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nvoutsiderBronze AmbassadorSpecies
Smallmouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonSummerStructurePointsDragging a Picasso Fantasy Swinger swing head jig Texas rigged with a craw style bait around secondary points got several bites.
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Striped BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonSummerStructureShadCasting on top of boils
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
Had constant success running 3.5inch to 4.5inch soft body swim baits on jigheads about 5-15ft. Allowing the bait to settle after short bursts of burning incited most bite however some hit it on the fall after initial cast.
- nvoutsiderBronze AmbassadorSpecies
Largemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Prop)SeasonSummerStructureFlooded BrushSmallmouth we’re hitting this bait on shelf’s early in the morning. Largemouth were in brush later in the day.
- Kyle NapierBronze AmbassadorSpeciesStriped BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Large)SeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Swim bait and drop shot near boulders and grass piles back in coves. Mostly under shade covered areas. Striped bass, largemouth and smallmouth.
Clif GallagherBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonSummerStructureBouldersFishing is slowing down in the afternoons so you want to hit the bays early in the A.M. and move out to deeper water as the sun rises. They are smashing small white surface lures in the mornings and chomping dropshots off ledges and any shade pockets during the day. Slow down, take extra water and tight lines!
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Large)SeasonFallStructureBaitfishStripers are pushing bait up to the bank where Bass are waiting. Chatterbaits with 3in trailer.
- SpeciesStriped BassTechniqueDeep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)SeasonFallStructureBaitfish
Stripers are smoking the 6Xd in sexy shad.
