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Giles McDaniel
Bronze Ambassador
5/4/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
72°
Giles McDaniel
Bronze Ambassador
5/2/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
74°
The key for today was all about presentation and keeping it in the strike zone as long as possible.
Tygold
Bronze Ambassador
3/27/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
56°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Laydowns
Fished the northern part of the lake out of Dayton focusing on points and shallow coves in the creeks. Nothing on the points but found some smaller bass in the lay downs in the backs of small shallow coves. As the water temp heated up a bit and the sun got higher we worked the wacky a little deeper focusing on stumps in 3-5 ft of water and deeper lay downs near the points in 5-7 feet of water. Our bigger fish came off the stumps and the deeper lay down with the largest being 3.1 lbs. Nothing huge but fishing was a bit slow and the wind was making it difficult to fish anything on the more open water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
75°
Fish are moving off of the beds and pulling tight to the closest hard cover. Any wood cover I pitched to near spawning areas had a fish on it. Shad spawns in the mornings make for a fun bite also!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Water Temperature
65°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Points
Fished main lake points in about 10-15ft of water dragging a lizard on a Carolina rig. Caught a limit using it over a 6 hour stretch. Also caught two early in the morning on a buzz bait in about 1ft of water.
HotbaitZoom Lizard 6" Green Pumpkin / 6"
Out of Stock
Giles McDaniel
Bronze Ambassador
5/10/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Rock Pile
They were tight to the bottom in about 18-20 feet of water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Swimbaits
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crappie
Water Temperature
69°
