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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Fished last Tuesday, it was an extremely tough day on the water. Everywhere where I had caught fish a a few days prior had been sprayed by the FWC. To make matters even more difficult was the fact that it's been a full moon for a few days. Started the morning fishing a Spro Poppin' Frog 60 in Black and Yellow on a Denali 7' 4" AttaX Heavy Fast Casting Rod with a Quantum Smoke S3 8.1:1 Casting Reel paired with K9 60 pound "8" Strand Dyneema Super Braid. Eventually switched to a Spro Poppin' Frog 60 in Red Ear once the sun was over the trees. I also threw an Untamed Tackle 3/8 oz. Punisher Swim Jig in Pepper Shad with a Zoom Super Speed Craw in Pearl as a trailer on Denali AttaX 7' 4" Heavy Fast with a Quantum Smoke S3 8.1:1 gear ratio Casting Reel paired with 60 pound "9" Strand Dyneema Super Braid. Only had a few gar and mud fish blow up on the frog so I moved out to some patches of lillipads that were offshore. Flipped the pads with a VMC Tokyo Rig with a 5/0 VMC Straight Shank Flipping Hook paired with a Missile Baits D Bomb in Bruiser Flash with a 1/2 oz. WOO! Tungsten Never Chip Flipping Weight. My setup for the Tokyo Rig was a Denali AttaX 7' 4" Heavy Fast with a Quantum Smoke S3 8.1:1 gear ratio Casting Reel paired with 60 pound K9 Fishing "8" Strand Dyneema Super Braid with a 20 pound Sunline Assassin Fluorocarbon leader. Fishing was brutally tough. Hopefully after a few days the fishing will improve after the FWC sprayed so much of the lake.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Matted Grass
The holes in the grass have been producing some really giant bags. This giant came working a speed worm style bait through the offshore hydrilla
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Matted Grass
Working a worm through offshore grass and letting it swim through the holes was super productive
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Fished Orange Lake for the first time yesterday. The bite is tough as the fish have received a ton of pressure over the past month or so and are in the post spawn funk. Spent the majority of the day trying to cover as much water as possible and piece together a pattern as to what specific type of cover the fish were relating to. Spent the morning throwing a Spro Bronzeye Poppin Frog 60 and an Untamed Tackle Punisher Swim Jig with a Zoom Super Speed Craw trailer. Only managed to catch one on the swim jig and had another fish miss the Spro Poppin Frog. Other than that it was a real struggle. Fishing should get better in the next week or so.
Dawson Wisner
Bronze Ambassador
3/6/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
I was fishing pre and post spawn fish in a hydrilla field. I used a swimjig to cover water quickly and efficiently, and to find holes where fish were staging. The speed of Using a 8:1:1 reel and short pauses on the retrieve was the key to getting the larger fish to bite
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Matted Grass
Xtreme Bass Series Orange Lake Division event #2 79 teams hit the waters in search of giant Florida bass. Top teams reported flipping heavy cover for their catches. 1st Place: Derek Manning & Dillon Robinson- 28.87 pounds 2nd Place: Joe Yarborough & Travis Blucher 23.64 pounds 3rd Place: Phil Cury & Eric Lewis- 22.84 pounds 4th Place: Pete Roberson & Rob Roberson- 22.11 pounds 5th Place: Joey Pate & William Barnett- 21.52 pounds Big Bass: Derek Manning & Dillon Robinson- 12.59 pounds Full Results here: https://xbs.floridatournamentreport.com/orange.../event-2/
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
2/5/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Matted Grass
Water Temperature
60°
Boogerman Buzzbait bit as insane Black 3/8
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Punching through mats with the flippin delight was key. Yo-yo-ing this bait under the mat produced some great bites!
