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Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
35°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Alewife
Smallmouth and largemouth are starting to roam the shallow flats close to deep water. Change up the cadence to figure out what they want on the day.
Don Judy
Bronze Ambassador
4/20/24
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
51°
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
47°
Fishing shallow flats and wind blown points looking for pre spawn males moving up and for bigger size fish feeding up on bait found fish anywhere from 5'-15' got most of my bites on the rip after a pause, caught 15+ fish on a perch pattern.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
46°
I was catching them off points in 5-12 feet of water.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
47°
I was fishing 6-8' flats, I would scan around with livescope until I saw small isolated patches of grass and cast just past them. I worked the jerkbait with a standard jerk,jerk,pause cadence and bites were coming within 10 feet of the isolated weed patches.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
46°
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Points
Water Temperature
54°
Fishing points and shallow water flats that drop off to deeper water, sitting in about 30 ft casting up on to the flats/points in 8-10ft and slow rolling a magdraft back to the boat. Weather conditions were overcast with a slight breeze water temp was about 54°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
50°
Jerkbaits along points and steeper banks was successful for smallmouth, although not much size doing this. Largemouth were spread out along docks using standard dock fishing baits (chatterbait, jig, skipping a fluke).