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Largemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonFallStructureDocksSkip it under the docks and that’s where they are
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSwim JigsSeasonWinterStructureFlooded BrushI went out to the lake on Wednesday, November 20th with my buddy Kevin to try and get on some big Bois D'Arc fall bass in the forest. It was bright and sunny all day, with a strong northeast wind at 15 mph and gusting up to 25 mph for the majority of the day until the evening when it eventually completely laid down. The water temperature on the lake was 61 degrees lakewide and the water clarity was at about 1.5 - 2 feet of visibility with a slight green hue to it. We fished from noon to 5 PM, and concentrated our efforts way back in the forest on the west side of the lake, specifically targeting areas where creek channels ran through the timber. We would sit our boat in the channels and then fish all the timber and flooded brush on the edges of the channel in 2-6 feet of water, pitching a jig and texas rig as well as throwing a swim jig and chatterbait. The jig and texas rig got more bites, but the moving baits, especially the swim jig, caught the majority of our bigger fish. We caught 10 fish total, and our best 5 for the day went right at 17 pounds, anchored by a 5 pound even fish I caught on the swim jig (pictured with the report). The fall bite on Bois D'Arc right now is quite tough, as there is a lot of dead water on the lake, but if you can bushwack your way into the timber and find out where the creek channels snake through it, the fish are there and they are aggressive! Thank you all for reading my report and good luck on your next trip out!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueInline SpinnersSeasonFallStructureSubmerged Vegetation
The color used is Junebug for the Flux Gill, and the closest option was Tonic. Tonic works well too! I ran this on a Modified Mepps Aglia #3 weedless along the top of grass. No bites until I got it in the grass a bit and he hammered it! Adjust the retrieve to get the depth you want. Slower cranks it gets deeper. In this case I was cranking and pasting in the top of the grass and that got him fired up. You can also just slowly drag it on the bottom. The fish will see the blade flash just a bit as it twitches being dragged on the bottom. Do this along the edge of a weed line so it kicks up a bit of a dust cloud here and there. In
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructurePilingsI fished the lake with my buddy Kevin on July 12th, from about 8 AM to about 5 PM, and for the first several hours, it was a grind, with only 1 bite. However, after that, we were able to find the bass dropshotting the pilings on the bridge and were able to catch 10 or 12 pretty quickly in the last little bit of the day, with our best 5 being somewhere around the 13 or 14 pound mark and catching several good 3+ pound fish. It was sunny and hot, with outside temperatures being almost 100 degrees and water temperatures in the high 80's. The water clarity ranged from 1 to 1.5 feet of visibility lakewide, and we caught our fish anywhere from 12-20 feet deep. The bite on Bois D'Arc is tough right now, but they are still there and still need to eat! Get out there and get after it!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructurePilings
I fished the lake on Sunday, July 7th with my tournament partner Iain for the very first tournament ever held on the lake. It was a hot and still day, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures over 95 degrees, and a steady northwest wind at about 8 mph. The water clarity lakewide was about a foot to a foot and a half of visibility. We spent the day targeting fish in 3-6 feet of water in the morning and 8-20 feet of water as the day went on with a drop shot and a neko rig on bridge pilings on the shaded side. We finished the day with a limit of under 16 inch keepers for 8.63 pounds which got us 8th place in the tournament. We also managed to catch several good over sized fish, including a 3.50 pounder and a 4.05 pounder, and we caught around 25 fish in total! All in all it was a great day on the water and the lake is fishing great if you can find areas where the fish are grouped up, but there is a lot of dead water on the lake, so get behind those graph screens and get to finding them!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueCarolina RigsSeasonSummerStructureOpen Water/Basin
Dragging slow! As slow as possible. Open water humps and drops
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureStanding Timber
They were scattered in the trees. Some in hardwoods some in cedars. Bottom variations helped. Find a hump or ditch and the fish will be there.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueVertical Jigging Deep (20'+)SeasonSummerStructureStanding Timber
Trees on points both primary and secondary. Close to drop offs in 15-20ft Or on humps
