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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Reef
Forage
Insects
Water Temperature
60°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Stumps
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Stumps
Bite slow, but managed to get 2 on a swimbait.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Stumps
Tubes, 11-16', 3 decent smallies 3lbs.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
Weighed in three smallmouth and two largemouth for the June club outing. Dropshot, Jerkbait and Petey Rig were the most successful techniques.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
42°
Bite window was really short for us, caught 3 fish in 30 min and after that we didn’t catch another fish for the rest of the day, water temp was 42, bite should pick up in a couple weeks once it starts to warm up a bit
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Minnows
2 largemouth, a crappie, and a small perch all on jerk baits. Lost 2 more, had several nice sized followers on both jerkbait and paddletail swimbait. Tried wacky & neko on the followers, nothing.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Crawfish
My tournament partner and I landed 19 smallmouth. We weighed-in 5 fish each all between 1-3 pounds. Had success with crank bait, Senko, spinnerbait, drop-shot, Tokyo rig and Ned rig.
