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Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
55°
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
54°
Work jig as slow as possible all the way back to the boat.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
River Channels
Head towards the back of creek arms where the warmest water is and Make long casts with weighted Neko rig as you work it from shallow to deeper water.
WMurphy_2002
Bronze Ambassador
2/10/22
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
On Saturday, we fished the fourth event in the OGS Tournament Trail. We knew before going into the day that it was going to be extremely difficult to land a quality bag of fish. With the amount of rain we had over the past couple of days and the cold front that was coming in, we set our goal to go after largemouth in the cold and muddy water. We started in Elkahatchee Creek fishing around the bank throwing crankbaits around rock, wood, docks, etc. We ended up catching our one and only fish of the day fishing a DT6 Demon on rock. When we caught the fish, the fish looked like it just came up shallow from its winter pattern. Most likely, the fish was eating whatever it can to prepare for the spawn. The fish weighed 3.9 pounds, but given some time it would no doubt be 4 or over. I guess if you are going to catch one fish, make it count!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Fishing a square bill in the back of creeks was slow but we caught better fish. Key was finding shallow rock. Fish seemed to be holding on it and you need to contact the rock on a slow retrieve.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Minnows
Fish were tough but managed to pull together a plan and caught some numbers. Bait fish were deep fish seemed to key in on the spy bait better.Moved shallow and caught a few on the square bait.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
My partner fished a shakey head with a zoom craw or trick worm and occasionally threw a small crankbait. He only caught one small spot all day. My lure of choice was the Megabass Dark Sleeper. We found fish on points. Swimming the Dark Sleeper slow and keeping contact with the bottom was the way to go. I probably had close to 20 hits throughout the day. It took me a little bit to figure out the bass needed to hold the lure a little longer before setting the hook. In the end I boated 11 spots ranging from one to two pounds. Talking to other fishermen who were pre-fishing for a tournament they all said the bite was pretty slow and only caught a few. From their comments I figure I had a pretty fair day. I didn’t take pics as I didn’t catch any picture worthy.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
59°
It is more pre-spawn than spawn. The water temp rises throughout the day. The lake has all types of water clarify: clear, stained, and muddy. Caught the best ones off of laydowns in the shade about 1/2 way back in small to medium cuts. YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/Aib4TRdXloU Rumble Video: https://rumble.com/v4gur1f-lake-martin-bfl-practice-and-tournament-feb-2024.html
