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Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
9/2/23
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Bluegill
Brandon Mccallister
Bronze Ambassador
10/8/22
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Caught a decent limit on the swing head fishing around the end of isolated laydowns
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Dam
Forage
Shad
March on South Holston can be incredible! This early pre-spawn trip to South Holston was dominated by the jerkbait! The smallmouth were absolutely crushing the bait around the dam off of the rock. We picked up a limit quick en route to a 2nd place finish. You can find all of the fish catches and details in the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIU2SOKV2Oc&t=10s
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Fished all day and it was really tough finally got one to bite the spinnerbait while medium retriving over rocks in the shallower portions of the lake.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
68°
Fished a BFL out of South Holston as a co-angler. Weather was cloudy with no wind and rain in the forecast later in the afternoon. We were one of the last boats out of 123 to launch and we were able to hit a large creak arm pretty much by our selves for the 1st hour. . We kept the boat about 20 feet from the bank and took advantage of the sand spawn. Within 5 minutes I hooked up to a 2 lbs small mouth on the spinner bait with Keitec trailer. Had several more bites but didn't hook up. Finally had a nice 3 lbs large mouth hammer the spinner bait and as I boat flipped it it came unbuttoned and hit the center of the deck flopped 3 times and went overboard. My boater and I were both diving at it to keep it in and I am sure the other boats on the other side of the creek thought it was funny. Had one more keeper smallmouth come off just inches from the net. Caught several more short fish before the shad spawn ended. Rest of the day was a grind so switched to the drop shot and was able to boat 2 more keepers. I love using the 1/0 haymaker hook on my drop shot because the hook themselves 95% of the time and I can use it in cover and works great open water. All and all a God day on the water. Finished 19th with 8 lbs 9 oz and as I thought the bouncy bass cost me a top 10. But it's fishing and a great points day.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Find points with good amounts of chunk rock and loose gravel crawl jig slowly and let it sit to allow the pork to float football jigs are best.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Bite was good early. Turned off around 9:00 with a front coming through. Club tournament was won with 14 lb of smallmouth. We had 9-1/2 lb of largemouth with four fish.