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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Water Temperature
63°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Water Temperature
60°
I was fishing Barnett’s Creek using mostly micro spinner baits. Caught around 10 yellow & white perch on a Johnson’s Beatle spin rigged with a crappie magnet. I switched to an H&H Lure Company, //16 oz. Cutie spin. I had several fish to crush this bait, especially a bass weighing a little over 2lbs!
Matt Greschak
Bronze Ambassador
10/31/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Standing Timber
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
I had to go catch a birthday bass to keep tradition alive! We ended up catching over 30 bass throwing a wacky rigged senko with a #1 VMC wacky worm hook.
Species
DrumSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Water Temperature
65°
Fishing Barnett’s Creek recently, from around 8:30am-2:30pm. I caught about 15 fish altogether with the majority consisting mostly of large mouth bass. In addition to the bass, I did catch a few few small yellow perch and a blue gill. The prize catch of the day was a puppy drum. I threw a lot of different baits on this day, but everything I caught was on a beetle spin rigged with a split tail black & chartreuse crappie magnet on a 1/32 jig head. I have attached pictures of the biggest fish.
Species
CrappieSeason
Winter
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Caught several crappie, two largemouth bass, a blue gill, and a white perch. One of the crappie measured 12 inches. I used the crappie magnet on a 1/32 oz. Jig head on a small betts spinner. I caught these fish in the Carolina Club Marina.
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Species
CrappieSeason
Winter
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Docks
Fishing out of Barnett’s Creek on a day when the bite was tough. I changed baits often & covered a lot of water. It was not until a put I rigged up a a Mr. Crappie Joker that the fish began to bite. I rigged the plastic on a 1/32 oz. jighead & betts spinner. I had to fish it slow, but the crappie & white perch would hit it hard!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
I went on an outing with family members & fished primarily Barnett’s Creek. We fished for about an hour before a thunderstorm moved in a couple of hours ahead of the forecast & cut our trip short! In that length of time, we caught 4 bass & a yellow perch, and had several other bites! The bait that drew the most attention was the Zoom Super Fluke Jr. w/the tail dipped in garlic scented chartreuse Spike-it, rigged on a 1/8 oz. Jighead. One of the bass was caught on a betts spinner rigged with a crappie magnet (butla gold) The yellow perch was caught on an Arkie Crappie Crankbait (2-6 ft. Diver). We were off to a good start, a couple of the larger bass must have come in at least at a pound & a half or more!
