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Pool 5 Mississippi
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Species
Yellow PerchSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Vertical Jigging 0-9'
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Minnows
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Vertical Jigging 20'+
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
38°
Jigging 3/8-1/2 ounce northland mimic jig or mvp jig with a 3” or 4” keitech easy shiner between 15-22 feet on current seams. If bite got slow switching to minnows also produced. Slow drifts necessary.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Brush Piles
Flipping into brush piles gave a pretty consistent bite this week. The bass were pretty aggressive and would usually hit right away. Fished mostly backwaters with the average depth being 2-3 feet. Black and Blue Flake Rage Bugs were the go-to with a 1/4 oz tungsten flipping weight and 4/0 Owner EWG hook.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
42°
Water temps are in the low to mid 40s.... slowwwwwww is the key. So slow its painful, but catching fish is catching fish!!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Brush Piles
The bite has been a bit tougher with this cold we’ve been dealing with. You have to work a little tougher to get those bites. The bass we’re only biting the pinchers off my creature bait so I downsized and that seemed to do the trick. Black and Blue for flipping is still working and white chatterbaits.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Bass were very active in the shallows but still have not seen very many of the big females there. With this warm-up the bass will definitely be more active. Unfortunately a lot of the backwaters I fished already had a lot of algae so that made fishing a little tougher. All of the bass I caught were on white color baits. With the Megabass swimbait being a favorite.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Baitfish
Water Temperature
49°
Water levels seem back to normal, water clarity normal in the backwaters in the Finger Lakes. Water temperature was at 49.5 degrees so bite will continue to get better. Bass were feeding on baitfish so the Jack Hammer with a cut Hog Farmer pintail definitely did the trick. I would recommend a leader in the backwaters with the amount of northerns that are there. Most of the fish caught were in 4 feet of water on the weed lines.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Fish are up making beds, find rock and hard bottom shorelines with slack water. With rising water it can be tough to see fish so make multiple pitches to the same spot and watch your line.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Ledges
