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Joe Booth
Bronze Ambassador
3/2/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Standing Timber
Water Temperature
59°
Joe Booth
Bronze Ambassador
3/10/24
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
61°
Slow rolling the spark shad off the rocks.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
64°
Boulders on points
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Massive schools of shad abound and bass are transitioning for the fall. Was able to catch smallies and schools of spots along bluff walls that had deep drops nearby as well as points near main lake channels.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Lake Belton has finally reached water temps of over 70 and nearly every species of fish in the lake are spawning!! Shad spawn is strong just before, and right at daybreak. The lake is cloudy with an algae bloom and visibility is only around a ft or so making sight fishing very difficult. Finess swimbaits, ned rigs and finesse jigs as well as short C-rigs with Zoom ring fry's are putting numbers in the boat but size is an issue but 2 1/2 to 4 lb fish are able to be caught.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Baitfish
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
The Smallmouth spawn is over with a few largemouths still on beds. Shad spawn is in full swing and there are a number of baits that will produce vicious strikes. I had the best luck with the scrounger, Luck E Strike, with the 2.8" Keitech in Silver flash or Bluegill flash. boated a number of good fish on a popper, Yellow Majic in bone, as well as a few more on a Spro square-bill in Citrus Shad. Also stuck a couple using a Booyah spinner bait in white. Water temps were finally in the mid-seventies with about 18 to 24"s of clarity.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Stumps
flipped a power worm around laydowns and old cedars in 5-10 foot
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
81°
bouncing small Squarebills 0ff rocky points mid lake produced a number of quality smallies through out the day. regrettably photos didn't turn out so good. the lake is coming around and the fishing is picking up as the water finally cools a little
