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Seth Hornsby
Bronze Ambassador
4/5/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
65°
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
3/22/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
3 hour afternoon trip. Biggest 5.1lb. Way shallow spawning. Tail was beat up and bloody.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Bass were smashing a 3 inch white largo shad on a VMC hybrid head jig on deeper points at the mouths of bays
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Shad
Females are freshly spawned out is certain areas of the lake and starting to make their way to their summer areas
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Caught 5 largemouth and one smallmouth over past couple days from the shore. Good size 1 lb or bigger. Fish are active due to warm water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
87°
I would fish the Dawg around schools of bait and eventually a fish would commit. Then I would target areas that were potential ambush points with cover with the rage craw.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
92°
Fishing shaded areas near schools of shad
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Flipping jig on hard edges was the ticket. 15 lbs 3 oz. Best 5.
Seth Hornsby
Bronze Ambassador
3/9/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
70°
The fish were sitting in 8-12ft of water, and they would only bit the strike king finesse football jig in a 1/4. We tried several other jigs that were a little larger, but with all the pressure on the lake at this time, the finesse techniques were the only ones to land the fish in the boat! Caught several bass that weighed in between 3-3.5 LBs
