Fishing Reports
260 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Shad
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
79°
Bite for me is getting tough. I feel like most of the offshore schools are in transition to their fall locations. Water temperatures have dropped considerably. What I did catch were on transition area docks or bass that were on bait balls in creeks.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
89°
I was able to sneak out the other day for a few hours with a friend on Chick. The fish are a little bit of everywhere right now. We caught them anywhere from the bank to 45 ft. We ended up catching 10 bass with the biggest being a 6-3. A couple came off of a single lay down on a flat, but most of them came off of shell bars when they finally turned the current on. Luckily we were able to find a spot within a spot in 35-45 FOW before the current and were able to trick a couple. One of those being the 6-3. Instead of targeting the ones you could see suspended that weren't that active, we were letting our minnows hit the bottom, and then hovering them slightly above the bottom on our retrieve back. This was calling a few up from the bottom, and when one would bite, 6 more would come with it. They are tricky to get to bite for sure, but the ones you can't see are more likely to bite right now
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
78°
Was fishing one of the new Buckeye G-Man Buzzbait in 3/8oz with Storm Horny Toad frog in black. Caught 7 total, 6 smallmouth and one largemouth and lost another largemouth. None were big but the largemouth was just under 2lbs. Was a fun few hours on the water in the morning.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
84°
Fishing is tough right now, all bass caught out of brush piles in 14-23ft. Key is to have bait present and wind blown pockets help.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
87°
Caught a few on drop shot but got several the biggest bass flipping and pitching lay downs with a finesse jig.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
84°
Ended up putting 56 inches in the kayak. For boaters that’s a 5 lbs, and 2 x 4lbs bass. The drop shot on grass edges was key. Grass line started at 12 ft
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Shad
Threw towards the bank and reeled towards the boat. Caught a couple good ones hanging out under the trees.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
84°
Early morning. They were chasing bluegills. Couldn’t get them to bite anything resembling a shad, which was surprising. Only caught the one and lost the bait right after that. Ended up not retying and checking my rig. Slung the bait off into the woods somewhere.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Fishing soft jerk baits over the drop off with submerged grass. Strikes happened quickly after casting- usually two to four twitches after hitting the water.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
81°
Me and my dad got to get after them on Watts while we were in town and found one creek on the first day we were there and went to catching everyday. We caught them actually on a 8” zoom dead ringer worm. But this one was my biggest out of the two days I fished it was 3.6. But we found numbers of 2-3 pounders around clean riprap banks in 3-6ft of water. However the bigger 3-3.7 class fish were found in isolated grass clumps and flipping the worm in a dragging it out.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
80°
Me and my partner fished the Bassmaster High School national championship a week ago and to say it was tuff would be an understatement, we just never got around the right fish. We found a few keepers in the back of a pocket we caught on a jig and on a dropshot, as well as some schooling fish outside the pocket. But Day 1 we started there but never got a keeper bite and needed to make a move. However late day 1 we moved to a grass flat caught two shorts and a 3.3 pounder on a jackhammer before weigh-in. Day two we started on the flat and caught this 2.7 pounder first cast and never got a bite the rest of the day.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Minnows
Used a shallow suspending jerkbait. Bright red and yellow, jerked it towards the boat and this guy hit it instantly.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Matted Grass
Water Temperature
83°
Lots of fish piling in the grass. The mustad alpha point hook paired with the zoom worm did the trick! Ok mo
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
86°
Fishing off shore schools. Crankbait provided the big bites. Seemed like you had to be making bottom contact to get bit. Took several cast sometimes to trigger a bite. I would switch up to a Neko rig and get a few more to commit when school would quit biting.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Docks
Water Temperature
86°
Caught this one up shallow near a dock. A few fish were around the docks up shallow but not many. I had more luck with this bait and also drop shotting in 20ft or so of water with a 2 inch easy shiner.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
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 Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
78°
Had a perfect summer morning for fishing with some clouds and breeze and storms in the area. Found some largemouth busting shad off of rocky points near drops into the main river channel. Long casts and working the jerkshad quickly around the elusive pods of shad proved effective. Fun way to catch some aggressive largemouth.