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Species
WalleyeSeason
Summer
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Dam
Forage
Crappie
HotbaitVMC Moon Tail Jig 1/4 oz / Firetiger
Out of Stock
Casey Briggs
Bronze Ambassador
10/9/22
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Cisco/Whitefish
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
39°
The smallies were holding tight to the boulders and you would rarely see them off the bottom on FFS. If you did see them up they were extremely aggressive. Long pauses were a big key and working the bait over isolated boulders to get the fish to show themselves.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
66°
Use your forward-facing sonar to locate the fish from 10-40 Fow around points with rock seems the best but cast just past your target and slowly bring the bait to the fish
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
66°
Long cast across the points in 10-15 fow
Casey Briggs
Bronze Ambassador
9/4/22
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Points
Forage
Cisco/Whitefish
Starting to see schooling fish more. The cool nights and mornings we’ve been having are starting to get them to start transitioning to the fall patterns. Can have a lot of fun and catch a lot fish right now. True giants are harder to come by but that’s ok because pulling up on a point and catching 20 fish on top water is a blast.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
Forage
Minnows
Tough bite until I made the switch to minnows.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Points
Main lake points in 20-35ft with some sort of irregularity and bait present were key. I'd see fish and activity in the area with Humminbird Mega Live. If I couldn't get those fish to bite I'd back off and make long casts with the tube. I'd crack the tube back through those fish and seem to get more bites than targeting individual fish.
Sufix Advance Fluorocarbon 10lb / 200 Yards
Out of Stock
Daiwa Tatula LT Spinning Reel - EOL 3000 / 6.2:1
Out of Stock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
48°
Water temp high 40s, catching staging smallmouth in 5-15ft off rock with a small swimbait as well as a hair jig when the wind calmed down. The line thru head with a small treble upped my hook up ratio considerably.
