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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
66°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
67°
Got on the water early and found some pickerel and pike roaming the weed breaks in 6-10' of water. Spent much of the day trying similar weed edges, rock breaks, reeds, and shoreline wood, but didn't find a lot of success. Early in the afternoon, we returned to our beginning weed edges and quickly found some excellent 3 pounders, with a mix of smaller bass, large pickerel, and a few nice pike using a mixture of Ned rig and jigs. Beast Coast jigs with a mix of trailers were the best option to entice the bite. Most fish looked a little beat up, like they were just coming off their beds.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
72°
Today’s New York Fishing Adventure finds me a tad closer to home as I headed 14-minutes south of Henderson Harbor, hopped across the Jefferson County line into Oswego County to enjoy an action packed 5-hour session in Sandy Pond just off Lake Ontario casting Keitech Baits to largemouth bass (LMB), smallmouth bass (SMB), perch, pickerel, northern pike and a few rock bass. When I launched at 6:15 AM, I found 70-degree water temps and a light algae bloom on the water. Most of the bass are post-spawn, but I did see a couple of LMB still guarding fry. I started with a rattle bait casting across a sand flat in 4- to 6-foot that had intermittent weeds on it. That only produced a small pickerel and two LMB. Not seeing the topwater or horizontal activity I’d anticipated I changed it up and went down into the weeds with a Keitech 4-inch Swing Impact, using a 3/16-ounce Owner Ultrahead Bullet jighead, size 1/0 hook. I started with a green pumpkin color and that resulted in two tail bite-offs, so I switched to black and that resulted in immediate hook-ups. Why … umm because, and who cares why, when you find what works you stay with it until it stops working. Luckily for me when I put the boat on the trailer at 11:45 AM I left them biting the Black 4-inch Keitech Swing Impact. I spent today’s session learning more about the Garmin PANOPTIX unit I installed this year and while I didn’t see many fish inside the weeds, the unit proved very useful in showing me weed irregularities that were 55- to 65-feet in front of the boat. I’d see something my brain said looked fishy, cast over there and soon as I moved the bait on a short hop, I could see the fish come up out of the weeds, follow the bait back down and I’d get a bite. I estimate I got bit about 75% of the time when I’d cast into a fishy looking clump of weeds; so that was encouraging. Key to the presentation was letting the bait slide through the weeds all the way to the bottom, then on a semi-tight line impart a short hop, just enough to feel it clear the weeds then let it fall again. It was trail & error getting the cadence dialed in and I had to fish the bait all the way back to the boat about 10 to 12 times before I recognized most of the fish would hit on the first or second hop. But once I got dialed into that two-hop cadence for the retrieve I didn’t waste time trying to fish the bait all the way back to the boat. The other critical item was using Cortland Masterbraid, because that stuff cuts through those weeds like a hot knife through butter. I was rewarded with 13 LMB, 4 SMB, 4 pickerel, 1 pike, 1 perch and 2 rock bass for my efforts. When I pulled the boat the water temp had warmed to 72 degrees. Today’s Gear: TFO’s Tactical Elite 7’ 3” Medium Power Rod, paired with a size 3000 spinning reel spooled with 10 lb. Cortland Masterbraid with a 36- to 40-inch section of 10.9 lb. Cortland Top Secret Fluorocarbon. A good bite’s where you. https://burniehaney.com/
Species
Northern PikeSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Trolling 0-9'
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
65°
Just trolling over the middle of the pond and hooked the pike
