Fishing Reports
24 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
80°
Tough bite right now but there are hogs in there. Caught this one pitching a jig at the edge of grass mats. They are where it looks like they should be.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
75°
Got back out for a couple hours to try and get back on the frog bite. The bite was slower and the quality wasn't as good this time around. Targeted cat tails with a popping frog and caught 2 bass on the only 2 blowups I got. Both bass were around 14".
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
75°
Got on an early morning topwater frog bite. Fish weren't super aggressive, but I got into a few. They were most notably biting around cat tails.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
67°
There is matted grass all over the shoreline of the pond. Although all of it looked good, the key was to find the pockets with not at much THICK mats or pockets of open water in the mats. The fish were not blowing through the THICK mats. They did not like a moderate-fast retrieve either. Instead, more bites came from long pauses (3-5 seconds) after each pop/pull.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Bluegill
The Daiwa Emcast bait running function paid off today. I Carolina Rigged a Zoom U-Tail Tequila Sunrise swimming worm on The Lake Mary side. I dragged it along the bottom using a slow retrieve. I would reel it in for a yard and pause for a 3-5 count. On the pause, I engaged the bait running function. On one of these pauses, the line began to spool out and reel began to scream. I waited for a 5 count, cranked the bait running function to a close and achieved a solid hook set. I love these reels by Daiwa. Most brands have bait running functions in their lineups but not in the 2500-3000 range. I plan on outfitting all of my rods with these reels, matching spool size to each rod. I find them to be competent in the lure game as well as quite handy in live bait functions!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
Medium retrieve around the grass edges.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Insects
The bass on the Lake Mary side are engorged on dragonflies. Every so often, they can be pulled off of the mats by a senko rigged wacky or finesse. I haven't had any luck with Texas Rigs here as I think they sink too quickly for fish who are orienting their gaze at the surface.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Insects
On the Lake Mary side, there is a rim of milfoil. Small bass are in with the bluegills and they’re breaking the surface for dragonflies. Fly fishing May do well here and I may try that technique tomorrow morning. This 1.5 or so pound Bass grabbed my son’s Mr Twister grub…unweighted is key here. While the bluegill and perch may follow weighted presentations down, the bass are high in the water column and dive slowly to the baits presented. They prefer those dragonflies.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
After a couple of weeks bluegillin with my 3 year old son, I made it out early today. Overcast conditions persist after a night of scattered thunderstorms. Water is clear but algae blooms are scattered in distribution. I worked the headwaters which are shallow and hydrilla is high enough that feeding pike can be seen with their dorsal fins out. A coaxed a couple of strikes on buzz toad and floating frog presentations. Another strike was had on a finesse rigged 6” worm. On the bluegillin side, I was able to make some observations at Lake Mary. Bass are hitting dragonflies. They are in the weed rim for cover and surfacing aggressively as dragonflies hit the water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Points
Water Temperature
63°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Reeds
Pitching the wacky rigged senko into pockets along the reeds was the ticket for largemouth today
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Ledges
WORKING THE NORTH WEST POINT OFF OF THE DAM HAS BEEN PRODUCING SEVERAL SIZES OF BASS RANGING FROM 5" UP TO 15"-16" HAD LUCK ON TOP WATER ADN DROP SHOTS WITH THE GOBY BRYANT AGAIN. IT JUST WORKS!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Crawfish
Fishing was tougher than expected. Caught one fish at the back of a cut on the jackhammer, but the remainder were in about 10' of water along large rock portions. Fishing the new Powerbait Football Jig w/ Maxscent Creature Trailer or the Bifflehead w/ the XZone Adrenaline Craw caught the bigger fish off of one spot. One other bite on the DT8 that popped off. Couldn't find them in the emergent vegetation and didn't have any significant bites up shallow.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crappie
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Shad
Early in the day, caught two tiny smallies near docks / rock with a DT6. Threw a Dirty Jigs swim jig with a Rage Swimmer trailer around sparse submerged vegetation to get the biggest one of the day. Caught another one flipping in a mat with Zoom Mag UV Craw. Final one of the day came on a frog. Threw it over a mat on a point with waves rolling into it to fill out a limit.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Crawfish
Chatty still has high water levels at the south end of their lake , look for weed beds in 6-8 foot water and fish the inside just by deep water you might get a walleye or two , flipping the bushes nearby isn’t a bad idea, 1st thing in the morning use a pop in frog on 30lb Braid line.
