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Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Cisco/Whitefish
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Humps
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
67°
Smallies were caught on top of humps and long points with limited vegetation. They were cruising less than 5 feet and feeding heavily on crawfish. Ned rig worked great. Largemouth were caught on deep weed lines and cuts with suspended panfish, DT 16 and drop shot caught fish.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Laydowns
I wasn’t catching anything big but picked up probably 35 bites just dragging the drop shot over the lay downs! This was all a visual aspect too I didn’t use any electronics but if you’d side scan it I’m sure you could find more and better lay downs. Just using a little Morning Dawn RoBoworm(6 1/2”) The leader length was about 10 inches.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Kind of a mixed bag of tricks. Water is super clear so finesse and long casts were the keys. Got most of them on the spinning gear and a TRD. A few others on a jerk bait.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
The smallmouth were mostly on beds last weekend. I would throw a hair jig around when I would be searching for a bed and then use a dropshot to catch the smallmouth when I found them on a bed. A black hair jig was key as well as a white senko o my dropshot
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Boulders
Found a lot of beds early this week (Tuesday/Wednesday) once that water temp jumped up bigtime. A lot of them were unoccupied, some beds had pairs on it?’, and some the bucks were just making the beds.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Using Electronics finding good rocks was important for success. Throwing a jerkbait over them seemed to work best. -Baylor S