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Buzzwood
Bronze Ambassador
10/26/24
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
60°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Docks
The lake has been treated so many times this summer that grass/foliage is nearly non-existent and it's hard to find any fish. The docks/shade produced numbers, but not many keepers. Spinnerbaits got a lot of bites.
Buzzwood
Bronze Ambassador
8/30/24
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
81°
Dropshot weed edge, 20ft.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
78°
Popping swimbaits off the bottom by stumps and sunken trees. And they were crushing them
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
75°
Not much action. only 3 largemouth a smallmouth and a perch were caught. the smallmouth came in 15 feet of water the rest came in 4ft or less. The smallie came on a drop shot rigged with a d-worm wacky hooked. The first largemouth was on a d-worm on a weighted wacky hook and the second largemouth was on a Manns wake bait, chrome and blue. My buddy caught the last largemouth on a twin tail Yamamoto skipped under a dock. His perch also was on a drop shot black flat worm. We fished from 7:30 to 1:30.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
80°
The lake was sprayed for weeds recently and was experiencing an Alge bloom. Fishing deep only produced small fish on the drop-shot. The best fish were shallow, 2-4ft of water over the top of weeds.
Buzzwood
Bronze Ambassador
7/31/24
Species
CrappieSeason
Summer
Technique
Crappie Dock Shooting
Structure
Docks
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
80°
Under large docks in corner of bay
Buzzwood
Bronze Ambassador
7/28/24
Species
Northern PikeSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
81°
Crank weed edge in 20ft of water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
80°
Storms had rolled through earlier in the day and it was really windy (15+ constant with 20+ gusts). There was a lot of jets ski's and wake boats churning up the lake as well, and visibility was very low. No more than 2'. Caught an early smallie in about 10' of water on a crank bait. We followed a ledge at around 8' with a decent amount of grass and started pulling very fat 13" to 13.5" bass off the grass line (1.5lbs+) but only managed to put 2 more keepers in the boat.
