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Nanapuddin
Bronze Ambassador
9/17/22
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Laydowns
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Forage
Shad
Fish are beginning to head towards the mouths of creeks and can be found between main lake summer holding areas and the main lake points of some creeks.
FlippinKitterman
Bronze Ambassador
8/19/23
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
85°
If you think your fishing slow, slow down even more… we won our local club tournament up there on rocky points with just short of 20 pounds all on a shakey head. Fishing as slow as we possibly could. During our practice days color didn’t seem to matter as much as presentation. Keep it in the rocks, slow, and methodical. One of the keys for us was deep water near by for keeper bites.
Rgasr63
Bronze Ambassador
7/25/22
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Matted Grass
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Spoons
Structure
Humps
Forage
Shad
Striped bass and largemouth bass will congregate on offshore humps late in the summer. You can target these fish with big crankbaits or magnum spoons.
Species
Striped Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Dam
Today I focused on targeting stripers in fast current. Stripers loves to hangout in fast current to feed on bait that is being wash down. The area I was fishing today range from 15ft to 3ft of water. The dam was open so the current was pretty fast. To fish for these stripers, I was drifting flukes along the bottom with the current while also jigging it. With the fast current, I threw a 3/4 oz jig head with a white zoom super fluke. I was throwing this on my st croix mojo surf spinning 9ft with my stradic 4000. I had 20 lb braid with 20 lb mono on it. The trick with this technique is you have to feel your jig bouncing the bottom but not get snag. If you aren’t making bottom contact, you’re less likely to get a bite because these stripers are hiding in the rocks waiting for bait to wash by them.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
62°
The fish are very spread one and stuck on bait. The fishery is very hard at the moment and you have to find baitfish to find bass. The fishery is loaded with crappie however and the brush piles are full of them. I recommend finding brush piles or rock on deep points.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Humps
Forage
Bluegill
Lake wateree is in a drawdown right now so the fish are pulling off the bank due to sparse cover. These fish can be caught on main lake points and offshore humps on football jigs. I prefer the greenfish jigs because of their high quality.