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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Reef
Forage
Insects
Water Temperature
60°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
42°
Bite window was really short for us, caught 3 fish in 30 min and after that we didn’t catch another fish for the rest of the day, water temp was 42, bite should pick up in a couple weeks once it starts to warm up a bit
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Stumps
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Stumps
Bite slow, but managed to get 2 on a swimbait.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Stumps
Tubes, 11-16', 3 decent smallies 3lbs.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
Weighed in three smallmouth and two largemouth for the June club outing. Dropshot, Jerkbait and Petey Rig were the most successful techniques.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Minnows
2 largemouth, a crappie, and a small perch all on jerk baits. Lost 2 more, had several nice sized followers on both jerkbait and paddletail swimbait. Tried wacky & neko on the followers, nothing.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Crawfish
My tournament partner and I landed 19 smallmouth. We weighed-in 5 fish each all between 1-3 pounds. Had success with crank bait, Senko, spinnerbait, drop-shot, Tokyo rig and Ned rig.
