Fish Lake (MI)
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Largemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Popping)SeasonSummerStructureLily PadsA little bit of wind when we first got out, just enough to put a chop on the surface. Caught a fish on a wacky on nearly the first cast and another s short while later on a shower blows but then it was dinks and pretty dead the rest of the evening. Once the wind calmed down a top water bite turned on and caught a good number of 13" bass on a Shimano popper, and lost several better ones as well. They just seemed to be sucking the tail down and not getting hooked well. Switched to a popmax and they started horking it down pretty well at that point and made it a lot easier to pull them in. We managed 4th place with 3 fish for 4.41lbs. Big bass was around 3.5lbs, and winning weights were scattered between 4.5 and 10lbs.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationWater temp was just under 80 when we hit the water and then we got slammed with some hard rain, not much wind. Cooled the water down a bit at the surface and made for an interesting bite. All but one of our keepers were on wacky rigs. The biggest was on a rat-l-trap at the end of the night. Caught a couple on frogs, swim baits and a BFS popper. I bent out a hook on a big one (damaged the hook earlier extracting it from a dog fish and should have replaced it). We ended up with just under 8lbs w/ 4 fish. 1st-3rd were all right under 9lbs.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLedgesHad a great day out with the smallest. Water temps hovering right around 61°, air temp a bit cooler. A slight breeze from the North West putting a little motion on the surface. Started the day off pretty quick with a bass on a wacky rig and then another on a t-rigged stick bait. From that point on it was pretty much the Jerkbait for the rest of the day. Every 6-10 minutes I hooked up with another bass on the 110 SR. The jerkbait far exceeded my expectations. I caught 15 total on it during the ~3.5 hours we were out. We caught a few on frogs, ned's, stickbaits as well. And my little angler in the photo managed to outfish my co-angler again.
