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Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
78°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
60°
Ended up fishing a club tournament and found a good pattern with bass chasing schools of bait. Coupled the spinnerbait with the crankbait to generate all my bites!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Minnows
Punching grass clumps in 3-6 feet of water. 3/4 tungsten and a Missile baits d bomb in super bug.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Matted Grass
Water Temperature
75°
Drop Shotting a wacky rig X Zone True center stick around grass edges caught fish in conjunction with a 1/2 Oz jackhammer around grass produced fish. All white or All Green Pumpkin were the best colors.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Blueback Herring
Very light weight, pitching a worm under docks and the forever producing pontoon boats.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
78°
A white chatterbait, with a white x zone adrenaline craw was the ticket last wednesday. Fished it at varying speeds pretty much all around the lake but most bites came around grass. Lake was really high so alot of fish were up shallow.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
80°
Didn’t participate, but there was a 40 boat tournament all day and we had to fish behind a lot of guys. Still, we laid a beating on them slowing fishing the neko in 8-14 feet of water around weeds. This was my first time using the Sensei worm and let’s just say I already ordered 7 more packs.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
The dog days of summer can lead to tough fishing just about anywhere, and Onondaga is no different. But I found some decent success on this lake pitching a wacky-rigged Senko under docks and around thick vegetation for some nice largemouths. Try to focus your attention on the weed edges dropping into deeper water. Flipping/pitching texas rigged plastics or jigs could be another good option as well.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
I was fishing off the floating fishing platform near the State boat launch. I was casting a Berkley MaxScent Lil’ General parallel to the shoreline in 12ft of water, and popping it out of the submerged grass.