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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Reeds
Victor Leon
Bronze Ambassador
2/9/22
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Insects
Bite picks up later at night vs during the day, panfish are good in 15-27 feet of water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
78°
Caught them swimming a jig just below the surface around mats
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Points
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Caught several fish in the morning, throwing a frog on top of matted grass near the edges. Also caught a few fish as the sun came up on some deep rocks, dragging an all-terrain tackle, mighty head jig with a Yum dinger.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Dont sleep on the lizard. Often times when I cant get bites switching to the lizard will fire them up. The Big Bite Baits Kreit lizard 8" is a great size, has great movement and the colors are awesome.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Was a tough bite but the water temps had cooled off. Started with top water frogs but had little luck over matted grass. Had to find weed lines and punch emergent vegetation with Texas rigs for the first fish. Was very sporadic on where you could find fish. Moved to casting swim baits along grass edges to find a few more fish. Took covering water to find active fish with the wind out of the southwest.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
81°
On July 17, '22: Water temp 81 degrees. Mostly sunny, and calm. We fished a club tournament here and the tip from the winner was to throw a chatterbait near the submerged weeds. I caught a 3lb fish and a decent keeper right away with a black Berkley Choppo. Topwater like that or buzzbaits caught fish right away, then the topwater bite died off. The thicker greener weeds in this lake only seem to grow out to 5-6ft of water. I didn't find a pattern for the day, just seemed to catch each fish on a different technique using dark colors or white lures. I mostly worked a jig, skipping under a dock, flipping weed clumps, or swimming between clumps of weeds. Also punching the topped out weeds in 3-4 ft of water with a 5/8 to 3/4 oz craw or crawtube caught a few.
