Fishing Reports
334 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
52°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Dam
Water Temperature
52°
Shallow lake, nice healthy fish
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
50°
Bass are moving up shallow right now, so throw these swim baits up along a rock bank and it will get hit!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
52°
I caught a few bass in a private lake in SE VA using a Texas Rig 5 “ Yum Dinger Worm Black/ Blue Swirl from Omnia Fishing. The temperature was 70 degrees, water temperature 52 degrees and 5-7 mile an hour winds.
HotbaitYum Dinger Worm 5" Black/Blue Swirl / 5"
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
54°
I caught some nice bass in a private lake in SE VA using the Black/Blue 1/2 oz Z-Man Chatterbait Elite EVO with a 2 3/4” Black Blue Shadow Yum Craw Chunk from Omnia Fishing. Water temp 54-56 degrees, sunny, 80 degrees with 3-5 mile an hour wind
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Shad
They are eating it slow right now, slow jerks on a slow retrieve.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
55°
Edge of the pockets in creek arms Pigeon creek
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
55°
Bass were on channel swing banks
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
52°
Fish were staging on points after the cold front pushed them back
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
57°
Bass were on docks at the mouths of pockets
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
73°
Caught a handful of these fish carefully skipping a wacky rig in and around some lay downs on the upper part of a Chesapeake tributary. A lot of fish on beds this time of year.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Matted Grass
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
63°
The Tatula Elite Chris Johnston Ned Rig rod is the rod you want for Neko rigging. It's a soft tip medium action rod. Perfect length, action, and power. Skipping docks and grass edges i worked that neko during the slack tides. There are lots of good neko baits but I lean towards the Daiwa one most of the time. Just gets bit. That VMC neko hook is special as well. They stay pinned!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
62°
Fished the Upper Chesapeake Bay out of Havre de Grace, MD and got onto a productive pattern almost immediately. We started fishing during dead low tide and caught fish in a three foot ditch that ran along a lily pad field. Good largemouth had vacated the pads and positioned themselves in the ditch while the water was low. They willingly ate the Jack Hammer when it was brought past them as they sat in the ditch. The bite slowed significantly as the tide began to rise, but once it began to fall again, the bite got hot. At that time, we moved to a steep bank and began catching lots of good largemouth on laydowns using the Jack Hammer. As the tide got lower, the fish positioned themselves off the ends of the laydowns in deeper water, but they still continued to eat the Jack Hammer. In fact, most of the fish inhaled the Jack Hammer. I hadn't experienced such an aggressive bite in a while!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
69°
Fished a memorial day tournament out of Osborne Landing and practiced for a few hours the day before. Bite wasn't lights out, but when you did get a bite, it was a decent fish. While practicing, I caught them on laydowns, docks, points with hard spots and in the backs of pockets. Fish came on the Bucca Brand Trick Shad, swimjig and jackhammer—somewhat junk fishing, but I knew they wanted moving baits. Nigh before the tournament, air temps dropped and on the morning of, the water temp dropped 3-4 degrees. I expected a morning buzzbait bite with the rain and gloomy weather, but to my surprise, no takers. Went back to the glidebait and this time, picked up the Raid Osakana Slide and quickly rounded up two solid fish for the bag: a 3 1/2 & 2 1/2 pounder. Bite slowed for a while and then all the sudden, it was like a light switch—was casting around with a swimjig and BOOM, an easily 7 pounder eats, I set the hook poorly, she runs right at me, jumps and spits the jig... The next 15 minutes was rough mentally, but I kept casting the swimjig in the same area and filled out my limit with a couple 2 quality fish and a squeaker. After getting that big bite and the many that came after, I decided to stick out the hour left in the derb in this area, but to no luck. One rat in the bag and total weight ended up at 12.43. Unfortunate to have the kicker come unbuttoned, but a fun day of learning. Even caught one with a tag in it from the VDWR and the fish was SUPER healthy!
Shimano SLX 150 A Casting Reel Left / 7.2:1
Out of Stock
Shimano Curado MGL 150 Casting Reel Left / 8.1:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
70°
Fish were caught on outgoing tide on the outer edges of Arrowheads with stumps or other wood close by.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
78°
Targeting Bass in the brush at 10-14 feet, put about 40 in the boat on the wacky rig. Made it look easy.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Pitch around laydowns and wait for a subtle tick. Bronco is a thick bait so vary your hookset time to find best results.
