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Largemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonWinterStructureLaydownsWalked the bank on the Little River for a few hours mainly to practice with the 5" Magdraft. got lucky and caught a few small Largemouth on it and had 2 followers. Also tried the Hybrid Hunter again to get better at figuring out retrieve speed and such. Caught 1 short and 1 keeper.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonWinterStructurePoints
Spent a lot of time fishing shallow points, locating bait! Started fishing moving baits but switched to plastics! Ended up catching a few on NED rigs using either the Riot Baits Baton cut short to about 4" or Z-Man TRD on a Woo Tungsten 1/4oz Ned Head. All fish came at the first drop in about 8-10ft of water. Caught 3 doing this, 2 smallmouth and 1 Largemouth, all were around 14" in length.
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonWinterStructureRip RapGot out in the kayak for a few hours in the Concord area. The fish were VERY tight lipped with the calm winds and bluebird skies. Managed to nab a few decent bass in the 2.5lb range cranking rock and gravel banks that were on the sunny side of the lake. If the crankbait wasn't dredging bottom, they wouldn't bite. I spotted many bass holding near bottom near bait schools unfortunately I never found any that were feeding. A little wind or cloud cover would have helped the bite all around.
Omnia FishingBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructurePointsLook for warm water points directly off the main lake and adjacent to spawning areas. When the bite gets tough, go with a slow moving cadence.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureBrush Piles
Pulled this one out of the end of a brush pile. He killed the bait once he hit end of the pile and the fish grabbed it on the fall.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureRip Rap18.5 inches 2lb 6 oz smallie. It was laying right off the wind blown rip rap bank in less than 3 foot of water. Water was surprisingly stained given the lack of rain we have had. Water temp was about 49-52.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonWinterStructureRip Rap
The main pattern on Fort Loudoun in the extreme cold blast we've had was fishing a flat sided crankbait around points, neck downs, and any current breaks like docks. The fish really seemed to like a moving presentation the most. Some fish also ate a DT-6 and a Lipless but a flat-sided crankbait was best.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureRock Pile
Fish was laying on a rock pile in about 4 feet of water on a southeast bank.
