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Smallmouth BassTechniqueUnderspinsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureRock PileAs many may know, Lake Erie got pounded with wind the last few days, I’ve never seen the lake this muddy in my life and it’s right in my backyard! Sun and mud meant one thing for me, pick up my GLF sneaky underspin with a gold blade, and it NEEDED to be a bright chartreuse trailer to get them to eat, they would not touch white in this situation and it saved my tournament day from zeroing from having to fish a tournament on the Great Lakes with less than 2 feet of visibility!
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureBouldersOnly had a few minutes to fish today, so I went to my favorite shore spot on Lake Erie to cast around, ended up catch 3 fish within 10 minutes in a staging hole that I know of. GPG TRD does some major work here on Erie especially with the water being a bit dingier due to boat traffic and that was the deal! The 1/8 oz head helped keep the bait of the rocks and keep the slim away due to it building up.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureRock PileTargeted super finicky staging fish getting ready to move up into the spawn. That little juvy craw cracked some good ones!
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureRock PileBite was super tough today with the full moon pulling up yesterday. A lot of roaming fish up high in the water column that wouldn’t commit to the jighead minnow. When I found one positioned on boulders, I dropped this bait down and absolutely smoked them! Incredible little bait!!!
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WalleyeTechniqueLive Bait RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureReef30 MPH winds made for tough fishing but drifting with live bait resulted in plenty of walleyes if you could keep the Drum off the hook.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueFinesse Hair JigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureRock Pile
Caught one just shy of 5 pounds on Lake Erie. Jeff’s jigs premium marabou jig black 3/32 oz ( not on omina ) was the ticket. Slowly reeling up shallow on sand flats with scattered rock.
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Largemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSummerStructureDocksNice bass on the senko and Mustad hooks. Had some really weird black spots, fought really hard and bit right under the dock, very nice fish.
HoserBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationFishing isolated weed patches. Running a crank around and over top, then slow rolling a burner worm.
