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Largemouth BassTechniqueBuzzbaitsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationWater temps in the mid 80s with 1-2’ visibility. Slowly crawling a buzzbait around submerged vegetation bright the most strikes.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDeep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)SeasonSummerStructureBrush Piles
Focused on brush piles in 10-12’ of water and deep weed points. Bites came while burning bait and crashing it into brush.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Popping)SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Water temps in the mid 80’s and clarity was stained. Lots of floating grass around the shoreline making some presentations tough. Caught most of my fish working a popper over isolated weeds in 5-8 feet of water. Long pauses in between pops.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Fishing jerkbats by grasslines produces yet again. Also had luck throwing roboworms on a dropshot on grasslines where possible and offshore brush. Caught 15 bass total biggest going 1.9lb.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNeko RigsSeasonSummerStructureBouldersUsed my forward facing sonar to target largemouth cruising flats in 12-15 foot of water. The best areas had scatter boulders and isolated grass clumps. In the morning the fish were roaming more but once the sun got up they stayed closer to the cover and were harder to pinpoint. I caught two over 6 pounds doing this today!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueStructure JigsSeasonSummerStructureLaydowns
Targeted laydowns in deeper water. Bigger fish were off the bank in the submerged treetops. Used two trailers on my jig, both were from Bojangles Baits. When I wanted a slow fall I used a Cook Craw in Summer craw pattern and to get a faster fall I used a green pumpkin Z-Daddy.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonFallStructureLaydowns
Hopping texas rig on the grasslines that remain and pitching into laydowns. There are a decent amount of laydowns on the lake, but the most productive spots were thicker logs and deeper water (2ft+). Junebug Bunker Hawg was getting hammered the first day. I ran out of those and the Blue Craw Rodent was hammering them on the second outing resulting in a nice 4 pounder. They definitely preferred the beaver vs a bait with a ton of action. Rage bug didn't get a single bite.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Water temps were in the low 80’s and clarity was 1-2 foot. Caught most of my fish pitching a Texas rig to submerged clumps of vegetation in 6-8 foot of water. Later in the evening I caught a few fish on a popper near shoreline cover.
