Horsetooth Reservoir
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Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Getting consistent strikes in the morning from 6am to around 8 am on a whopper plopper 90. Most strikes occurred after ripping the bait. I would rip and let it sit for a few seconds. Switched over to a drop shot when the action on top slowed down alternating between a flat worm and a robo worm in 15-25 feet on main lake ledges
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Fish in 20-30 feet of water on main lake humps.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
72°
Water level is high and visible is 4 ft or more in some areas, they drop the water level 3ft last week so smallmouth pulled back to deeper water ,the bait fish are down in 30-40ft of water . The smallmouth moved with them down to 45 -50ft , I found smallmouth off main lake points with water level in 50ft Rock piles . Saw lots of bait fish with my Lowrance units on 2D and down imagining, some smallmouth would hang out under my boat ,then I'd drop down to them and got a few under the boat . I'd cast to the Rock piles and just use my reel to keep contact with the bottom, dragging the weight over rocks letting the bait hovering in one spot . Good luck, have fun ,be safe on the water.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Tourney Day for the Colorado Kayak Bassmasters BASS Nation Colorado State Championship and I managed to pull off the win! Fished a main lake point for the morning and dropped back to a secondary point to finish off my limit. Fishing was tough for most of the field. Managed to boat 6 and cull one fish before I had to leave early to go to a kiddo's soccer game. :) Limit went 75.5" which is solid, but not unbeatable at the lake. Hooked one on a Riot Baits Tungsten Lil' Creeper Jig early and the rest came on a dropshot. There was a ton of baitfish in the water, so figured I would try throwing a craw to show them something different. Kept the leader short and my weight heavy to keep it near the bottom. Fished relatively shallow, but made sure I was working steeper steps in the rock. Two craw baits did the most damage, with one of them being the Maxscent 3" Chigger craw. Threaded them onto the hook instead of nose-hooking to make sure I landed fish instead of them tearing the bait. Custom tied on a flouro keeper to the Gamakatsu Hook and used the Redline Nekos as well. When I ran out of dropshot weights, switched over to tying on a tungsten worm weight to land my last two fish. Tried ned rig, cranking, tube jig without much success so went back to the dropshot. Excited to be fishing Lake Tenkiller in March for the BASS Kayak Series Championship! https://tourneyx.com/leaderboard/standings/2023-bassmaster-kayak-series-championship?fbclid=IwAR2UM5LPvSULhLexljSWgvIFkdSMECm_gKtJiWDuzxlJloRbY5rjifirtTs
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Docks
Forage
Blueback Herring
Start out in the morning with a top water on the west end of the marina keep your boat in deep water long cast to the bank , use a walking the dog technique back to the Boat ,Follow up your top water bait with a stick bait .
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Topwater Popping
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
55°
We Still open water its a good time to get out . I stayed with big baits. Water Temperatures at 55 degrees in the morning going up to 57 by noon , I side scanning the bottom looking for big bolders casting over them, Bass are down 5-7 ft deep on main lake over 20ft of water .Have fun and be safe on the water.