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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
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9/5/22
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Caught 2 largemouth at the same time on a megabass 110 jerkbait
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
64°
We are experiencing extremely warm temperatures for early November here in East Tennessee: We managed to get out for a 6 hr trip and had a great day, catching 40+ with 11 keepers. Several things lined up perfectly: the lake is dropping and had good current. With these conditions that positioned the bait and fish at easy targets around points and breaks. We caught on multiple baits, war eagle spinnerbaits slow rolled, little John crankbaits, and war eagle jigs. Boat poison and casting was critical in all techniques. #Omnia Fishing #East Tennessee Guide Service
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Brush Piles
Find flats on the edges of the main channel that has grass. There is still grass and bass navigate to where there is grass left. Use a 6:8 reel and run the spinnerbait over the grass and let it fall when the grass ends. The bigger bass are on the bottom.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
84°
Went out with the primary focus skipping docks with Neko rigs for bass, took my wife out with me to enjoy the fun. Most productive docks were with deep water very close or the ends of the docks were in 10ft of water or deeper. Also Docks that had floating docks attached to a hard structure were most productive. The most productive docks also had plenty of bluegill activity around them as well. Green Pumpkin color was the best, tried a few others just to see if it made a difference but Green Pumpkin in the Baton was by far the best. My wife was using a straight sinko to start and I changed the bait to the Baton and she had better action. In total caught 9, boated 8, the 9th came off while trying to swing in the boat. Best 5 were 10.14lbs with a 3.03lb Kicker. Was a good day on a very hot day as well.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Got 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.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
79°
Started out the morning fishing some main lake points and dock, caught two Largemouth on the Shakey head with the Probe worm very early in the day. One was out deeper at the end of the dock and the other was close to the rocks at the front of the dock. Lost another fish in between throwing a swimjig. Moved into a usually productive cove up the lake a bit, saw lots of shad breaking and small bass chasing. Switched to Baton Worm rigged Neko style and started skipping under docks. One dock produced a 3.44lb and a 2.28lb largemouth. Another dock in the cove produced a 2.48lb largmouth. Another dock produced a 14in smallmouth. as well plus happen to catch one on a popping style bait when I was able to catch up to the bass chasing bait, that was about 13in long. My best 5 for the day were 81.25inches long for 11.19lbs. Boat traffic started to get heavier so made boat control tougher. Very happy for the day I had.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
86°
Spent most of the day fishing rip rap and rocky points targeting schools of bait and fish feeding on bait. Caught 2, landed one using Riot Baits square bill in green shad color with the Mustad Alpha Point treble hooks on it. I love the hooks but hook up ratios are not as good as I would have expected. I've honestly lost more fish using them in the 2 outings I've used them so far. Will give them one more chance next time I go out. Also caught one on a neko style Riot Baton in green pumpkin color on rip rap next to a dock. Conditions were good but was surprised how slow the fishing was. Overall any day on the water is better than working anyway day.
