Sam Rayburn Reservoir
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Largemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonWinterStructureLedgesWith the rain the area got Thursday, most of the major creek arms were off colored. I targeted the creek arms that were cleaner and fished ditches or drains that had a defined ledge. The shad were balled up right on the break. I was throwing a electric shad keitech on a 1/4 oz ball jig head on 10 pound berkley nanofil with a 15 pound sunline shooter leader. I positioned my boat to be able to cast across the ditch. I would let it sink to the bottom and then give it a slow retrieve and I’d kill it every couple cranks of the reel handle. When I got close to the ledge that’s where I’d get the bite and it was always when it it on the fall of the bait after killing the reel. They were absolutely choking the bait. Once the sun came out and the wind picked up, I switched to burning the edges of grass with a 1/2 oz. White hologram Picasso hog snatcher double willow with a pearl super fluke jr trailer.
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureHumps- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShakey HeadsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureRiver Channels
Fished creek channel bend where it dropped from 6 ft to 13 ft. All small keepers from a small area that had grass and rock.
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CatfishTechniqueBobbersSeasonWinterStructureBaitfish 
Ted ThibBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueLipless CrankbaitsSeasonWinterStructureSubmerged VegetationWorking over the top of deep grass and following grass edges with a lipless crankbait. Moving quickly covering water until getting bit then experiment with colors to dial them in.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonWinterStructureStumps
Finished 9th of 51 in a tournament. All my fish came on a dead sticked weightless Senko in black/blue flake. The Seaguar InvizX was a key as I had a couple of fish wrap me around stumps and the line never let me down. If you are fishing fluor, and not using InvizX you are going to have some brokeoff fish. This stuff is the best I have ever used. Another key was the Shimano DC. Throwing weightless in the wind would have eaten me up in the past, but that DC allows you to throw directly into the wind and never backlash. Best reel ever!
- Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueCarolina RigsSeasonWinterStructureBrush Piles
Arron SlatenBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueCarolina RigsSeasonWinterStructurePointsDragging a Carolina Rig around the ends of points. No major size in the fish, but you can catch a lot of them.
