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Species
CrappieSeason
Winter
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Water Temperature
63°
I caught 18 fish altogether with all of them being bass or yellow perch! I had another half dozen or so that got away because I couldn’t get a hook into them. I used only two baits; Googan Squad micro zinger in a sexy shad color and a Dynamic Lures’ Micro Spinner Bait, Orange/Gold in color. They were hitting these two spinners pretty consistently! The two spinners in the comments are the two that were hot baits!!
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
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
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Open Water/Basin
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!
