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Largemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureDocksFished a Florida BASS Nation Kayak Series event. Caught most of my fish on wacky junebug 6” Senko under docks. Did catch 2 around grass and lily pads. Had to switch to a weightless Texas rig as I broke off all of my wacky hooks. Wind picked up and was harder to skip with the waves.
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonWinterStructureReedsPitching a Senko to reed points, See me on: MyRetirementJourney Youtube.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLily Pads
The bass were best in isolated pockets
Omnia FishingBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureReedsPitch a Texas rigged stick bait around the reeds for spawning fish. With the warmer weather now the have been more active shallow again.
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SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureReedsFlipping reed edges with a 1/2 oz flipping jig in black and blue with a D Bomb trailer produced a beautiful 22.25 inch fish in the early morning. Keep an ear out for bass busting on fish in the reeds, if you don't hear it they are not there, keep looking around until you hear them. When the reed fish bit died off, running a burner worm in black/blue glitter around isolate patches of pads intermixed with arrow reeds and Kissimmee grass was producing good numbers. Run the worm through the pads and kill it on the edges, bass would sometimes wait until the worm reached the edge before attacking, some would be in ambush clearings in the pads, others would be around the clumps of grasses in the pads.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueGrass JigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureReedsIstokpoga is really low right now. This has positioned the fish on the edges of the deepest stretches of reeds on the lake. Anywhere where you have a few feet of water to flip you have a good chance of running into a few. While you can catch some flipping a swimming worm, It seemed like a heavier jig created a reaction strike and worked much better than a Texas rig. The shallow stuff is very difficult to get into with the low water. Make sure you are trimmed up and come in slow as you approach reed lines. I wouldn't even mess with the canals. Those fish are long gone.
- Mason SlipisBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureReeds
Caught flipping reeds. Weighed 5 pounds. Dead stick the worm for 10 seconds after each movement.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueGrass JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureReeds
Use a heavy punching jig with a Gambler Stinger and target reeds and pad clumps for fish staging up to spawn in 1-3ft of water
