Fishing Reports
295 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
58°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
67°
Was throwing around some brush piles in a cove. Around 6-8 feet deep. Threw this neon bomber and caught a good one.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
64°
Several good fish coming off of secondary points in bays. They wanted the bait burned by them to get them to eat though. Fishing slow was not an option to get bit. The Shimano mastiff fc has held up well for all techniques I have tried it with and this was no exception. All of my fish were on a lipless in 2-4ft.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
Practice for the Tackle Warehouse Invitational on Ky And Barkley. I was able to catch a lot of fish on the Wacky Rig during practice.. I was using the 12lb Mastiff as my leader and it worked great. They really wanted the black and blue Berkeley General. Skip it out in front of shallow wood cover and watch your line run off.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
Threw a deeper diving crank (8-12’) around current breaks where I saw bait fish. Caught a couple little guys.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
What can I say about Shimano's new fluorocarbon line "Mastiff FC". This line was definitely put to the test today. From throwing jerkbaits, crankbaits, jigs, and swimbaits in to the wind, it performed very well. The line has virtually no memory in it. No nicks in it from throwing around docks and laydowns. It casts very well and is super strong.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
60°
Fishing docks throwing the Prodigy swimbaits and getting crushed! Let it fall for about 3ft then medium retrieve back to the boat and they can’t resist it! No worries breaking off with the 14lb Shimano Mastiff Flurocarbon.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hover/Mid-Strolling
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
60°
Find schools of Shad in creeks and pockets. Most will have bass around.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Threw a little green speckled crankbait (6-8ft) towards some docks and reeled quickly towards the open water. Caught them back to back to back, this biggen being that last one I caught.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
A few things I cannot include in this report as far as equipment go. I have a Cashion Icon BFS rod in a 6'8" Medium Light that is an exclusive from another site. This 6' 10" is the closest that Omnia has to it. The reel is an Ark Gravity BFS real that is not sold on Omnia fishing at the moment. Get one if you are looking for a GOOD BFS real at a fair price! I used the 6th Sense Pecos underspin with the Keitech Easy Shiner as stated. The Keitech baits in this 2" size are key, as they are actively feeding on them now and bulking up to spawn. However, they are short striking the bait and ripping off the boot tail. So, durability is an issue with these Keitech baits. Hooked into a few larger fish and didn't get the proper hook set. Needless to say, I was reeling and they had other plans. Never got to see them, but they were stripping off drag like crazy as if I wasn't even a concern for them. Fish that were Much larger than this pic. Anyway, took a lunch break and made a few casts. Water is still VERY, VERY, low. They have been stocking shad in this lake as of late to help give these fish more forage than just the bluegill. Seems to be working.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
58°
Slow rolling a Uoze Swimmer near cover and these fish can’t resist! Fish are shallow and in the prespawn stage with some already spawning but they are fired up. Trying out the Shimano FC Mastiff line and has held up well fishing the laydowns and is stout enough to get the fish out of the cover quickly.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
58°
Deeper water on Spawning flats
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
57°
Looking for spawning bass. Found them in the 3 foot range. Caught first fish on chatterbait then switched to lizard. Fish would kill it then pick up lizard and drag off bed. Fished jerkbait on deeper banks with brush and boat docks. Last fish came off old road bed. Ended up with 8 fish for 13 lbs and change.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
60°
Some prespawners are pulling up into the shallow staging areas and it seems like on overcast, windy days, covering water with a big bait is producing some better than average bites. There’s a lot of fish to be caught on the main lake but if you want to beat the bank, this seems to be a consistent way to get into a few of those big largemouth that are still out in the lake.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
59°
The bass seem to be getting ready to move up to spawn but are still mostly out off the bank a bit. You can catch a ton of numbers right now fishing more finesse presentations like an 1/8oz shakey head and a finesse worm on the secondary points and gravel banks leading into the spawning pockets. It isn’t necessarily producing the biggest bites but it’s almost a guaranteed way to catch some fish right now it seems.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
50°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
I was about to leave and threw out a chatterbait from the bank in maybe 2 feet of water and caught this little guy. A couple of them were feeding around a shad bed very shallow.