Fishing Reports
212 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
Was throwing the karashi on a bfs set up around some lay downs early morning, and the largies were nailing it.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Ledges
Surface activity tapered off as the sun came out. Switched to a small wacky rig and caught 3 bass around 2lbs. I love the action of the Z-man Fatty. The middle joint gives it a little extra wobble!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Underspins
Structure
Dam
Forage
Minnows
I noticed elevated minnow activity on the shoreline, so I grabbed my ultralight setup and headed out. Casting parallel to the shore in 1-3ft of water yielded 3 bass (largest was 2.6#), and a few pumpkinseed. Fun morning!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
73°
Hit some flooded brush and cranked several out of a bfs set up
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
I saw an elevated amount of surface activity, so the goal was to keep the plastic in the upper 2ft of the water, not so much jerking as intermittently reeling quickly. I caught 3 largemouth today in 2 hours weighing 4.2lbs, 2.6lbs, and 1.1lbs.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Underspins
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Megabass Uoze swimmer with Strike king Rage Swim Pitched next to laydowns.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Megabass Uoze Swimmer with a Strike King Rage Swimmer thrown parallel to vegetation.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Underspins
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
75°
Fishing the shallow shoreline looking for crappie. None to speak of, but the largemouth bass were out in force, chasing minnows into shallow (<1ft) water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Wind had the bait blown into the backs of pockets, I ended up finding a wad of bass grouped up tight on a small secondary point waiting on the bait to get pushed through. Cranking across the point lead to several back to back fish including a 6.2 and several 2-4 pounders. When they stopped biting a crank I dragged a Texas rigged drop shot across and picked up a couple extra bites. I ran this across several wind blown pockets and caught fish consistently.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Fishing with a senko on a Texas rig. Just cast in from the shore. Great pond for kids.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
I fish ponds and streams that I can get to without a boat. This pond is located in the Willows, Leland, North Carolina. It is not a private pond, you can park right next to it and fish all around it. This was my PB, 23.5” and weighed 9.2lbs. I was using a 6 inch lizard on a weightless rig with a EWG hook. Just casting out and letting it slowly sink while watching the line for any movement.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
77°
Toss a shakey head at the bank about a foot away from laydowns or rock piles. And drag it. The bass seemed to bite it about 4 ft from the bank.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
78°
Caught the first on a spinnerbait and the other 2 on Berkley The General (green pumpkin).
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
82°
Caught 5 on laydowns (2 in the brick yard), 1 near walking bridge and 2 in shallow creek.
HotbaitZoom Super Fluke 5 1/4" / White
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
85°
Morning started very slow. No topwater action and no bites. Started fishing docks and laydowns with a jig and started catching them
Z-Man Hella CrawZ Green Pumpkin / 3 3/4"
Out of Stock
P-Line Tactical Fluorocarbon 15lb / 200 Yards
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
85°
Look for steep drop ledges on the main lake in that 25’-40’ contours and scan with electronics looking for larger schools of bass. The smaller schools seem to just be the 1lb to 2lb fish but the larger schools showing 20+ fish will hold a few larger largemouth bass that ate mixed in with the bigger spotted bass. Parallel the ledge with a long cast and keep it in the strike zone by bouncing and slow rolling off the bottom just off the drop. With this depth they bite better and ate not as spooked. Once a few are hooked it often fires up the whole school and will bring up others to the surface as followers. I can’t stress enough of making a long cast and giving your bait a longer strike zone to get them agitated. This is a typical summer bite on most deep lakes and should produce bites until the lake temps start to drop.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Trolled one rig behind the boat. Reeled in a largemouth and a rockfish.
