O'Dowd Lake
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Rip Rap
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Water temps are currently in the upper 60s and the bass are schooling on steeper main lake points with deep water nearby. Points with isolated grass beds and isolated grass beds along steeper banks are holding bigger fish. Work the jerkbait on top of, or parallel to, the deeper grass beds (8-12 fow) with a 6-8 second pause in your cadence to elicit bites. The jerkbait bite will only get better as the water cools and make sure to play around with the length of pause in your cadence to determine what will get the fish to trigger for that particular day.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
If the wind is blowing O'Dowd has a lot of natural funnel points. Focus your attention between the islands and points, anywhere the wind is pushing bait. Rip a lipless through the remaining weeds. I like to use a low stretch flurcarbon for this on a 7ft medium heavy rod.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Points
Shallow (2-6’), lily pads, reeds, docks, submerged vegetation. Weightless. Texas rigged.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Fish were blowing up bait shallow early but could not get them to bite so I scanned around a wind blown point and saw a ball of bait fish outside the weed edge. I slowly worked a jig and ned rig to catch a few quickly.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
We saw tons of bluegill Frye at the dock and caught this bass, some baby 4-6” bass and 2 8+” bluegill.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Water Temperature
78°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
All fish were caught on weed edges, but there had to be hard cover mixed in. Most fish were caught on a VMC Neko Rig with a Z-Man Bang Stickz. Also caught fish on a 6th Sense Crush 50x ripped through the weeds.
