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Sheldon Reservoir
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Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
2/7/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
60°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
57°
Spinner baits and bladed jigs along wind blown weed edges were getting hits.
Mikey
Bronze Ambassador
1/19/22
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
56°
The bass were setting up along the edge of the grass and near cypress trees. A black and blue Jack Hammer chatterbait with a black and blue Yamamoto Zako trailer was getting it done for me. Skies were overcast with low winds, which picked up a bit as a front was starting to move through.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Had a little trouble finding them, got a few on a shallow diving square bill (0-4ft) and a swimjig with a X-zone lures pro swammer as a trailer.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Went out for some evening fishing before sunset and they were hitting top water around the base of the cypress trees and alongside the reed grass edges. Lots of topwater fun!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
69°
Launched the boat just after sunrise and idled through the fog to my starting spot on the east end of the lake. I started the morning off throwing a 3/8 oz. 6th sense divine swim jig in dark water gill. I had a 6th sense stroker craw in green pumpkin burst as my trailer. I was fishing it on the 7’ 3” Brandon Cobb mag medium heavy with a Lew’s Speed Spool LFS. 7.5:1 I had 30 lb braid spooled up. I was throwing the jig around old Lily pad stems and reeling it in at a slow to medium retrieve giving the rod tip an occasional twitch of the rod tip. It didn’t take long to get bit and I did not lay down that set up until 9:30. I caught 10 bass that went a little over 14 and had a chance at a 16 pound limit but had 2 solid ones jump off shortly after the hook set. Once the sun came up, I switched to a weightless wacky worm throwing it up in the cypress knees and caught a few that didn’t help the overall bag, but it’s still a fun bite. I used stick bait I pour myself. It is a green pumpkin/blue flake.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Used the Mastiff 16lb line to bump a squarebill crankbait and a Berkley Power Blade through the old lily pad stems and hugged floating vegetation edges to get some reaction bite throughout the evening. The line casts very well and I could feel some pretty good feed back from it. Also, tossed the Spro frog at the base of the cypress trees to get a few topwater bites.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
Launched the boat just before sunrise. Idled over to the pad fields with a 3/8 oz black and blue 6th sense divine swim jig with a twin tailed grub in black with blue flake and locked it into my hands until 9:30. I caught 10 bass from sunrise until 9:30 and then the bite shut off with the swim jig. I did manage to catch one solid pre-spawner amazingly in the pads leading into a spawning flat. She went 8 lbs. After the swim jig bite shut down I tied on a 3/16 oz vmc worm weight and a 3/0 EWG trokar and started crawling a cut’r worm through the grass. I managed to catch another 5 bass with one going about 3 pounds. The rest of the fish were a pound or under. The swim jig was getting the better bites for sure.
