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Smallmouth BassTechniqueLipless CrankbaitsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureDocksSmallies have spawned and are moving daily. Lake level is very low.
- Bob MorgiaBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueLipless CrankbaitsSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Bass are post-spawn and are moving daily
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBouldersWent out late morning and picked up several decent fish around boulders in Duck Bay, as well as on boulder drop offs at the edge of the bay and on Johnson Shoal. Fishing slowly was key, as the bite was not overly aggressive.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureBouldersTargeted boulders and the deep side of large rock drop offs around Duck Bay. Caught fish on top waters, jerk baits, drop shots, jigs, tubes, and Carolina rigs, but the biggest price was Ned rigs being fished slowly right next to the biggest rocks/dropoffs.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureBoulders
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureBoulders
Pitching to beds and pre/post spawn cruisers
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
Blue rock tackle Jr tube jig is the star of the show is 3/8 oz. Long casts in clear water and snapping a tube on rock and sand flats did the trick.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
Drag a football jig around rock piles. If you can bump into rocks they hammer it. Also a dropshot if they’re finicky
