Fishing Report for Largemouth Bass using Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) in Summer

Item: Lake Athens
Author: Katherine Field

Katherine Field

Blue Ambassador

7/27/20

Lake Athens

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Baitfish

Lake Athens offers opportunity for multiple styles of fishing; from power fishing over grass, to top-water around lily pads, skipping docks, ned rigging off weed lines or chasing schools boiling on bait balls with swimbaits. Today was a truly fantastic day on Lake Athens! The Largemouth bass were schooling and boiling on bait balls offshore, in large frenzied schools. Most of the bait they were feeding on were very small, 1 to 2 inch minnows. I saw personal success using a Smeltinator Jig Head matched with a small minnow styled swimbait, when dealing with the schools of largemouth. The Zman Minnowz are some of my favorites, along with the spark shads. I also had success working a ned rig along the edge of the weed lines, as well as skipping both a wacky rigs and a ned rigs underneath docks and the edges of lily pads. As the day grew warmer, I switched to the other side of the lake and started working cover and the shady docks. There is really something for everyone on this lake!