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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
65°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
65°
Skipping docks off main creek channel slowly dragging the bait back to the boat letting the jig soak underneath the dock had 20lbs in are best 5fish
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
45°
Smith Mountain Lake is fishing well. Water temp is around that high 40 low 50 area. Most the fish I have caught have been on crank baits like the rock crawler and shad rap. Also a jig has been getting some bites.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Humps
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Find bait in main lake pockets need to also be around clearer water try to stay below hales ford bridge
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Find the wind blown banks near stained or dingy water if the wind is not blowing find isolated rock piles and throw a ned rig.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
46°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
70°
Really tough tournaments but managed a nice fish on a black buzzbait in the morning fishing shallow wood. Caught a couple on a trickworm around wood and docks. Best fish came on a 1/10 ned rig with a green pumpkin finesse trd. A lot of small fish that didn’t measure throughout the day on a trickworm as well.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
73°
Fished a club tournament on Smith Mountain Lake this past weekend and caught fish mostly on drop shots, swimbaits, and Ned rigs. Most fish were in 20 feet of water chasing shad that were positioned on secondary points in creeks and main lake coves. Fishing was challenging, as most fish were mixed in with stripers and getting baits past the stripers was difficult. My best fish (pictured) came off a deep dock piling on a drop shot.
