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Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Alewife
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
82°
Saw a lot of movement in the spatterdock and caught a few flipping/punching near high tide. After the tide went out, caught more on an ozark rig stickbait with a screw lock spinner on the tail along grass edges.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Alewife
Fished the evening on the Potomac. Fished the last of the incoming and the start of the outgoing before daylight ran out. The tide didn’t give us the greatest conditions (last couple hours of outgoing would have been best). I found some success throwing a watermelon red Fluke in the submerged grass and twitching it through. I throw my flukes on my jerk bait/light crankbait rod. I use a snap with the fluke on the superline hook and still get great action on the bait. Light breeze and partly cloudy skies.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Minnows
Flipping pads at low tide was the winning pattern. Caught many fish and they all stayed button with the new Mustadmus Alpha point 2/0 offset hook. Se
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
86°
Fished a club tournament on the Lower Potomac River and caught numerous largemouth bass on a combination of lightly weighted 4" Yamamoto Senkos in Fire Craw and Berkley 7" Power Worms in Blue Fleck. Bass were positioned next to scattered clumps of grass, specifically eel grass and milfoil. The bite was aggressive for the first 45 minutes as the tide was going out. The bite slowed significantly once the tide stopped moving out and during slack tide. The bite slowly picked up again as the tide began rolling in and continued until the tide went slack again in the early afternoon. I was fortunate enough to get a sample/test pack of Mustad Alpha Point Alpha-Grip Finesse Hooks from Omnia a month ago, and they have become my go-to hook. Don't let the "Finesse" tag scare you - these hooks are super sharp and super strong!
yng_grant
Bronze Ambassador
7/27/24
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Water Temperature
86°
Fished pads at low tide with a frog. Caught a few, missed a few. The usual frog fishing. Moved out to sparse grass bay and threw the cut r worm past chunks of grass. Reeling the worm about as slow as I could. Caught a couple of shorts on a dropshot too but nothing culled.
Species
Northern Snakehead
Season
Summer
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Alewife
Bass fishing in the Potomac River when a snakehead came up and inhaled my buzz toad. Not the species that I was going for, but still a lot of fun. Unfortunately he destroyed my buzz toad! 😂
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Pilings
Forage
Perch
Caught a nice 4lb 7oz bass on a wacky rigged senko. Purple Emerald flake is an absolute killer in summer on the Potomac.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Tore some bass up using the Terminator Popping Frog. Fishing the pads always gets me bit.