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Largemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureRock PileSlower style retrieve banging off big rocks. I caught one the day before on the other side of the same rock.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureBrush Piles
Flipping and pitching is the deal right now on Fort Loudoun! Target shallow cover—docks, laydowns, and isolated wood in the backs of pockets are holding fish. Bass are tight to cover in 1 to 4 feet of water. A Berkley Max Scent Stank Bug in Watermelon with the claws dyed with chart is getting it done. Focus on sunny days when fish are tucked in tight, and don’t be afraid to make repeated pitches to the same target.
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureStumpsKind of an odd day but managed to put 12 in the boat with several lost fish and a pile of other bites in 4 hours. With the water being in the 60's and on the rise I expected a solid shallow water bank bite but it didn't pan out. Instead the fish were all on isolated structure 20-40' off the bank. I worked down the bank junk fishing and keeping an eye on scope, as soon as I saw a stick, stump, or boulder I'd flip a t rigged stick worm at it and have a bite. I did pick up a few running a dt 6 and jackhammer by them but they wanted they keyed in on the t rig much better. I went searching for big staging females out a little deeper and found them, but I could not get them to bite. Picked up a few smaller ones strolling a freeloader but it wasn't very productive.
- Wayne ChermelyBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureRock Pile
Caught both the make and female on bed with the Zman mini max. This has been an absolute go to confidence bait from post spawn and now well into spawn. I think I’ll always have one tied on to get bites.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureRip RapPulled off rip rap in about 4 feet of water.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureDocks
Caught this little guy under a dock in about 3 foot of water just slowly dragging a jig.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueStructure JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureLaydownsI was keying on shallow wood near the main river channel or just inside shallow pockets off the main river. Anything that had just a little bit of depth on it where you couldn’t see bottom. 2-4ft of water. I was flipping a jig around the wood. My better quality fish came this way. The lake was still at winter pool levels so there was some wood and brush that was just stuck on shallow flat areas that looked like junk from a distance, but it held fish as the afternoons warmed up during the tournament. I also cranked the OG Tiny on rock back in pockets. Rock transitions from chunk rock to pea gravel leading into spawning areas as well as offshore shallow rock piles in 2-6ft were my primary cranking areas. I caught smaller keepers cranking, but filled out my limit on day 3 with those fish.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureRiver Channels
Decided to do a little bank fishing on the Little River around 2 pm, had a few bites on a 3/8 oz strike king structure jig, but didn't hook up. Picked up the hybrid hunter and caught a 1 lbs 6 oz lm on the first cast. For 30 minutes on the water was pretty productive. Usually is pretty slow in the afternoon so will try again early morning as they are moving shallow
