Fishing Reports
30644 Fishing Reports
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
68°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
69°
Wife caught the biggest bass on this trip…16”….Red worm and a bobber…she seems to run into a good one every year when she is fishing for gills….i caught a 13.25” on the wacky and about 10 rock bass….no big bass hanging under docks…any decent size one was cruising around weeds in about 4-6 feet of water
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
63°
Not really a dock but the wall in the yacht club always seems to hold something. This one was 17.75” and 3-12….pitched the wacky between two boats right on the wall and let it soak….
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
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
64°
Small tubes and neds around areas with sandy gravel areas with rock, boulder, log mix, finding smallies preparing to spawn near these objects.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Fishing next to weed lines
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
82°
Grass = Bass. Locate the thickest, nastiest grass cover in the area and "walk" your frog along the edges and holes within it....and pause it. Strikes will come on the pause and will be vicious. ***This is Frank Jackson Lake ***
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
67°
Smallmouth on beds or roaming near them. I'm assuming guarding fry. Fish were aggressive.
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
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
68°
Hit the water around 5:00 and started fishing at 5:30. The smoke from the fires in Canada made the conditions significantly overcast. There was about consistent 9mph wind from the NE when we hit the water as well. Started off throwing a Rat-L-Trap with no bites and a LOT of grass. Decided to switch to the new Shallow Megabass 110 and got a keeper on the second bite. We kept on heading down the same grassline and I put another one in the boat a few minutes later. We were still moving pretty fast at this point and we rounded a bit of a corner and didn't have any hits for 30-40 minutes so we went back to where we started and ran the same stretch again putting two more in the boat with the same jerkbait. My co-angler put my spare 110sr on and put some in the boat as well with it. We kept on hitting the same 250yards of grassline over and over again, picking up bass every run. As the sun went down I picked up two more on the PopMax as well, one really nice smallie. We ended up culling about 5 times during the night and were throwing 2's back by the end of the night. We ended up winning with 12.85lbs with a 3.5lb being our largest, big bass was a 4.5lb smallie if I heard correctly.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Standing Timber
Forage
Bluegill
Flippin around submerge trees
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
Summer summer summer timeeee. Reaction baits and top water are in right now. Most fish are post spawned and are hungry. I just dragged this over top of submerged vegetation and this big boy came out of nowhere.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Crawfish
Find the grass, find the fish.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
57°
Smallmouth love rocks and points near deep water are a natural spot for bass to stop and feed while moving shallow to spawn. The Gika rig works absolutely great around all kinds of cover. The watermelon red looks a lot like the rusty crawfish in the area! Cast is shallow and retrieve towards the deeper water!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Dam
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Early morning 6-9am on the dam.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
63°
Has a good time fishing from the pier today. The Goby colored Senko was the ticket. It was clearing up after a cold front & the worked the best. I really liked the Sufix Revolve braided line. It seems a little stiffer than other braids & more manageable with a breeze.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
57°
Prespawn bite on Ned’s were hot in the afternoon. Bass were moved up in shallow water on large pieces of isolated timber near deep water dropoffs. Color choice was perfect for the crystal clear water. Must have hit her on the head. She was there as soon as I flipped the bait. 19” and 4#s
Species
Yellow PerchSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
72°
Fishing some flooded brush during bass spawn and hit a school of yellow perch.
