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Fishing Report for Smallmouth Bass using Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) in Spring (Pre-Spawn)

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4/16/23

  • Species

    Smallmouth Bass

  • Season

    Spring (Pre-Spawn)

  • Technique

    Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)

  • Structure

    Rip Rap

  • Forage

    Minnows

  • Water Temperature

    54°

April 16, 2023 - Sunny with a high of 80 and winds about 5-8mph out of the ESE. Some of the bays had water temps at 60 or so but main lake is mid 50s. A great day in which the smallies had the feedbags on. We found a couple wolf packs in 4-8ft of water in prespawn mode moving along rock. They really jumped on small swimbaits. We also found a limit of largemouth but they seemed to be much closer to spawn as they were not really aggressive. Caught them on the jig and champ craw on a little slack line shake in place. They were also shallower in about 2ft of water and usually near wood or some identifiable unique structure, seemingly setting up their bedding areas.

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