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Largemouth BassTechniqueCrappie Dock ShootingSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureDocksCasting around docks and caught a few small bass and a pound spotted at lees ford marina
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLaydowns
Largies are staging around laydowns and fast twitching a Jerkbait is a very cool visual bite and will put quality in the boat.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureFlooded BrushSmallies are up shallow spawning around brush caught this keeper on the wacky around stumps.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
15-20 ft deep. Let it sink all the way down and the hop it several times. The bite was very slow.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDamiki RigSeasonSummerStructureStumps
Caught majority of the fish in 20-35 ft of water on a jighead minnow around stumps with bait on live scope. The big one came on a Spinnerbait around a marina
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructurePointsLargemouth are beginning to move back out of the creeks on the north end around Burnside. The quality fish I caught were about 2/3 of the way back in the creek just bouncing from secondary point to secondary point on a Swimbait. I did catch a couple flipping a 1/2oz jig on some steeper banks that had some wood.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureFlooded BrushBites can be hard to come by, but when you get bit it will typically be a keeper or better. Search for shade lines, and focus on the wood and trash mats in the backs of pockets. Tons of floating debri on the main lake areas, so allow plenty of time getting from creek to creek.
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Striped BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonSpring (Spawn)StructurePointsStripers biting topwater at night during shad spawn. Bite is better later in to the night.
