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Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
93°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Minnows
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
92°
Worked Zoom Trick worm California 420 Texas rigged working reeds and grass. This worm is the ticket. Used them along the dam as well and caught fish. This worm also works well on on Decker Lake in Austin. My fishing partner and I caut around twenty five bass in four hours. 6:30 am till 10:30 am
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Minnows
In October the fish move from chasing minnows in 20-50 ft of water in big schools to pushing the minnows up into the reeds. They are highly active and will chase a buzzbait and smash it all the way to the boat! It is a very fun time of year to fish and the bass will hit anything moving fast on top. Walking Frogs and poppers also work great. This lake has small forage and smaller baits seem to perform better than larger baits. Link to a full video of me fishing these techniques here https://youtu.be/OdfyAWOq3dM
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Reeds
I was frog fishing and following up missed fish with the worm. The monofiliment keeper kind of got in the way of a couple hooksets but i was not getting hung up all the time either. I made a video of the trip - Check it out to see how i fished this bait. https://youtu.be/AiOC8ft5NIM?si=o6D2iK0UBGaLwAdS
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Summer
Technique
Inline Spinners
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Insects
I caught some nice bluegills on the Mepps inline spinner off my kayak the other day. It was a blast.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
66°
I used the the Rapala Freeloader. It is a 4.25" jerk bait style lure that has ribs and a really pointy tail. I did not experience any blue gills but I would think they would bite the tail right off pretty regularly if you are fishing around them a lot. I fished the the same bait all day and it held up great. The Jig Head is a VMC Hybrid Swim bait Jig Head in 3/16 oz. You have to spin the bait onto the keeper but it worked great. Video is on my YouTube Channel BRandomFishing Titled Rapala Freeloader - New BAIT on the Lake Review
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
61°
Water temp was 61 degrees with 10-15 miles per hour wind. Cruised along the banks casting the 3” kietech easy shiner on a weighted 1/0 1/8oz swimbait hook. It was overcast so I added a gold under spin to the weighted swimbait hooks. You can buy the loose willow blades, snap rings, micro swivels and make them your self for pretty cheap. I just slide the swivels over the hook before rigging the kietech. We caught 32 bass just slow rolling the swimbait along the reeds over submerged grass mainly in 2’-6’ of water.
Bass Fishin Brian
Bronze Ambassador
5/4/24
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Shad
Hit the discharge area near north boat ramp in the morning BASS are chewing