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Species
CatfishSeason
Winter
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
48°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Brush Piles
Well wasn’t much happening. This little guy hit a blade bait and not another bite after about 4 hours. One bite and one in the yak. Weather was nice for the last two days but still dealing with cold nights. Some near freezing still. Hoping the next few weeks get better. Water temp was around 54 degrees. Getting there slowly but surely.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Standing Timber
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
58°
Fallen timber all across rock wall. Crappie 5-10”. Found about 4-7’ deep in murky water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Crawfish
Most fish were caught on channel swings leading into spawning areas fishing 12 to 22 feet of water. Bite was subtle after a major cold front pushed through. Water temps were 52 to 55 degrees in areas we fished. We also caught a couple fish on a Rapala DT-10 Green Gizzard Shad crank bait.
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4/22/23
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Brush Piles
New to fishing so the 12 1/2" crappie has been my largest one so far.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Points
Water Temperature
65°
The cold front we have had seems to have knocked fish back a little. Only seen two fish up on the bed and very few cruising. Backed off and started fishing spawning flats and shallows points with a Swing Head to combat that. Reeling it just along the bottom bumping the pea gravel rocks.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
Tungsten 3/16 worm weight on Floricarbon 12 lb line..7'6" Bass Pro Johnny Morris carbon rod reel combo..#2 Mustad Worm hook...
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Post spawners were moving out to deeper main lake points where they could feed on pods of Shad. These fish were not roaming with the bait but were set up on hard bottoms to where they could easily feed when these pods of bait came across the point.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crawfish
Fish were still on beds while several others were beginning to move off. The fish moving off were the fish we were able to catch. To add it was also prefrontal
