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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Perch
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Docks
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
65°
Practiced for an upcoming tournament on a beautiful, sunny autumn day on Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland. Caught numerous largemouth holding tight to shaded areas of deep water docks with a drop shot.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
Fished a club tournament and fished docks all day. We were not ble to get any fish in any other bait in any other area. Docks on points with boats were the best producers. Baits had to be carefully skipped under docks into the smallest areas to get fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
Fished a club tournament on Deep Creek Lake and caught largemouth, smallmouth, walleye, pickerel, and northern pike and a variety of soft plastics. The fish refused to touch moving baits of any kind, but they were perfectly happy eating Texas-, wacky-, ned-, and Carolina-rigged soft plastics, particularly Zoom Trick Worms in black. I went through several bags of them, thanks to the many toothy critters I caught. And, while the bass were few and far between, my co-angler and I had a blast catching several species of fish, including a 15lb northern pike. As I have most of this year, I rigged my Trick Worms on Mustad's Alpha Point Alpha-Grip Finesse hooks. These are amazing hooks - sharp, strong, and easy to rig with a snell knot. Thanks, Omnia Fishing, for introducing me to these hooks for field testing!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Two large mouth bass Deep creek lake
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Rock Pile
Throwing the 3.5" cover scat around rocks and boulders near transitions from weed beds. Caught several 2-3# smallmouth bass weightless on a 3/0 ewg. Also caught a bunch of large rock bass in the process. Cover scat has been the most consistent heavy bait I've tried so far.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
55°
Caught 10 smallies with the elegy bone vision 110 Jr. In the shallow areas around docks and lay downs in about 2 hours. Would have kept fishing it but a pike broke off my center treble hook.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
55°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
58°
Caught a 3 & 5lb. Largemouth bouncing it on the bottom near vegetation up in the shallow water
