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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
41°
I used Forward Facing Sonar and Mega 360 to find flooded brush in 20-30 feet of water and hung a damiki rig about 1-2 feet off the bottom where potential fish may have been. Fish would be grouped up and come investigate the damiki rig. The xzone hot shot minnow would go to work on the damiki jig head as you hold it steady making the fish bite.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
42°
Traditional Damiki Rig where I was holding the rig above brush piles where fish may be holding. 1-2 foot off the bottom. Watched fish come investigate and bite!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Dragging jigs slow making lots of casts at structure.
Joe Stanowski
Bronze Ambassador
2/3/24
Species
Striped BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Standing Timber
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
40°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
38°
Found fish deep in 30’ plus range. Slow retrieve.
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Ledges
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
11/16/24
Species
Lake TroutSeason
Fall
Technique
Trolling 20'+
Structure
Standing Timber
Water Temperature
51°
Caught em up around Marty’s Island, speed around 1.7mph 30-35ft deep
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
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.
