Fishing Reports
31839 Fishing Reports
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
62°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
73°
Top water bite, throwing into 2 to 3 feet of water around matted grass and docks. Real was a kastKing speed demon. Hook was an owner 4/0 extra wide gap plus. slow retrieve with occasional pauses.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
72°
This was one of those days when I question the hundreds and hundreds of lure, rods and reel options in the boat. I threw everything and the kitchen sink and had to grind for a few bites. Then, just for fun, I tie on a Wacky Rig Senko in the trusty watermelon/red flake pattern...and proceed to crush it. I landed the trifecta catching smallies, large mouth and spots. Just needed to luck into a striper and I would have got the Quad.... And don't worry Omnia...I'll still be buying plenty more rods, reels and lures from you!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
72°
Fished the Chatterbait 2-8 feet on the flats or sandbars, ripping it through the weed patches.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
68°
Smallmouth were chasing shad shallow and caught several nice fish on shallow wind blown rocky point.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
64°
I was pre-fishing the lake for a tournament next weekend. I got bass in water from 1’ to 15’. Most things I threw caught fish. The biggest came on a Craw Tube off the deep weedline. Also got fish off pads, reeds, docks, wood, steep banks, and on flats. It is a fun lake with a good population of largemouth.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
83°
Crank the swim jig over the submerged Hydrilla on points and humps.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
72°
Nice largemouth bite hitting the floating Rapala by twitching it on the surface.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Water Temperature
82°
Started off the morning with cloud cover, humid, and a slight breeze. Anyone in their right mind would be thinking buzz bait/spinnerbait, but no takers. I ended up going back to what worked the last couple of weekends. It was real slow at first but when it turned on the big ones came out to feed. I was pitching a black and blue Dirty Jig finesse football jig, with a Yamamoto Senko as a trailer. When that slowed I went to a 4" black and blue Yamamoto Senko, wacky rigged and kept on catching them. Picture is of the biggest one. It was just over 19 inches long, skinny and still close to 6 pounds. Good day all around.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Underspins
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
83°
Went out to see if the black and blue pattern was holding up, ended up having my co-pilot catch some fish around the docks with a Dirty Jigs mini under spin and a Strike King Rage Swimmer in electric shad. She likes to use the Daiwa Zillion reel since it is so hard to backlash. Picture is of her biggest fish using this bait.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Water Temperature
84°
Since the bait I used the weekend before worked so well I thought I would go back to my go to colors. Old school brown Dirty Jigs Football jig, with a green pumpkin w/chartreuse tail trailer. I found that trimming the jig trailer back just to the bottom of the hook bend, and using about 3" to 3 1/2" of the Yamamoto Senko produced the most and largest bites. I was able to catch quite a few fish the the one in the photo being one of the biggest ones.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Water Temperature
86°
My ole reliable hadn't been catching them like she had been so I decided to change it up. Saw this on Youtube so I thought I'd give it a try. 3/8 oz black and blue Dirty Jigs finesse football head with a Yamamoto Senko trailer. Seemed to do the trick, was able to boat a few nice ones.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
76°
Working a steep bank with fish related to structure on a shelf about 15' from shore and holding at 10-12'
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
76°
The bass are chasing herring like crazy. Mostly open water near main lake or secondary points. Not quite deep in the backs of coves yet. I was trolling flicker shads and 5xds which resulted in several fish landed. Keep a topwater handy while trolling in case you see a blowup in range.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
62°
Spent about seven hours on the lake. Massive cold front was coming through and we got rained on a lot. Ended up with one fish, a 3 1/2 pound smallie. Spinner seemed to be the only thing that was getting reaction strikes.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
56°
Craw colored square bills were our most consistent producers around 4-8 feet early in the morning on rock piles with some eating a jerkbait aswell. Later in the morning we moved to submerged timber and had some luck with texas rigged finesse worms
Species
Striped BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Humps
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
74°
Live shad on Carolina rigs. Umbrella rigs.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Underspins
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
80°
Was an overcast day with lots of boat traffic coming out of a week it had rained the last 5 days in a row, slightly windy running from 4-6 mph, talking to some guys at the boat ramp a lot of people were leaving skunked but I did manage to catch a few using this technique over the couple hours I was there.
