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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Baitfish
Water starting to warm up. About 54 degrees, have success mostly at the north end. Chatter bait working well.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Humps
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
60°
off of spawn locations, hitting on long pauses
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Stumps
Water Temperature
63°
Smaller fish working up real shallow, seemed like bigger fished were just staged off the shallow bedding areas in 6-8' flats of stumps or weeds
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
5/23/2021 - Temps rising to around 65-69 degrees depending on location. Submerged vegetation starting to grow. Beds starting to appear in shallow bays. Bite on moving baits seemed to slow down significantly, so switched to pitching and flipping Texas rig in shallow areas on the inside weed line and that produced results. Warmer water and larger fish on the north end of the lake, smaller bucks and cooler water down towards the dam.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Stumps
Water Temperature
65°
lots of pike and bass in cabbage and stumps in 4-8ft of water
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
73°
Bass up shallow along shorelines, in vegetation, many caught in 2's with slow to fast reeling of swimbait and jerkbaits
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
73°
Most bass caught around weed to rock transitions along shorelines, relating to steeper dropoffs to 8-10ft
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
67°
Largemouth located between 2' and 8' of water, cold front lowered water temps by 10°F, slow retrieve of ned rigs and long pauses managed to catch quite a few.
