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Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
66°
The SE wind had me choosing to go North in Platte. Not a good choice on this cool evening. I only got two bass. The first was a two pounder that was relating to shallow weeds close to a drop off. The three pounder was caught in 5’ of water next to a rice point on a inside turn. I missed a bite on a frog about a half hour later on that same rice/inside turn. I also got a few pike on the Big Blade Chatterbait.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Started out on a few docks. Got the biggest one of the evening (3.5 lbs) on the very first dock on a Strike King Skipping Jig with Menace Grub trailer. Got 3 bass on the final dock on a Zoom Super Fluke. I went and picked up my brother and we frogged the rest of the evening. Steve got 2 Platte Lake Special’s in the boat quickly, but that was the end of his luck as he missed his last 5 or 6 blow ups. I got one PLS on the.same Bobby’s Perfect Steve was throwing and got my final bass of the trip on a Hot Snakes Z-Man Toadz. Best 6 fish weighed (14.57) My brother had a couple of big fish miss his frog. Could have been pike, bass, or dogfish.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Got out the past couple of nights. On the first night the bass were slamming the Toadz in and around pads. Just vicious strikes. Last night I caught a few mostly small bass around docks other than the first one that was 3lbs. Got better size along the inside edge of some reeds. Got my big fish both night’s on weed flats throwing a buzzbait with a Hot Snakes Toadz. That Hot Snakes color is fire on Platte, but the pike love it as much as the bass. The first night I also got a couple quality bites over the weed flat on a Repo Man and Terkel Sprinker.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Got a late start tonight due to the wind. The only thing I got bit on was the Coppertreuse Goat Toadz. Final fish of the night was the biggest (3.39lb) 6 bass in a couple of hours for just under 12lbs. Lost one about 2lbs and got 5 pike as well.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Points
Fish up to 3 1/2 pounds on a steep drop off a point. Also caught some off docks on a Yumdinger. Needed the wind to be blowing into the point and docks. Best 5 were 16 lbs 11 oz.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
76°
I had motor issues tonight, so I scrapped going down to Sullivan while underway and went to the far North of Platte instead. The bay I went to sets up like the one I reported on the other day; a weed flat behind the reeds and rice/pads lining the shore. I got my first bass casting out over the coontail with the frog. My final three fish came from rice/pads. Apparently my battery wasn’t charged properly and so 45 minutes into fishing on this windy night I was running low on juice for the trolling motor. I caught all of my fish in that first 45-minutes. My biggest bass was just under three pounds and my four fish weighed 9.54lbs. I fished the final two hours of daylight until it was dark (8:45pm)
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Started out the evening catching fish up to 2lbs on an All-Terrain skipping jig (brown/back) with Z-Man Goat (green pumpkin) and a Zoom Super Fluke (albino). Also got a few bonus bass between docks out of slop and pads on a Bobby’s Perfect Frog and a 3lber on a craw tube (black/blue) after it missed the frog. I went back and picked up my brother Steve and headed to the north end of the lake. He got a total beast of a 17.5-incher right away in the reeds on a Bobby’s Perfect (sparrow).. I got a couple 2lber on Z-Man Billy Goat (green pumpkin) as well as Steve on the Bobby’s Perfect. As the sunset I took us to a reed island where Steve got a couple 2lber and I got the night’s big bass (4.18) all on a Bobby’s Perfect. We missed doubling up twice; I messed it up the first time and Steve the second.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Was running about 35-minutes behind this morning, so the sun was up shortly before I arrived at my first spot. I caught 2lber right away on the Bobby’s Perfect. Had a couple more boils in the reeds. Moved farther North to slop and reeds. Got the 4lber there and a few more on the Terminator Poppin Frog. I decided to go back to my staring spot and try the Poppin Frog. Nothing, so I headed toward Sullivan and got a bass on the Poppin Frog and Z-Man Billy Goat before I passed into Sullivan.