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Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Alewife
Amos Moses
Bronze Ambassador
1/21/24
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
47°
It was 10 degrees with little wind. Early bite was better and only caught 1 fish on the rock crawler but it was a 4.9. Best 5 was 14 lbs.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Alewife
First thing in the morning we found bait being chased in the ditches, but couldn’t get them to commit to anything. We tried jerkbait, paddle tails and blade baits. Once the sun was over the trees the fished moved to the ledges and wanted everything super slow. We caught majority of the fish on a bed rig, but caught them on a jig as well as a shaky head. The jig used was a Chattahoochee Jig in green pumpkin with a little bit of orange. The key thing was staying off the bank a good ways and casting up to the bank and slowly dragging the bait down to around 20’ and it would get hit. Air temp - 24° - 48° Water temp - 43° - 49° Sunny day Winds - 5mph Water clarity - 1’ - 2’ (in areas we fished)
The Kid
Bronze Ambassador
7/1/23
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
90°
Great day had couple hours to fish at a new lake lots of fish around points and ledges, caught the one in the pic with yum FF sonar minnows natural on FF sonar 1/4 oz smoked color head. Medium rod Seagar smack down high viz 15 mainline Seagar red label 10lb leader. All the fish were on shoreline opposite of the army core launch halfway between the dam and the first Island. Time restock on some FF sonar Minnows thanks Omniafishing.com for having what I need.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Laydowns
Work banks with lay downs, stumps ,trees, brush etc early in the am.
Chris Harper
Bronze Ambassador
4/29/23
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Points
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
69°
Found fish in about 12foot of water. I’m just about every point I fished.
Chris Harper
Bronze Ambassador
5/9/23
Species
Striped BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Humps
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
71°
Slow rolling thru balls of bait in about 30 feet was the way I caught them. Underspin paired with a keitec 2.8” swim bait.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
73°
Secondary points 6’ to 12’ deep. Baitfish present helps but not necessary
