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Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
42°
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
42°
Fishing Laydowns and Wood cover with deeper water near by produced fish early mornings. Leaving a longer pause with the jerkbait after two jerks on slack line seemed to be ideal.
Species
Trout
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Baitfish
Where's all the other species that are there like,Pike,Lake Trout,Striper,White Bass,Channel Cat,etc...... Lg/Sm Mouth Bass are easy to catch,they're a reaction striker,they'll hit anything that moves whether they're hungry or not so not so interested in them.Only thing easier to catch than a Bass is Sunnies and Bluegills. Why leave out the all the tougher fish??? This page knows nothing about the lake from what answers there is to pick from....
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
43°
Held a Xzone Hot Shot Minnow over brush piles and enticed smallmouth to come up a foot or two out of the brush pile and eat a damiki rig.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
38°
Fishing in 20-30 foot of water finding isolated schools of bass I was able to convince them to bite slowly working an Xzone Mini Swammer back to the boat keeping the bait near the bottom.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
52°
Fish close to the bank. Fish caught were within the first few jerks both on the jerk and on the pause.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
58°
Windy day, fish feeding on points in evening, new PB smallmouth 4lb 3oz
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Shallow wood and rock on a free rig
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
64°
Shallow and around wood