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Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Summer
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Insects
We caught well over 50 fish near the island, tons of small bluegills, but some decent size pumpkin seed, the largest was a bit over 8” in length, also a few small largemouth bass.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Lots of bait (sunfish) in the lake. Go slow and cast to specific clumps of grass…wait and check for fish. Second line with moving baits provided additional bites.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
82°
The wind was whipping between 15 and 20 mph. We spot-locked as far as we could outside the thickest part of different weed beds and made very long casts. It was important to keep a very light jig head on despite the wind. Most bites came on the initial fall on ned rigs. We caught walleye, bass, drum, and pike.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
Last club tourney of the year and it was a grind for most of us. Spent hours out on the reefs throwing finesse drop shots, ned rigs and jig worms with few bites. My partner did get his limit on the jig worm but for myself, all bites came on the chatter bait once we moved shallow and were fishing around the Reeds.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
The Berkley Ca$h Out was a bait I started using this year and has really built up confidence in my dropshot game. They just really seem the have great action and just catch fish!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
75°
Docks were holding plenty of fish, including a couple bigs. Fish were tucked up pretty far underneath, so skipping the rage craw up under there was the way to go. Shallower docks seemed to hold the better fish. Even with the water in the mid 70s, it seems that this cold front has started the fall transition.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Coontail and Milfoil Rule the game on this lake for the most part from early to late summer. Targeting patchy and matted vegetation with a Texas rig weedless craw tube, creature bait or your favorite flipping bait is a consistent way to catch both numbers and size. I rig my Texas rig with a 3/8 to 5/8s bullet weight, a VMC Ringed HD wide gap hook sized to my lure of choice (most often 4/0). Additionally don't sleep on the deep off shore rock piles and sand patches scattered throughout the lake.