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Largemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Popping)SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationName of the game seemed to be fishing fast over submerged vegetation. Top water was fairly active when evening came around as well. Docks were ok with neds and wacky rigs but didn't product anything of significant size.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureLily Pads
Conditions were super windy and coming out of the North which generally screws up the Kalamazoo River in the area. Water clarity was pretty terrible as well. Most of the big cheese mats had been pushed out of the pads into the southern sections. A few dinks starting the night off and no decent fish until got to the back of Silver. Put two in the boat off the thick grass and pads. Bass were mostly sucking the legs in on the frogs and it was somewhat difficult to get good hookups. Winning bags were 13.10, 12.42, and 12.11 with a 3.76 big bass. Bigger one in the photo was 3.41.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureDocks
Few largemouth 3+ lbs
Kyle KainBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueStructure JigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureDocks2nd place and big bass 4.2 pounds, found most fish under shady docks.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationWater clarity was about 1.5-2' for the most part. Very rainy conditions, wind wasn't really significant though. Very overcast. Started off the evening with a few on the frog including a great pike. Ended up catching the rest on wacky rig's, t-rigged cut-r worm and a home pour mustache bait. Our bag was 11.21lbs with a 3.11lb kicker. BB - 3.52lbs 13.8 lbs 12.2 lbs 11.8 lbs
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructurePilingsBoth largemouth and smallmouth bit was on early afternoon. Nothing more than 2.5lbs but they wanted the bright color Ned’s. Would cast up current and let it come down and they would snatch it.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueLipless CrankbaitsSeasonFallStructurePilingsBeautiful fall day to fish. Slightly overcast, with a slight wind out of the south east most of the day. Water clarity was garbage, which is about standard for the Kalamzoo river. Current was going pretty good as well making the slower presentations pretty hard to fish. First things first, all the fish we weighed were caught on a rat-l-trap ripping around the dock pilings and sea walls. Standard approach of cast it past, and rip/let fall, rip/let fall. A lot of hits near the boat as well. Managed to catch one keeper and one other on a Dark Sleeper dragging it down a rocky shore as well, and a couple dinks on a wacky. We managed first place (11.3lbs) and big bass (3.7lbs).
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueLipless CrankbaitsSeasonFallStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Water temp 72, wind about 10mph constant, 20mph gusts. Slightly cloudy, but pretty warm. The only bait I caught fish on today was the Rat-L-Trap, but I caught 40-50 Bass, and culled 7 times total. I caught a lot of keepers that didn't help with weight as well. The trick seemed to be ripping the trap through the edges of submerged vegetation. Once the trap popped free of the vegetation, wham. I also had some luck ripping the baits along seawalls and laydowns as well. I went up into Silver lake and found a small hump covered with vegetation that the shad were jumping over where it seemed the bass had corralled them. I sat there and ripped my trap through the edges of the hump and culled 5 times. There were also a TON of pike biting. I caught as many pike as I did bass. I also caught a salmon on the rat-l-trap.
