Lake Shafer
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Crawfish
Smallies where hitting 10 feet off the docks on rip rap banks, would only eat if you bounced it off a rock and paused the lure.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
67°
Rigged up a stupid tube and covered a lot of water up Big Monon. Had double digit bites, but not a lot of size.
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Bronze Ambassador
4/26/22
Species
Striped BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Shad
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
4/26/22
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Docks
Hit the docks/bank area with a ned rig hellgrammite style soft plastic. Caught several. Hard to tell if the largies are moving up shallow to spawn. Fishing the Big Monon creek arm of Lake Shafer.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Pitching the Yum Spine Craw around docks that had thick vegetation. Main lake was super busy for the holiday weekend, but the coves and big Monon creek arm was quiet.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Shad
Bite was slow. Likely due to higher temps. Managed a few in open water with a 2-5' diving crankbait (area of lake was particularly shallow 6' max) Exact location was big monon creek
