Lake George (33)
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
casualbassguy
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5/20/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
51°
Working a deep diving Jerkbait with quick twitches, switching up the cadence often but majority of bites came on the pause. Suspended fish working 5-15 FOW around the bridges and piping’s. Definitely had little bite windows when I’d get bit cast after cast. But they are definitely chasing and fat, healthy fishing moving into the shallow bays. After about 20-30 minutes of not getting but I occasionally got bit on a ned rig in the same areas. Bridge near Norowal Marina
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
50°
Started on deep humps 15 -25’ and caught a bunch of smallmouth on a drop shot and hair jig including a couple of 4 pounders. Moved to the front 1/3 of points near spawn areas with good drop offs and caught small and largemouths on a Yo-Zuri jerkbait in elegy bone. Then we moved to the back of some bays and flipped up a bunch of small male largemouth on both finesse and regular jigs. Great day overall with over 50 fish but only a few nice ones
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
With the smallmouth transitioning through the spawning stage, they can be targeted effectively by casting jerkbaits along sand flats making casts specifically at large boulders and wood that can be seen by the eye or with forward facing sonar.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
When I located smallmouth on beds they couldn’t resist a drop shot with a chartreuse bait. We found most beds along pieces of rock and wood on sand flats.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
69°
Got a couple of nice smallies on top water then my best bass came the juvy craw and a drop shot. Best was a 4.3 smallmouth. Caught all bass in 8’ or less
Berkley Cane Walker 5" / Bone
Out of Stock
Sufix 832 Braid 10lb / Sunrise / 150 Yards
Out of Stock
Daiwa Tatula CT 100 Casting Reel Left / 7.3:1
Out of Stock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Forage
Crawfish
Have also caught some nice lake trout on a vibrating pink jig with fishing guide at Silver Bay in 70-100 ft
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
I covered my favorite technique for summer smallmouth on lake George in a previous review. This will be my 2nd favorite technique. I was fishing on the north end of the lake and I was marking fish in 12 feet of water over heavy vegetation. So I was using a ned rig it consisted of a ned rig jig head and a small yum ned crawfish. It was only about an 1 1/2" long and was green pumpkin. I wouldnt jig it or work it at all i would send it down to the bottom and then close my bail and wait and you would see the line start to run a little and then i would set the hook and the fight was on.
