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Largemouth BassTechniqueGrass JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationHeat wave this past week followed by thunderstorms caused by leading edge of hurricane put fish back into summer pattern. Found majority of fish in 8-12’ of water hugging bottom in submerged grass with hard bottom. Caught this particular fish on the edge of that grass at a large dock in a dark shadow. Last week these fish were all deep in the shallow grass/reeds in 70* water temps. Heading into this tournament I started there on day one and quickly had to learn to adapt back towards summer patterns. Slow working a jig with short casts into the grass and a lot of them did the trick on day 2.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonFallStructureReedsBest fish of the day. Just shy of 5lbs. Caught pitching into tall reeds. Water temp has risen a bit due to abnormal heat wave. Shallow bite to likely die off in the next few weeks as the grass starts to die and oxygen lives in the weeds lowers. This short period of time is one of my favorites of the year.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonFallStructureLily PadsFall transition has the bass moved way up into cover. Pitched z craw into the thickest spots and isolated pockets. 3 rod twitch’s and if no bite. Reeled in and cast again. Reverse game of whack a mole. Heavy to x-heavy rod, once you feel the bite, set the hook HARD and don’t stop reeling until the fish is out of the cover. If they can wrap you up, the chance of the fish making it to the boat goes down drastically.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonFallStructureSubmerged VegetationHeading into the fall transition as the bass start chasing bait again. Playing off this i downsized bait and made long cast over submerged grass in 4-7’ of water. Slow to medium retrieve. Keeping bait above the grass. Was able to capitalize on about 20 over 2lbs today using this method. Worked well throwing parallel to lily pads as well.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureLily PadsRod and reel combo is correct. Bait used was Bizz Baits Bizzbug in June bug. Z craw would have caught them too. Flipping pads at edge of a drop off.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Stormfront was about to roll through but that didnt stop us for a quick evening trip on the lake. Flipped a texas rigged creature around offshore shallow rock pile. Then as it started to get dark, hit a lily pad field with the stanley top toad before calling it a night.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueGrass JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationKeyed in on some dirty water and found some submerged logs and grass flipped this jig around and caught several 3-4lbers!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureLily Pads
Cast and straight retrieve in boat paths of large pad field.
