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Lake Mahopac Fishing Reports
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueSpoonsSeasonFallStructureBouldersCasting spoons at suspending or fish hovering near bottom. They’d hit it on the drop or pick it up off the bottom when dead sticking it
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHover/Mid-StrollingSeasonFallStructureBouldersTargeting deep fish on rocks using my livescope. Went with a light jighead to slow the fall, they came up off bottom and smoked it. Good day boating over 20 fish
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Largemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonFallStructureBouldersI fished the flap slap after dark on the surface by twitching it and moving the bait slowly like a wake bait. I caught a few largemouth and one four pound smallmouth. There was no wind and the surface was dead calm.
Anglers N KayaksBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonFallStructureSubmerged VegetationIn the Fall I recommend a SLOW steady retrieve and as SLOW as possible. I never felt the fish hook up, just felt added weight and the rod would bend into the resistance. Most catches were with 1 hook from the treble hook in the lip!
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Popping)SeasonSummerStructureOpen Water/Basin
Targeting suspending smallmouth that were roaming and chasing schools of alewives. Popping and walking the Popmax triggered strikes.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Nice largemouth bite hitting the floating Rapala by twitching it on the surface.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHover/Mid-StrollingSeasonSummerStructureBouldersFish were either on rock or suspending above rock looking for bait that was roaming through the area. Strolling this above them was the deal today
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSummerStructureBouldersTook my nephew out fishing and gave him a Texas rigged big TRD to drag across some rock piles and he caught himself a solid 3.5lb fish!
