deep. I literally would wait and watch the bass chase the bait all the way to the bottom as it slowly sunk, and then as soon as it touched the bottom they would eat it. If it was anything more than 1/16 oz, they wouldn't eat it for us. Not usually an issue I run into but we had them pretty dialed to catch numbers during this tournament. Fish seemed to be isolated on the dock posts rather than way up under the docks. Especially in marinas. We didn't have to worry about skipping things way up under boats and working it out, we would legitimately make one cast at each support post on the outside of the docks, and that's where we were getting bit. I have the youtube footage to prove it, which I will release in the next couple weeks. We were catching fish anywhere from 15 inches up to 3.5 pounds. We caught one 15 incher that had 2 3 pounders and a 6 pounder chase it out when I hooked it.

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