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Largemouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonSummerStructureRock PileThe fish are plentiful but small. You can catch them on jigs, drop shot, cranking and top water. Great time to learn new techniques.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonSummerStructureBaitfish
Found shad along bluffs by the dam and there was bass feeding on them. You have to get close to the shore and make accurate casts.
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBuzzbaitsSeasonSummerStructurePointsUse early morning around rocky points.
- J MBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructurePoints
Morning - Shad color Rico’s or Rio Rico’s will catch them anywhere on the lake. Afternoon -Main lake points and steep bluff walls. 18-22ft drop shot and jigs.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSoft JerkbaitsSeasonSummerStructureBaitfish
Weightless white fluke caught several around sunrise that were around points and some schooling. The biggest (but fewer) came on the chigger craw
- Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Prop)SeasonSummerStructurePoints
Cast to the bank and retrieve the lure parallel to the bank. Early morning and evenings are best time.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Megabass jerkbaits working great in the morning in coves. Wagasaki and pro blue. Later drop shot roboworms in 12-18 ft off of secondary points. Boulders are key if you can graph them.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Nice breeze, cloud cover, early morning till 11 am, bites stopped, no wind, turned hot 104 degrees, got off the lake.
