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Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
73°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
I caught 6 bass today fishing the outside edge of the weedline with a drop shot. My buddy caught 8 bass. The Yamamoto Shad Shape Worm worked well.
Dylan ebeling fish
Bronze Ambassador
7/29/24
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
78°
Fishing deep weed lines and weed clumps livescope was very helpful because sometimes a weed clump that looked like nothing actually held multiple bass and they would come out when you fished over it or through it… I also tried docks and caught a 3lbr on a Steath Feider jig.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Matted Grass
WBL is a great fishery that is loaded with bait, particularly small bluegill. I have found the best way to catch LMB in this boyd of water is cranking deep weedlines with a bright Rapala DT 10. A chartreuse crank seems to make your bait stand out better against the "competition" of high concentrations of sunfish. The NE corner of the lake you can find some good, tall, deep milfoil (great for jigs/T rigs) , but I recommend targeting the highest concentrations of bass along the E/SE deep weedlines with cranks.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Overall it was a slow bite all day, most fish were caught in the morning hours. Tried flipping T-rigs but ended up relying on more finesse to get bites. Every fish I caught came on the drop shot. Dead sticking in and along the weed edges. Morning Dawn was the go to color for bites
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Found some spots out of the wind and pitched Yamatanuki’s into submerged grass lines and standout patches of veg. Between 6’-15’ deep. Nothing too big but found about a dozen of these between two anglers.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
73°
On Sunday 8/28/2022, the water temperature was 73 degrees, and the weather was cloudy with occasional rain. Bass up to 3lb could be found out in 16-17' where sand met submerged coontail looking vegetation. Dragging a jig a foot or two, waiting 15-20sec, dragging again was getting strikes while the jig was moving. But, the better size bass were found pitching to clumps of submerged weeds in about 10' of water.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
Caught them in 14 ft of water on the weed edge alternating between a Ned rig and drop shot . Ended the day with 4.25 big fish .
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
We had a club tourney last night and caught many fish flipping milfoil in 8-12 feet of water. Fish were schooled up, where one was caught there were several more. 20+ keepers caught