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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Spent a little time over a couple days on Irene during a family vacation. Largemouth were all over in the weeds. Caught them on weed edges anywhere from 10-17' deep, flipping topped out vegetation, and in a foot of water near bullrushes. Anything green pumpkin shined. The bigger size Berkley flat worm on a drop shot produced the best numbers. Stick baits worked very well. Texas rigged creatures and soft body swim baits didn't do as well but still caught fish. Frog bite would happen in the evening, white got the most blow ups. Bigger bass seemed oriented towards bluegill. Cloudy/windy days the gills backed out of the shallows and so did the bass. I did not find the quality I was hoping for... lots of bass but the 16-17" fish were not very present. Caught several 18's but nothing bigger than that.
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Summer
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Insects
Spent several days with the family on Lake Irene in early August. Caught bluegill and pumpkinseeds one after another while bobber fishing anywhere in the lake. They were in weeds, on weed lines, and as shallow as a foot of water. Bigger gills 8-9" could be found here and there but they were all over in the thick weeds on the mid-lake hump. It's the obvious spot so there were always boats on it. A small white jig head or hair jig tipped with a wax worm fished 2-3 feet off the bottom under a slip bobber was the preferred bait for the bigger fish. Irene has zebra mussels and the water clarity was around 10' with weed lines around 12-15'. Weeds are thick all around the lake, lots of coon tail... bullrushes are along most of the shoreline as well. Fun times!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Sunny day with 7mph steady breeze. Fishing midday, bass were piled up under docks and found some schools chasing bluegill/pumpkinseeds around the bullrush transition/inside weed line on the windy side of the lake. There's patchy weed clumps, some lily pads, and edges along the vallisneria just outside the reeds that bass were holding to. Texas rig here was the ticket. Wacky rig under docks got a ton of bites. Wasn't uncommon to catch 3 or more bass on each dock. Topwater baits did well during lowlight times... buzzbait or sprinker frog in reeds, whopper plopper in open water. Outside weed edge was productive but lower in numbers. Not much vegetation deeper than 6ft, which is uncommon on this lake in my experience. Ned rigs worked well on top of breaks and the mid-lake reef.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Punching lilipads and matted grass. Slow and methodical worked well and produced alot of fish. The fish were schooled up and when I found one, I found many.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Reeds
Fish were caught shallow near reeds, the deep weedline was non existent this year
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
76°
Spent a few evenings fishing with the kids and in-laws. Lots of bass caught on weed edges 8-10ft throwing a ned rig. Most fish around 2 lbs, big was just under 3.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
The largemouth and northerns were abundant in about 6-9 ft of water. Especially on points/breaks of the lake.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Bluegill
Bass are starting to get ready to spawn. Definitely pairing up and females are full of eggs.
