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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Minnows
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
92°
Worked Zoom Trick worm California 420 Texas rigged working reeds and grass. This worm is the ticket. Used them along the dam as well and caught fish. This worm also works well on on Decker Lake in Austin. My fishing partner and I caut around twenty five bass in four hours. 6:30 am till 10:30 am
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
93°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Minnows
Late Summer the bass move out deep. Around 9 or 10 in the morning they school up and start chasing the minnows to the surface. It looks like a feeding frenzy while 100's of bass are doing their best to catch these little minnows. The forage is 2-3" minnows so it is hard to get the bass to target in on baits bigger than that. The trick Ive found out to use on this lake in the summer is smaller baits and erratic action to mimic the minnows they are chasing. I caught 3 bass in one cast using the yum-brella 5 wire with the 2 1/2" grubs and caught many others on small 3" jerkbaits. Get a boat and take your kids out to have a blast with these "schoolies" in the summer. Link to my youtube channel of this episode https://youtu.be/nvNVYH9tKf4
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
66°
I used the the Rapala Freeloader. It is a 4.25" jerk bait style lure that has ribs and a really pointy tail. I did not experience any blue gills but I would think they would bite the tail right off pretty regularly if you are fishing around them a lot. I fished the the same bait all day and it held up great. The Jig Head is a VMC Hybrid Swim bait Jig Head in 3/16 oz. You have to spin the bait onto the keeper but it worked great. Video is on my YouTube Channel BRandomFishing Titled Rapala Freeloader - New BAIT on the Lake Review
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
61°
Water temp was 61 degrees with 10-15 miles per hour wind. Cruised along the banks casting the 3” kietech easy shiner on a weighted 1/0 1/8oz swimbait hook. It was overcast so I added a gold under spin to the weighted swimbait hooks. You can buy the loose willow blades, snap rings, micro swivels and make them your self for pretty cheap. I just slide the swivels over the hook before rigging the kietech. We caught 32 bass just slow rolling the swimbait along the reeds over submerged grass mainly in 2’-6’ of water.
Keitech Easy Shiner 4" / Pro Blue/Pearl Red
Out of Stock
PowerPro Spectra Braid 10lb / Moss Green
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
62°
Water temp was 62 degrees fish the submerged vegetation 15-20’ water especially steep drop offs. Using the active captain app I set my graphs map settings to have a color pallet of red so any part of the lake with depths of 15-20’ would stand out and this made it super easy to target locations on the maps before I arrived on the lake. Slow rolling a Keitech easy Ayu color along the reeds was good toward the end of the day
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Reeds
I was frog fishing and following up missed fish with the worm. The monofiliment keeper kind of got in the way of a couple hooksets but i was not getting hung up all the time either. I made a video of the trip - Check it out to see how i fished this bait. https://youtu.be/AiOC8ft5NIM?si=o6D2iK0UBGaLwAdS
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Summer
Technique
Inline Spinners
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Insects
I caught some nice bluegills on the Mepps inline spinner off my kayak the other day. It was a blast.
