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Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
73°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Swimbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Chris Harper
Bronze Ambassador
4/22/23
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
67°
Paired with a super fluke I caught some 3+ pound spots
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
6/18/23
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Docks
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
76°
Fishing docks on point in about 8-15 foot of water blue bird sky’s
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Fished flukes and square bill crankbaits around Rock piles and brush piles. Caught several including a 4 pounder.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
60°
Between the three of us, we had to work hard for 9-10 bass. Spots are making their way to their spawning spots, and preparing the spots. We found a few on smaller points, in 8-12 ft of water, the rest were scattered around docks, and channel swings right off points. We couldn’t get consistent bites but managed to get some bites off a variety of baits.
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Summer
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Minnows
Caught around 20 within about an hour and a half near fallen trees and rocks. A couple of em being 8 inches and put up a pretty fun fight.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
River Channels
Water Temperature
47°
We had a cold snap a couple days before which dropped the water temp back down a few degrees. Fish were still moving around some but not as active as earlier in the week. Different sized a rigs slow reeling in creek channels/points, and around structure snagged most of the fish. The biggest fish of the day came on the Aruku shad, steady reeling on the bottom between a dock and some brush. It’s steadily ramping up for spawn, just taking a bit longer because of the extended winter weather.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Green pumpkin shad chatterbait with the chartreuse shad spunk shad caught one and had another hit on a quick trip later in the afternoon. Caught next to a dock, steady retrieve with occasional twitch. I was using a golden shiner jackhammer first with no luck, switched to the green pumpkin shad and within 4-5 casts had a catch.
