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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
72°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Pilings
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
Beautiful fall day to fish. Slightly overcast, with a slight wind out of the south east most of the day. Water clarity was garbage, which is about standard for the Kalamzoo river. Current was going pretty good as well making the slower presentations pretty hard to fish. First things first, all the fish we weighed were caught on a rat-l-trap ripping around the dock pilings and sea walls. Standard approach of cast it past, and rip/let fall, rip/let fall. A lot of hits near the boat as well. Managed to catch one keeper and one other on a Dark Sleeper dragging it down a rocky shore as well, and a couple dinks on a wacky. We managed first place (11.3lbs) and big bass (3.7lbs).
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Pilings
Forage
Shad
Both largemouth and smallmouth bit was on early afternoon. Nothing more than 2.5lbs but they wanted the bright color Ned’s. Would cast up current and let it come down and they would snatch it.
VMC Ned Rig Jig Head 3/16 oz / Chartreuse
Out of Stock
Sufix 832 Braid 10lb / Hi-Vis Yellow / 150 Yards
Out of Stock
Daiwa Fuego LT 2024 Spinning Reel 2500 / 6.2:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
Water clarity was about 1.5-2' for the most part. Very rainy conditions, wind wasn't really significant though. Very overcast. Started off the evening with a few on the frog including a great pike. Ended up catching the rest on wacky rig's, t-rigged cut-r worm and a home pour mustache bait. Our bag was 11.21lbs with a 3.11lb kicker. BB - 3.52lbs 13.8 lbs 12.2 lbs 11.8 lbs
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
73°
Conditions were super windy and coming out of the North which generally screws up the Kalamazoo River in the area. Water clarity was pretty terrible as well. Most of the big cheese mats had been pushed out of the pads into the southern sections. A few dinks starting the night off and no decent fish until got to the back of Silver. Put two in the boat off the thick grass and pads. Bass were mostly sucking the legs in on the frogs and it was somewhat difficult to get good hookups. Winning bags were 13.10, 12.42, and 12.11 with a 3.76 big bass. Bigger one in the photo was 3.41.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Popping
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Name of the game seemed to be fishing fast over submerged vegetation. Top water was fairly active when evening came around as well. Docks were ok with neds and wacky rigs but didn't product anything of significant size.
HotbaitMegabass PopMax Gill / 3"
Out of Stock
Shimano Vanford Spinning Reel - EOL 2500 / 6.0:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Few largemouth 3+ lbs
HotbaitBioSpawn Vilebug - EOL Junebug / 4"
Out of Stock
Kyle Kain
Bronze Ambassador
6/25/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Water Temperature
75°
2nd place and big bass 4.2 pounds, found most fish under shady docks.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
72°
Water had cooled down a lot due to weather and was about 72°F when we went out and cooled down to about 68°F by the time we got off the water. Wind was pretty nuts anywhere from 15-20mph for most of the night. I'll be honest, coangler and I really sucked tonight and should have had 5 good keepers but ended up with two. He had a huge smallie slip a ned and I popped two big large mouths off on the wacky rig. I put one 1.5lb in the boat early on a rat-l-trap, and then caught a few small ones on a trap. I had a number of other small ones on the wacky and a big pike on a spinner. Put one more in the boat around 9:00 on a wacky. Overall it seemed the bass were holding to the scum/weed lines and targeting the pockets in the grass was where I got most of the bites. Bits usually came right as I popped the bait out of the grass. To be brutally honest though, we spent most of the night fighting the current and the wind. It was hard to stay on any points and it ended with us spending most of our time fishing the areas out of the wind trying to find a bit of cover.
