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Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpecies
Largemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLily Pads- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonFallStructureSubmerged Vegetation
The fall transition seems to have started and it was a tough go around adjusting to the cold nights. Got a few strikes on medium diving crankbaits, chatterbait, and weightless senkos but nothing good. I fished submerged weed edges, shallow and deep, and docks. The spotted lantern flies were all over the water, and small fish were coming up to eat them all day too.
- Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureBrush Piles
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- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureBoulders
Prespawn bass on jerk bait violent initial jerks and long long pauses Create violent strikes
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Striped BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructurePointsFound a school of stripers feeding off of a shallow point. They wanted the jerkbait worked quickly, and hit it on movement with short pauses.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureSubmerged Vegetation
The males are starting to move up shallow getting ready for the spawn. Got multiple bites on a suspending shallow jerkbait working it with a standard twitch and pause retrieve. Pausing for a few seconds worked best.
Andrew CBronze AmbassadorSpecies
WalleyeTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureBouldersWalleye were active during rainy weather and actively blowing up on bait. Multiple keeper size walleye caught around boulders on Liffy Island in coves adjacent to deep water and released. Slow rolled chatterbait near boulders.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonSummerStructureLedges
The fish were showing up at 10' throughout the lake, I followed that contour line at ledges near grass lines and got down there with a chatterbait and DT 10. The chatterbait got some fish as usual, but the DT 10 was what they were really looking for this time. Stick to natural colors as they've been chasing bait fish all summer.
