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Smallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureRock PileThe key was finding chunk rock or big boulders or rock to sand transition. It was like clock work. Find one of those areas along or surrounding a secondary point and drift the ned rig or hop the tube or pull the swimbait along the bottom, moving slowly, and once you felt the transition or pulled free of the boulder just wait for it.
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Largemouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureReedsLargemouth were holding very tight to newly green reeds in maybe a foot of stained water. My derby partner was also catching them in the same areas with a Texas rigged creature bait of a similar size and color. It felt like they were hitting it on the fall. You would lift up and there would be weight and your line would swim away.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureReeds
They seemed to like a longer pause. Catching them in 5-10 feet.
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Large)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureRock Pile- Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSummerStructureReeds
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructurePoints
The water temperature was hovering around 50 up shallow, but the fish had not moved up yet. Only a single here or there and most of the fish remained off the breaks into deeper water outside flats and on the main lake. Slow crawl near bottom with the occasional twitch to trigger them.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureLedgesI launch from the state park at sunrise in late summer and fish the western shoreline, the buoy line outside of the beach, the weed flat to the north of the beach, the ledge outside the pin buoy line extended north of the beach, and the ledge at the edge of the river channel headed toward the backsets. While there were numerous school of baitfish gathered on weed edges and over rocks/boulders and lots of fish breaking the surface in 6'-10' of water, there was little action on top-water or swimbait presentations. Even the typical pickerel seemed shy, which is rare on Delta. A solid northern was caught on a live bait rig, and a couple small perch were enticed by small swimbaits. The only thing that produced smallies with any consistency was the dropshot. Cast on the deep side of ledges just beyond weed lines and fished slowly back to the boat, several different plastics worked. The best colors were lighter in nature, with ZMan's The Deal leading the way in getting bites.
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Yellow PerchTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationIn early September, with water temperatures moving into the lower 70s, and a light wind (2-3 mph) from the east, perch of mixed sizes were beginning to school in deeper weeds (10-14'). When the Zman Micro Finesse plastics were fished just into and along weed edges with a pop/drop/pause cadence, perch bit on the pop and pause quite frequently. There were a variety of colors and shapes that produced fish, but the Tiny TicklerZ was by far the most consistent. As the water temperatures continues to drop these baits will likely produce in even greater numbers.
