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Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Flip docks off the main lake with dark-colored plastics.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Rip Rap
Crank rip rap in 2-5ft.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Really tough bite. Especially frustrating with bass blowing up on shad blowing up all around you. Threw around a Super Spook Jr. chasing the shad, but only got swiped at once. Put that down and covered a ton of water with a squarebill, got a few, but nothing of great size.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Shad
It took me a while to figure the fish out as shad were breaking the surface all over the lake, but I found some grass/pads that had survived the cold front we had come thru in the Midwest and got a few on the Fluke. I was throwing a donkey rig (double fluke rig) with one pearl and one pink just to try it, but I don’t think the pink made a difference as the fish hit the pearl every time. Bring on the fall weather!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Rip Rap
Find shad/bluegill on rip rap and use squarebills to target bass shallow
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
77°
I got out before all the pleasure boaters and jet skiers since this lake gets crazy about 11am or so. I’m glad I did because I found them early. I was cranking the dirt with a squarebill and had my boat pinned up against the rip rap. I had to make contact with the rock to get bit. The water was high and dirty, so I upsized my squarebill from the 50x to the 100x and it paid off with a nice 4lb northern strain largemouth. Decent day!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Lily Pads
As the water is starting to heat up so is the topwater bite. Bass are starting to hit buzzbaits and poppers in the lilipad beds.