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Mattyc39
Bronze Ambassador
11/9/24
Species
DrumSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Docks
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Craziest day of fishing ever. Huge east winds (against the current), huge waves and overcast! 53° water and murkier than usual. I was bombing my A-Rig all day and caught 27.33lbs with my buddy! More than 20 fish over 4 pounds. It was nuts. They couldn't stop biting it! The smallies would stage right on that edge of that flat close to deeper water!
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Slow wind, cloudy and sunny skies, 50° water and smallmouths feeding for fall! Great jerkbait bite on rock flats. Target casting on boulders and I'd get smashed on long pauses.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Long drifts in 16-40 feet of water with a drop shot produced lots of big smallmouths.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Cold front this week has given some of the fish lock jaw. Still catching fish but you have to work for them a little more. The best fishing of the day has been taking place between 10am and 2pm.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Boulders
Still catching a lot of fish on a drop shot. Depth is a little deeper in the 20-35 foot range. Most fish have been coming looking for isolated rock and boulders and picking them apart with a drop shot and blade baits
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
52 degree water, 15km/h winds, sunny sky with a little bit of clouds and feeding smallmouths. Roamed around shallow flats all day and caught just under 24lbs for my best 5. They would INHALE the chatterbait. NO hesitation. I would set the boat against the current and bring the bait back with the current. As soon as I saw a light spot on the flat, I would spot-lock 10-15 feet away from it and make a couple of casts across the spot and that's where I'd get my bites. Also caught my personal best smallmouth: 6lb-8oz. GREAT day !
Mattyc39
Bronze Ambassador
11/2/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Cast along the dock let senko hit bottom slowly drag along the bottom couple light twitches nailed it
HotbaitYamamoto 5" Senko Worm Natural Shad / 5"
Out of Stock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
55°
Another great day fishing for smallmouths. Wind was still present, but much more calm than last time. Cloudy conditions with a little bit of sun. Water temps around 55 degrees Fahrenheit. The moving bite was on, but for some reason you had to reel so slow for them to hit the swimbaits, but when they did... it was down their throat ! Caught a lot of 4's and three 5's on the chatterbait. We were fishing a large rock flat with a little bit of grass mixed in. The wind dirtied up the water pretty bad, but somehow they still were able to find our small swimbaits!
