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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Docks
Water Temperature
74°
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
74°
Overcast windy day, fished laydowns on windy banks and points
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
68°
Fish were all three stages of the spawn, but the majority were post-spawn. This set up let me cover water and throw to any fish I saw cruising or on a bed. To be honest though they were eating almost anything you threw, top water, shaky heads, wacky worms. Now is a great time to go out and build some confidence in a technique.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
67°
It’s that time of year and a lot of people forget about swimming a worm, one of my favorite ways to catch frye gaurders! I throw this on both a spinning and casting setups. 1/8-3/16 on spinning and up to 3/8 on casting. I should go by too. Stay back off the bank and make long accurate cast around cover and docks. Typically you can pick off more than one fish. The key is to slow roll the bait making sure you stay in contact with the bottom. Hook set wise, reel and set. Tight Lines!
Real Diehl
Bronze Ambassador
4/12/25
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
65°
Spots are coming in for their spring spawn. There are some fish chasing and shallow in locations, weather dependent, but fish are on points and humps in numbers. Rocky features on cold mornings do better than straight clay, feeding off the bottom.
Real Diehl
Bronze Ambassador
4/10/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
65°
Fish are moving into spawn coming into the full moon on Hartwell. Cooler temps have some them held back a touch, but the fish are close.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Water Temperature
75°
I fished the 2023 ACa collegeite national championship. We were one of the only teams that figured out the largemouth. We were flipping craw tubes into flooded timber up creek arms
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Docks
Forage
Blueback Herring
If the sun gets up the bass seek shade under docks. The tube is a great choice for targeting hard to reach bass.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Blueback Herring
Running shoals for schooling fish was key! It was just post herring spawn and the schooling action was starting. Running many spots and moving around was important.
