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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
54°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
62°
I fished a tournament on this day pitting the three Brained area bass clubs against one another. I am a non-boater in the Baxter Bass Snatcher Club. My boater was from the Range Bassmasters and has had a lot of success on Mission. We didn’t go far from the launch. I was catching bass almost immediately on the black/blue Powebait Bunker Hawg I had ordered from Omnia a few days previously. I was culling 45-minutes into the day and had my big bass of the day(3/13). My boater just wasn’t getting any bites. After about an hour on the first spot we took a short run to his other juice. He got a couple of bass there and I culled up with a 2lb fish. We then ran some reeds. I got a quality cull on a frog fish. Unfortunately, that was the last frog bite I got. I had a long lull from 10:30 to 2:30. In the final hour I got a couple of quality upgrades on the Big Blade Chatterbait..My fish weighed 13lbs 7oz and was tied with a Snatcher for the 7th best, but I lost the tie breaker. The Bass Snatchers came out on top by a pretty good margin.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Bluegill
There is an abundance of reeds in the lake but the lake is not that large. If you slow down and really pick apart the key areas like points or thick reed clumps you will find success.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Texas rigged creature baits were the key to getting consistent offshore bites. Many of the bites came after snapping through the weeds.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Humps
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
78°
Getting off the first break was key and pitching the Ned rig so it just barely hopped out of the cabbage to a cleaner bottom. Slow was the name of the game most of the bites came completely deadstick. Just reeling up to weight in the line. 12-14 foot was our benchmark depth.
