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Barrett Smith
Bronze Ambassador
9/16/23
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
86°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
87°
Nicholas Fersa
Bronze Ambassador
10/7/23
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
79°
The chain had a lot of pressure dealing with the high school state championship tournament as well as the college tournament as well as opening day for practice for the bassmasters open. With that being said, I was able to find some vibrant hydrilla in south lake griffin with plenty of threadfin shad. A flashy swimmer with the 3.5” largo shad (tail segment left intact) was able to get bites when nothing else was. My boater was throwing speed worms, spinnerbaits, flukes, and lipless crank baits. The largo shad was all they wanted to bite on. With that one bait, I was able to get 16.47lbs in the boat and onto the scales for the win during that tournament. The dock talk proved that everyone else was struggling while I had bite after bite with the bigs being 5.5 & 4.5lbs.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Water Temperature
81°
Straight retrieving the swim jig through grass with a little shake occasionally, mostly targeted protruding points of Kissimmee grass and Lilly pads with lots of bird activity. Tried a spunk shad trailer but kept getting hung up so I put a Net bait Paca Craw Jr in green pumpkin on there and it came through much cleaner.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
85°
Caught 6 around docks on the Alabama craw and 4 on the Keitech 3.8”.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
84°
pitchen pads close to a hard bank near 6-7' water pitch about a foot or two in pads with some grass mixed in on the bottom. The bite is on the fall. 1/2 - 5/8 tungsten flippin weight pegged with a snell knot .
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Shad
in and around the pads near deep water
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
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 Bass
Season
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.