Fishing Reports
188 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Water Temperature
66°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
78°
It was a very slow day fishing flooded willows and bushes, but the wacky rig still got bit. Once the sun was up skipping as far into the shade as possible was key. The Owner weedless hook was critical to not getting hung up deep in the cover.
Owner Weedless Sniper Finesse Hook 1/0
Out of Stock
Shimano Miravel Spinning Reel 2500 / 6.2:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Water Temperature
78°
dragging along a flooded out creek. Caught a 4lber
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
67°
Green bushes, flipping chatterbait, dropping in center of bushes.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
88°
Reeling it at a moderate pace and bouncing off riprap got me 3 fish on it before the tail was ripped too much and it began to run untrue.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
70°
Letting the RkCrawler do what it does, different casting angles on 45 degree banks.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
In party cove
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
77°
I was able to get on a couple different patterns. I started the morning off covering water with topwater, chatterbait, and squarebill. I was catching good numbers of small ones on the bank but no size. So I moved out due to the water falling over the last week (0.75 ft) thinking maybe they had slid out to 4-10 foot. I started catching some small keepers skipping docks but not the size I was needing to win. Next I moved out to isolated brush piles in 8-12” and caught a 5.08 with the Texas rig. I didn’t have enough piles marked to run this pattern all day but kept looking for more near docks due to the sun coming out. I never got another good one in the boat but I think if you have piles found in that depth range and would run them all day you could put a quality bag together. Also think topwater bite will get good soon…….just need water to stabilize and have some more cool nights for it to get going. If you just want bites I would throw a squarebill and cover water. I probably caught 10 fish in the first 30-45 min but the biggest was 12”.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
79°
Decided to try a flippin rig with the grass getting dense at the surface and hydrilla below. Had to clean the lure a fair bit, but caught two bass without too much bother. Almost always one pounders here.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
75°
I was trying a few bait that mimics a small bird, but after that caught the attention of a large and aggressive water snake I switched over to a tried and true Senko. I came up with a new rigging for it, but only caught some smaller fish. I broke that hook off on either an aggressive brush pile or a snapper. After that I went back to a traditional wacky hook and rig. It was a tough go with the current algae blooms, but I saw this guy come in and hit it and miss in the murk. I threw it in again adding as much vibration as I could and he nailed it. Right around 1.3 pounds and I can honestly say I never caught a dirtier fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
72°
Ran a spinnerbait not listed here, but matching the Strike King with a small Zako and a trailer. The small zako barely extends past the end of the skirt but gives it more mass for the fish to vacuum in and it protects the trailer hook. I can’t remember when I last ran a trailer, but I’m glad I did this time as each of them was on the trailer. Still missed at least two. It looks like they were basically blasting the minnow schools and swiping at them the first pass then picking up the stragglers. I know one of them struck and got ahold of the blades right up on shore. The biggest one (the picture) was just under 2 pounds. He hit when I got the spinner to go between the brush and the bank. Couldn’t have been 6” of space.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
74°
Early morning around the docks worked well
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hard Swimbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
85°
Throwing this on grass lines working it very quickly to get them to react. They were eating it head first which is always a good sign.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
84°
Most ate on the fall
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Wake
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
83°
Early morning, prob last bite if the day.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
79°
Went out of Bucksaw Marina and fished that area of the lake. Was flipping a Motion Fishing Co 3/8oz flipping jig to shallow stumps and trees. Had a shot at a really good bag of fish but the storm and big wind made it hard to feel bites. Square bills were also working well from the bank to about 4ft deep. Seems like those river bass have started to transition into their fall pattern. Lots of bait in the creeks and active fish if you found the right creek. They were on cover that was very obvious the best cover on the bank you were fishing. Hope this helps you if you venture over tot Truman lake soon. Lake is about 2.5 ft low so a lot to most if the trees are showing, now is a great time to learn the lake.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Found them main and secondary points close to the shore. Nothing big.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Rip Rap
Water Temperature
84°
Pop on free rig over rocks and let sink.
