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Tyler Hoover
Bronze Ambassador
4/17/25
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Minnows
Tyler Hoover
Bronze Ambassador
4/13/25
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Minnows
Tiny cove off the main body, five feet deep or less with some grass out from the bank. Bunch of floating logs and brush toward the back where the biggest of the three bit.
Carson Forrester
Bronze Ambassador
3/29/25
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
38°
Slow rolling this swimbait in the upper water column for bait feeders after ice out. Catches 3-4 pound nice smallmouth with ease.
Carson Forrester
Bronze Ambassador
3/29/25
Species
MuskieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
45°
Caught this large Muskie off of a shallow laydown on this Jerkbait. North end of lake back of a cove
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Shallow wood and rock on a free rig
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
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 BassSeason
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
Carson Forrester
Bronze Ambassador
5/5/24
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
62°
Fish a swimbait on a Dropshot as the smallmouth move shallow
Carson Forrester
Bronze Ambassador
5/5/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
62°
Flip this around shallow laydowns as the fish move up
