Fishing Reports
304 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
72°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Fishing flats with Jack Hammer; Locating fish then slowing down with robo-worm drop shot
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Pilings
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
68°
Carolina rigged break walls and pilings. Best retrieve was slow and steady. I added chartreuse to the claws early morning or when it was cloudy. I used straight green pumpkin the rest of the time. My leader length was about 30”. Although they were eating a craw bait, a lot of the bass were spitting up perch.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
75°
in the Southern basin I caught most of my fish flipping outside weedlines in 7-10 ft of water. I used a spike-it pen to tip just the ends of flappers on the D-bomb and it seemed to help. The biggest fish, 4.25 lbs came on a drop shot in 4 ft but most fish shallow were 2lbs or less
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
I’ve never been to this body of water before and learned a lot! Fished a local derb here and was able to catch a limit just running points and locking the chatterbait in my hand when finding a mix of the coontail and eel grass! Check it out!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Brush Piles
Water Temperature
68°
Weightless Texas rig. Dropped it right next to the fallen brush.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
75°
Fishing transition areas and areas close to drop offs
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Insects
Water Temperature
73°
Very slow morning for bass fishing, but the wacky rig was still kicking it.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Minnows
I wacky rigged the coppertreuse to a dropshot rig and twitched it along the lilypads growing on the shoreline. This fish hit it hard and fought well. It was a great way to start the morning. I've been told that it isn't recommended to combine the wacky rig with the dropshot, but it worked great, and I was getting bites all day. The size of the shoe being used as a reference is a men's 11
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Minnows
This lure pretty much got hit as soon as I put this thing into the water. I decided to throw this after not getting anything the entire evening, so I was pleasantly surprised to get hit so quickly. I threw it just outside of some lilypads on the shoreline and was slowly twitching it back when it got hit hard. I was surprised this worked so well since the worm was so short, I didn't think it would have enough action to trigger a bite (especially since the fish in the area werent eager to bite), but it worked. The size of the shoe I used as a size reference in the picture is a Size 11, so I would guesstimate the fish was about 10 inches in length.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
76°
Isolated mixed vegetation was the ticket. Transition points in the different types would hold fish. Usually all in the same weight class. If your catch 2-3 pounders and want 4-5 pounders then you need to move. They are not far from each other but are definitely grouped by size. Normal school size is 5-10 fish.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
This bait was pegged and texas rigged with a titan tungsten 3/8 sinker. Flipping in 10-15ft on a rock pile break in the weed line. Caugh a 5lb 4lb 3lb and a 2lb bass in 4 consecutive casts by letting the bait hit the bottom then dead sticking it for a couple minutes. Then I would hope it up and swim it for a bit with a slow sweeping motion like a Carolina rig. Then repeat that.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
80°
The keys to my pattern were to find areas that had grass within 2-4 feet from the rocks. The fish were congregated near current. My biggest of the day was caught on an isolated grass patch.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
Paralleling the bank and reeling the wobble head as fast as I can while maintaining bottom contact
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Drop shot on a bass candy colored plastic
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
78°
Caught most of my fish in 10-12 ft of water flipping the grass lines. Most were hitting on the fall, or off big hops.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
79°
We wasted time fishing areas of the lake that weren't the outside edge of the weedline. When we finally targeted the outside edge, we started to catch the bass.