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Species
WalleyeSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
HotbaitGeecrack Bellows Gill 3.8" / Muddy Gill
Out of Stock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crawfish
8/20/2022 Pt. 2: After smacking largemouth in the back waters, I went off shore and caught a lot of smaller smallmouth and 1 really good 3.5 pounder. I went to start skipping docks and found multiple that had a large number of fish on them. There was mostly smallmouth but also some largemouth holding to them too. The big key was green pumkin. The Zman Goat skips very well so I would use it around more open docks. The Zman Palmetto bug was my go to for accurate skipping in tight spots on docks with less poles. For the heaviest cover docks (where I found more largemouth) I would go with a tube to get a better hook up incase the fish wrapped me up and I had to get it untangled. This pattern also produce an almost 7 pound giant Tyler Darling in the tournament. I finished in 2nd place with 17.48 lbs on the day.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
8/20/2022 Pt. 1: The largemouth are starting to school up. I caught a lot of numbers on a combination of 2 spinnerbaits with different blade configurations. The Megabass SV-3 was my choice for the clear water shallow presentation. Due to the double willow configuration I could keep it up in the water column over the grass. It was deadly with the wind and sunshine. For the deeper grass 6-8 ft I used the Venom Lure Double Turtle Back in green pumpkin bluegill. The water was a little dirtier so the extra thump and the ability to run a little bit deeper made a difference. The largemouth would be in tight schools of 5-6 in a pocket. The major key was to cover ground and find them. You could also flip but it was too time consuming for how much they were moving.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
8/12/2022: The bite on Roy is a little tough. We still caught them, but mostly in deep grass or shallow in between the weed lines. Up shallow on the bank they are holding close to shade. The water temp is starting to come down so the bite in September should be top notch. Spinnerbait, spinnerbait, spinnerbait... you might have to tinker with the colors a bit, but you'll catch quality no mater what.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Smallmouth on piles were not biting and were being incredibly finicky. We went to flip docks and cracked a few Smallies on some of the deeper docks.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Skipping shallow docks on Roy, water temp mid 70s, smallmouth and largies mixed bag under and around docks.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
80°
Stumbled upon an aggressive offshore bite. Fish were schooled up and related to deep rock piles and reeds, particularly those with coontail in 8-16’. Also worked the rock/sand transitions of Walleye Point. In addition to dropshotting, dragging and even vertical jigging a simple jig worm boated several nice smallmouth.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Bluegill
Fishing outside weedlines with a chatterbait primarily, water temp mid 70s.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Boulders
Water temp ranged from 68 to 72 degrees. Can fish the submerged vegetation for smallmouth and largemouth throwing rattling traps over the top. At times needed to be on inside edge and others needed to be on the outside edge. The small northerns were the biggest problem with this approach. Switched to slip bobber and targeted the rock piles and could find small schools of smaller smallmouth but were able to pull a few 18-20” smallmouth out!
