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Brady Litz
Bronze Ambassador
10/1/21
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
76°
I found countless smaller bass roaming weed edges in depths from 6-15'. Larger specimens were predominantly present in the shallowest and deepest edges of the range. Medium swim baits were also effective fished just above the weeds.
Species
CrappieSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
77°
Fished in the afternoon on a relatively windy day. Began the day in the Northwest corner of the lake targeting weed edges on drop offs at 10-15'. A mix of crappie and bluegill were present, but if you allowed the bait to drop to about a foot off the bottom, you were almost guaranteed to hit crappie as the bait moves through the weeds. It is necessary to pick through the small ones to find keepers, but there are plenty of great fish to be had.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Ledges
Keitech Easy Shiner 3 1/2" / Perch
Out of Stock
VMC Tungsten Drop Shot Weight 1/4 oz / Natural
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Topwater bite was good early in the morning. A little cloud cover and very light wind. bringing the plopper right across the tallest grass or grass lines if the grass was too high to bring it right over the top. Same story as my last report though nothing big, and that includes a pair of fish on a baitsanity explorer gill glide bait that topped out at 2lbs if I was lucky. Once the sun came up the wind picked up and the topwater slowed significantly, then when the wind went calm it died completely by about 10AM. Then I switched up to the Texas rigged roboworm on a drop shot and went for deep grass and found a lot of small ones. A fun day with 25 fish in about 4 hours but a big five bag that may have broke double digits.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
73°
The nursery was loaded up. Found a school of bass sitting a little deeper off the second contour break off the shore in 14-21ft of water. The key was being near some submerged vegetation but not in the thick stuff up shallow. Got 11 in about an hour and a half there in the middle of the day with lots of boat traffic driving by. Was able to upgrade size a bit going with the beaver style bait Texas rigged (but a lot less frequent bites) and ran into a couple decent ones with the worm but lots of small ones.
Eco Pro Tungsten Weight Pegs 3mm / Black
Out of Stock
Daiwa Zillion SV TW Casting Reel Right / 7.1:1
Out of Stock
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
64°
It was a bit windy 5-10 mph, and the lake is crystal clear down more than 15'. Crappie were holding tight to large trees that sat in 10-20' of water. Jigging near the deeper ends produced fish, but it was necessary to weed through many aggressive sunfish and small bass to get to the target species.
Species
Yellow PerchSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
68°
Pulling worms on drop shots or jigs led to numerous hookups where we'd and rocks meet. Deeper weeds (10'+) on rocky bottoms also produced fish.
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
68°
Bluegills were beginning the process of building beds. In shallows and in adjacent weeds, large gills were willing to chase any small swimbaits offered at slow, medium, or fast retrieves.
