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WalleyeTechniqueIce Fishing SpoonsSeasonIceStructureSubmerged VegetationI targeted weed edges in 12-16ft adjacent to deep water. The key was dropping my camera down and getting a good view of the bottom. I was looking for the edge or sparse vegetation. Both set lines and jigging has been stellar.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueFinesse Hair JigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureRock PileHop a hair jig on rock piles, tons of bites. Some 4+ pound bites included in the 2 pound range.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureBouldersThe fish were setting up on big boulders in the shallows. If you were up shallow and there were bait and boulders around you were catching them. Visably looking for big boulders was key. There was often smallies right on them. The ned bomb was killer for theese smallmouth! The other ned rig baits could not keep up.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonFallStructurePoints
The smallies were shying away from a heavy dropshot, we switched to 3/16oz weights and the slow fall matched with the kicking tail on the Hazedong Shad seemed to do the trick.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueFinesse Hair JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureRock Pile
Mid-April water temp was 46 degrees. Smallmouth could be found in roaming packs of fish on the edges of the gavel/sand spawning flats. Fish were cruising shallow and along the breaks. They preferred a black 1/8th oz hair jig fished with slow retrieve. Bites happened in as little as 2-3' and as much as 16'. Target fish that are getting ready to move up into the spawning flats along the bank.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureHumps
42-50 Water temps, Targeting fish in staging areas with with rock, sand and veg mix. vision 110 and 110+1. The colder water requires longer pauses as the sun warms the water the pauses can speed up. Natural colors are essential as it is very clear lake this time of the year.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
The smallies are really stacking up around shallow rock reefs & points. They were absolutely hammering the Zman power finesse jig with a TRD Bugz trailer. Tossing the jig right up in the shallow spots worked, along with working the edges of the reefs. If you caught one fish, you could boat a few more making smiliar casts.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
Smallmouth could be caught in offshore reefs, shallow rock points, and sand banks along the shore. A 1/2oz football jig was the best producer with a craw trailer. Fish also bit on 3" spark shads slow rolled over rocks, a dropshot with a Meagabass Hazedong shad, and a ned rig. Fish liked eating off the bottom with something worked slowly.
