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WalleyeSeason
Fall
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Baitfish
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Shad
A rattletrap fished quickly and erratically along lips, ledges and drop offs produced half a dozen fish in about 90 minutes on the Columbia River today about 1800-1930 local, grass is almost becoming a problem for treble hook baits, another couple few weeks and it'll probably be time to switch to a swim jig until the salad starts to die off again in the autumn. Best colors were shad patterns, blacks, whites, Grey's and chromes
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
New PB tonight, went 15 fish landed and 17 hooked in 90 minutes in the Arlington/Roosevelt area, red Owner Ultrahead Inshore Swimbait hook paired with a 4in BioSpawn Exoswim Feider Shad absolutely obliterated them in the rocks tonight, didn't seem to matter too much whether I fished it fast or erratic or slow, it just flat got bit
Owner InShore Slam Swimbait Head 1/4 oz / 3/0
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Popping
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Landed 8 of 10 on a Rebel Pop-R in Sexy Shad colors, plus 2 or 3 more on a swimbait in the evening, the misses were followed up by casts to the same areas and were rewarded virtually instantly with a blowup, so I probably caught both of my missed fish, the fish were not at all interested in a football head jig, or the buzzbait I offered them, seems that crippled shad is the preference today, seemed to be a pretty even split between the strikes being in the sun, shade, calm, and disturbed water conditions, pretty much if you were over the rocks at the first drop off from shore and popped your popper every few seconds in an erratic pattern you were getting bit.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Fast walking and then long pause drive these smallies crazy in the early morning. The earlier the better for the top water bite, soon as the sun is fully up the top water bite shuts down
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Went 10 for 13 or so today on the Rat-L-Trap fished over rocks and ripped through vegetation, picked up 3 or 4 more on a shad colored spinnerbait, and two or three nice fish in the 2-3lb range on a Pop-R in Foxy Shad, all in all not a bad day for roughly 20 fish after work.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
More fun with the fluke today, probably ended up with 15+ fish in about an hour and a half, best fish probably went 2lb but I didn't bring my scale, great cheap fun, drop offs from shallow feeding areas near the shore to deeper water were clockwork level predictable, right at the transition is where you get bit.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Baitfish season is upon us, despite my pig headed attempts to force the fish to eat my jig this week (just bought some new ones and I'm dying to put them to use) they were having none of it, rip rap and the few remaining patches of live grass are holding the fish, a relatively slowly worked fluke in either White Ice or Sexy Shad got all the attention rigged weightless on a 4/0 Offset Roundbend worm hook, just below the surface, no need for a super sensitive rod or anything, this time of year these fish aren't shy and they won't leave any doubt when they hit a fluke, just remember to hang on so they don't rip the rod out of your hands. A medium fast spinning rod with a 2000-2500 size reel will do it, 15 lb braid to an 8lb leader (I like Maxima Ultragreen but Stren and Trilene XCARET other solid alternatives) this is one of the best and most cost effective ways for folks looking to jump in to fishing or for those on a budget to get some solid numbers
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Had some pretty nice success last night on a walking bait, a Strike King Sexy Dawg Jr. In sexy shad did most of the work, but I also caught fish on a Rebel Pop-R, a Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap in ghost minnow, and a handful of different paddletail swimbaits on an Owner inshore head, best fish went something on the order of 2-3, and came on the paddletail, but the walking bait got a 2lb fish and probably was overall the most productive lure.
