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Tad Granby
Bronze Ambassador
9/4/23
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Was fishing a pick up tournament with some friends. Went south of the lake and was trying to punch and frog the pads for Bass but could not get much of that going. Trolled the boat around and saw a pad to cat tail transition and tossed my white terminator swim jig. Upon the first few cranks, i was able to catch a hog!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
North and South Center can be a really fun lake to fish in the fall. Like any lake, fish can be on all types of cover this time of year and they are on the move. A good starting point is finding the best green weeds you can find, or pads that are still visible. I throw a frog around these areas in the fall and it can produce some big fish. With the lower water there is some milfoil that is still topped out. If this does not produce, I like to throw a lipless crankbait, or squarebill and rip them out of the weeds. Recently I have been throwing the the 50X by 6th sense. Comes through anything well and stock hooks are excellent.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Reeds
Fun filled day of Catching!! Flipping docks, reeds, pads all produced.. the SK Punch bug was a killer along with the BB Craw Tube. Placed 5th in the tournament with 15.30 LBS.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Fish 5-8 feet of water.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Fished a green horn tournament on south center and majority of the fish we caught were on weed lines next to pads. Caught around 20 fish within 30 minutes doing this throw your wacky rig on edges of the grass or pads. Also caught a few on frogs in the pads, couldn’t get a bit anywhere besides in the pads and weed lines by the pads.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
North and South have been fishing tough, they have been beaten on by tournament pressure. I found that I had to slow down and work areas thoroughly. I had some success throwing a neko rig in the rocks. Look for areas where weeds are close by the rock, or the rock runs into the weeds. I didn't catch a ton of fish, but the ones I caught were good ones.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Fished a Greenhorn Bass Tour tournament this past Sunday, and focused on grass lines in 8-12 feet of water. Got most of our bites fishing slow with finesse techniques like drop shots, shaky heads, and jig worms. Also, caught a few decent fish off docks early in the morning skipping docks with a jig. A couple of the top teams caught their fish flipping/punching pads.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
80°
12# limit, we'd night derby, thunderstorms night prior shook them up. Best bites off a small weed flat/point off shore and the docks adjacent to flat.