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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
61°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
60°
Had to skip opener this year due to graduating from college, but got out on Monday to my favorite local lake west of the cities. I was expecting spawn/post spawn conditions due to 60 degree water, but I did not catch a single fish up shallow or out deep. All fish came out of 6-10 feet of water throwing a drop shot with a scented jerk shad or other fluke style baits. Using mega 360 to cast at spots in the grass flats that had less amounts of vegetation was the key to my success today. Never thought I would be throwing a drop shot during prespawn. Caught a few on the 6 inch magdraft but those fish were few and far between. Not sure if they are having a slow year with spawning, but I feel like last year at this time they were already done with the spawn.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Flip reed edges and any newer growth weed patches or lilypad patches. Use a 3/8 oz bullet tungsten weight with a 4/0 offset hook, and a black and blue craw trailer. Tokyo rig also works for these areas and helps keep lure off bottom. Keep your eye open for spawning beds.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
77°
Fishing off main lake points and weed edges in 10-12 feet of water is where most bass were caught using the drop shot method. Although a large quantity of bass were caught over quality, I still had a productive morning on the water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Foot to two feet diving jerkbaits. Working them right around the submerged vegetation. Caught quite a few a doing it and some with good size. Cabbage was the main weed that was holding the fish and the greener the better
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Pre-spawn/spawn 61°. Fished well with a white/chrome chatterbait around reeds and rock. A DT6 also came in handy as I went a little deeper near the same structure and got into some cabbage.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
The jig worm and drop shot bite was going on the deep weed edge, just a basic 7" Power Worm on the jig worm and a Roboworm 6" straight tail worm on the drop shot. Key was locating the schools of sunfish, the bass were hanging just underneath them.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Lily Pads
Deep lily pad edges with offshore structure near dark kicked up the baitfish and made the jerkbait deadly. Quick 2-3 twitches with a 1-2 sec pause caused suspended fish to destroy the stunna. Fished it on a Dobyns DC 685 cb with 12lb mono.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Crappie
Water Temperature
78°
Water clarity is about 3 foot or so in the summer. My biggest bites came from fishing the point on the northern part of the lake. Fish are stacked up. You will catch plenty of bass here, but nothing bigger than a two pounder
