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Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
60°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Swimbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Chris Harper
Bronze Ambassador
4/22/23
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
67°
Paired with a super fluke I caught some 3+ pound spots
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Fished flukes and square bill crankbaits around Rock piles and brush piles. Caught several including a 4 pounder.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
73°
Fished points and rock piles with 2.8/3.3 swing impact fat swimbait and dragged a finesse football jig to catch some decent spots
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
River Channels
Water Temperature
47°
We had a cold snap a couple days before which dropped the water temp back down a few degrees. Fish were still moving around some but not as active as earlier in the week. Different sized a rigs slow reeling in creek channels/points, and around structure snagged most of the fish. The biggest fish of the day came on the Aruku shad, steady reeling on the bottom between a dock and some brush. It’s steadily ramping up for spawn, just taking a bit longer because of the extended winter weather.
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
6/18/23
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Docks
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
76°
Fishing docks on point in about 8-15 foot of water blue bird sky’s
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Water Temperature
52°
Fish are starting to move around now that it’s warming up some. Most of the fish were around secondary points off brush piles. A rigs slow rolling over fish and dragging lipless cranks were the two ways we managed to get the fish to react before the wind picked up too much.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
49°
Found some fish earlier in the morning up shallow <2-3’ of water on small crankbaits but they kept throwing the hooks. Shallow bite died off and weather switched up to windy on the main lake so tried the A rig on some main lake points and started to get fish chasing it. Finally got this one to commit off the front of a dock in the afternoon.
