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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
48°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
49°
Although the water is still cold, these fish are in pre-spawn patterns. Target some of the shallower bays on the north and east side of the lake are the best. Look for submerged vegetation in 4’-10’ of water. Throw a Z-Man CrossEyeZ Chatterbait I. Fire Craw with either a 3.3” Keitech trailer (I like to match my Chatterbait color to my trailer) or a 4.5” spunk shad from Hog Farmer. You’ll be on ‘em in no time!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
50°
The water temps have finally hit 50°, so where are all the fish? Early spring largemouth will make runs into the shallows during the early morning hours, or during the evening. Outside of those times, they will often pull back to weed lines and look for wandering baitfish. Use a 1/2 oz Megabass SV-3 Double Willow Spinnerbait in Wagasaki to work the weed lines during the day and the shallows during low light hours. No need to put a trailer on the SV-3. Just slow roll it near the bottom. You’ll be on ‘’em in no time.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
56°
Both the smallmouth and largemouth are cruising the flats in 4-10’ of water near weed lines. Throw out the Duo Realis in a perch pattern. Just work it slowly in the shallows with a twitch, twitch pause cadence. I landed 14 total in about three hours. This was my biggest one that weighed in just over 5lbs.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
56°
Look for large boulders in 3’-8’ of water. In the mornings and the evenings, big bass will come up shallow to feed around structure. The Rapala Jointed Shad Rap is the best spring time lure. Just chuck and wind. Grind it into the bottom, whether rocks or sand. It imitates a crawfish so well. Just wait for them to slam it.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
54°
It seems like the smallmouth are really becoming aggressive as they move up. They are wanting twitch presentations like a jerkbait, jig or Senko. Use a Megabass Kanata GP in the pro perch color. Just use a jerk, jerk, pause presentation with pauses only lasting 2 seconds. The fish will hit it on the pause. You’ll be on them in no time!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
Flipping all around the docks and caught this one near the middle. Caught with baby bass Yamatanuki. These baits are amazing, especially for flipping docks! So easy!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
64°
Smallmouth are making beds. Move in shallow (1’-4’ of water) and look for light circles on the lakebed. Sometimes these will have a darker circle of weeds in the middle. They often will be near structure like a boulder or dock. Pitch the Roboworm Alive Shad onto the bed and twitch it a couple times, then let us rest for 3-4 seconds. You should be able to catch a fish off of almost every bed. It’s extremely productive.
Fishinspokane
Bronze Ambassador
9/26/22
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
