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Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Slipping back into to some skinny areas with the yak and working a frog over mats.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Once Summer hits on this lake, there are two predominant patterns for quality & quantity of bass bites. Finesse fishing on deep weed edges and bottom transition areas with jig worms, drop shots and neko rigs. Fish light line & often times super slow is the best. Your other alternative is to flip thick milfoil and coontail clumps with heavy punch rigs or jigs and cover water until you can find mini-schools. Natural colors seem best on this lake.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
The bass have been staging on the main lake and secondary points. Look for areas with scattered rock piles/openings in the submerged vegetation in less than 6 FOW. Minnow profile baits have been working best on the drop shot.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
67°
Could not get bites on chatterbaits or frogs. Thankfully fish did bite Keitechs. Water seemed too warm for this early in the season (did we miss the spawn?) Fish were shallow, scattered and generally disinterested. Lots of pike.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Burning in fast from the weed line with spinners into lily pads was a fast way to get the aggressive pre-spawn bass into the boat. It was still a fire bite, and extremely entertaining to watch the bass track down this spinner and hammer it.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crappie
Running over and into submerged vegetation was the ticket to win it today with white/chart chatterbaits with trailers. Gary Yamamoto zako swimbaits were a great hitter as well as Zoom 5" flukes, match the forage, or go high visibility.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Targeting the weed line into the preemergent lily pads. pre-spawning bass were cruising for forage before the spawn and hit the crankbaits like a sledgehammer!