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Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
86°
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
9/5/22
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Caught 2 largemouth at the same time on a megabass 110 jerkbait
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
84°
Went out with the primary focus skipping docks with Neko rigs for bass, took my wife out with me to enjoy the fun. Most productive docks were with deep water very close or the ends of the docks were in 10ft of water or deeper. Also Docks that had floating docks attached to a hard structure were most productive. The most productive docks also had plenty of bluegill activity around them as well. Green Pumpkin color was the best, tried a few others just to see if it made a difference but Green Pumpkin in the Baton was by far the best. My wife was using a straight sinko to start and I changed the bait to the Baton and she had better action. In total caught 9, boated 8, the 9th came off while trying to swing in the boat. Best 5 were 10.14lbs with a 3.03lb Kicker. Was a good day on a very hot day as well.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
79°
Started out the morning fishing some main lake points and dock, caught two Largemouth on the Shakey head with the Probe worm very early in the day. One was out deeper at the end of the dock and the other was close to the rocks at the front of the dock. Lost another fish in between throwing a swimjig. Moved into a usually productive cove up the lake a bit, saw lots of shad breaking and small bass chasing. Switched to Baton Worm rigged Neko style and started skipping under docks. One dock produced a 3.44lb and a 2.28lb largemouth. Another dock in the cove produced a 2.48lb largmouth. Another dock produced a 14in smallmouth. as well plus happen to catch one on a popping style bait when I was able to catch up to the bass chasing bait, that was about 13in long. My best 5 for the day were 81.25inches long for 11.19lbs. Boat traffic started to get heavier so made boat control tougher. Very happy for the day I had.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
89°
If want to slay some bass/ crappie in these dog days of summer fishing grab you any of the trd Z-Man ned / bug and add a 1/32 up to 1/8 oz and let git bottom. Bring it up 2-3’ or vibrate the pole while on bottom every 10 seconds for 3/4 seconds. Repeat 5 tines. Lift rig reel in 5-6 feet drop back down repeat. Bass love it when the water temps are hot.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Tried ledge fishing but only caught a few so we slid up shallow as the sun came out and flipped isolated laydowns which produces plenty of bites.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
Fishing the Tennessee River on Ft. Loudon Lake near Knoxville, TN continues to be very productive for numbers but quality fish have been hard to come by over the past few weeks. With fast falling water temps the fish seem to be scattered but the most productive areas continue to be shallow cranking and top water near or around schools of bait. The major creeks seem to be the best but occasionally find them in shallow pockets with bait. The Berkeley Choppo has been the bait of choice followed up with the Frittside shallow crank bait. We have been averaging 20-30 fish a trip on most days running shallow water throughout the day focusing on schools of shad, bait. Follow us on facebook at East Tennessee Guide Service.
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
7/21/24
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Ledges