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Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Chris Stelter
Bronze Ambassador
6/10/23
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
76°
Finding sand with boulders mixed was most productive areas. Having orange on the bait seemed to a little better as well.
Mark Credi
Bronze Ambassador
6/12/23
Species
Crappie
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
68°
Fished June 9 to the 15th. Crappie in 8 to 10 feet, Gills 4 to 6 feet, Northern Pike anywhere! Limited out all 3 guys. Crappies 10 to 15 inches, most Gills 7 to 9 inches with a few 10s. Mostly beetle spin. Hardly used any other baits.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
50°
Smallmouth, walleye and pike were caught on windblown shorelines and rock spines in 6-12 feet
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
9/5/24
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
65°
Fished Pelican lake from 8/31-9-6. Caught both largemouth and smallmouth on rock weed transitions, rock piles surrounded by weeds and isolated boulders. Crappie and northern pike also mixed in. Top producing baits were a bladed jig, Ned rig, Texas rigged soft plastic
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Find the rocks and find the bass. Rock piles and rocky points were best for concentrated fish (think windy buoys). Lots of smallies with the occasional green bass mixed in. Small swimbaits, chatterbaits and jerkbaits got paid. Picked up occasional fish along rocky shorelines. Struggled fishing the weeds with Texas rigs.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
65°
Fished the first week of September. Found largemouth and some smallmouth around rock and boulders near weeds. Caught very few in just weeds, best areas were rock structures with weeds close by or where both were mixed, especially hard edges of weed and rock transitions. 6th sense lipless and swimbait and Outkast swim jig produced the most bites, and a Texas rigged baby brush hog produced when you needed to slow down.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
68°
Fished September 2nd-8th. Caught some fish on rock and some in weeds, but a mix of both produced the most fish. Either finding isolated boulders in weeds or the edge of large rock structure as it transitions to weeds was most productive. Caught mostly smallmouth and largemouth, with northern pike, crappies, bluegills, and a few walleyes mixed in. Caught fish on a variety of baits, but a 6th sense divine swimbait on a 3/16th oz Owner Ultrahead, a Biospawn plasma tail on an 1/8 oz Ultrahead, and a Texas rigged Strike king Coffee tube were the top baits of the week.
Quinn Gare Fishing
Bronze Ambassador
8/17/24
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
72°
Targeted rock piles that would run about 30 feet out into the water in the 6-15ft of water. I would change between throwing a DT-8 all the way up to a DT-14 depending on the depth and how tall the boulders were. The bluegill color I tagged above was the key to getting all the bites.