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Nicholas Fersa
Bronze Ambassador
10/7/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
79°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crappie
In January on the Harris chain of lakes in Florida you can throw a Megabass jerk bait over submerged grass and catch some big bass.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Minnows
Find deeper holes or clearings in the hydrilla (offshore) and slowly tick the chatterbait with a Gambler Little EZ on the back off of the grass tops. If the bait gets caught up in the grass rip it free and hold on.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crappie
Water Temperature
57°
We caught fish in griffin offshore on shell with carolina rigs. I downsized to the mag finesse worm to get more bites while others would struggle to get bit with full sized magnum worms.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
87°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
60°
Fishing docks in the canals of Lake griffin caught a couple males on beds majority were still pre spawn.
Barrett Smith
Bronze Ambassador
9/16/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
86°
North end of Griffin at mouth of Ocklawaha river fishing matter hydrilla openings slowly swimming Fattyz across grass and dropping it in openings. Must use stout gear with braid to get them up and out.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
64°
In a week of practicing I had the best day of practice on Lake Griffin. Many fish in the 2-3 pound range PLUS found an offshore hydrilla point that touched up to some good hard bottom that had a wad of big ones sitting on it. To catch them I used a 1 -2 punch of a Jackhammer Chatterbait along with a slowww good ol fashion Carolina Rig. I used the Chatterbait for the numbers approach on the large grass flats on the north end of the lake. That yielded some great keeper bites. Then as the day progressed the fish really set up in a sitation that i felt better about dragging that big worm through the middle of them. That produced my best quality bite of the day, a 5 pounder. Hopefully this info will help you get a couple extra bites on your next outing!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Fish the offshore Hydrilla tops and edges with a lipless crank bait. There has still been a good number of pre-spawners off shore.
