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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Reeds
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Docks
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
80°
This was the last regular season BFL for us, the super derb on St Johns River... The river during this late summer, early fall time can just be a very very tough time to be there. Anyone with experience here knows this means one, major hurdle... SHRIMP!!! The shrimp were EVERYWHERE! Now, this does a couple of things to the bass population. For one (a positive) is they are feeding! Like Crazy! BUT.... As we are all very well aware of when the bait is extremely plentiful, the bass can be super tough to make bite. They get so so keyed in that they are "tough to trick" We were fishing running the tide for half of the day and then chasing some fish on Lake George (Report for George posted separately) But we were using 2 baits to target the main river fish. First was the Berkley Stunna. Get around the fish schooling on shrimp and take FULL advantage of livescope. Its tough but it does work well. Secondly we would set up on these schooling locations after the fish quit schooling I would throw a Roboworm on 8 lb test dropshot... Caught a 6 on this setup on Day Uno. Thanks yall! Lake George report coming soon!!!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Shad
Fishing mid basin we were able to get some good strikes on the top water spook and frogs. For schooling largemouth throw the spook jr in the middle of the frenzy and work it slowly through the school to pick up some quick catches. When the schools weren’t on, we switched to fishing pads and grass on the inside curves in the fingers and twists of the river with top water baits with some success.
Bubba
Bronze Ambassador
11/2/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Work the frog slow
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
If you can find the bait, you’ll find the fish. We were throwing small jerkbaits to imitate the forage the bass were chasing. This technique helped us place second in our tournament on that day
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Baitfish
red eye shad, chrome/blue back, cught 2 abt 3 lbs each, Fat fish getting ready for winter. Lost 2 others abt the same size. Running back came across small stripers buting bait, caught 6 on a small popper, fun day! Seems like things are picking up. I need to get to Rodman later in the week and try jerk baits in the stump fields!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
86°
Had a work conference in Florida this week and got to jump in the boat with Profisherman Captain Pete T. We put on at the Lake Palatka boat ramp on the St John’s River and had a ball flippin boat docks. I started off with a Crockogator Swamp Swimmer 8” black and blue rotating between swimming that and a jackhammer black n blue chatterbait. For an afternoon trip it was hot but with a lot current from the tide dropping it positioned the fish perfect on the docks. Good time! Biggest was just shy of 6lbs but we had several solid fish.
