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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
60°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
64°
Kind 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.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
62°
Pulled off rip rap in about 4 feet of water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
61°
Caught this little guy under a dock in about 3 foot of water just slowly dragging a jig.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
57°
Bill Lewis ATV Fire craw, hit about 10!feet from bank in 2.5 feet of water
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
57°
Pulled him of a brush pile on the main channel point just below a bridge
Wayne Chermely
Bronze Ambassador
4/29/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
64°
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.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Docks
Water Temperature
76°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
I 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.
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