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Lake Mendota Fishing Reports
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureRock PileSmallies were cruising in the 6-15 foot of water. Either spawning or looking to spawn. The Great Lakes finesse ned bug was the perfect bait to get the job done!
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Largemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureSubmerged VegetationCaught this largemouth and a couple smalliies on the Yamamoto 6" Senko. Good enough for 2nd place in Monday Kayak League. Tried smaller baits but they wanted more for their effort.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
The bite was on last weekend! Throwing a Z-Man Jackhammer chatterbait with a Keitech Fat Swing Impact paddle tail. They really starting crushing it after I dipped the tail in J.J.'s Magic Dippin' Dye!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureSubmerged Vegetation
Fished the Badger State Midsummer Open (kayak tournament). Caught a bag of decent fish by flipping a weightless wacky around weed edges. They wanted it dead sticked. If you hopped it around, they ignored it.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureRock PileSmallmouth were relating to weeds just like largemouth early in the morning, then would move off into the rock piles right next to weed edges. Start the morning with top water over the weed edge to get big blowups and then after 7am move off the weedline into the adjacent rocks and drop shot them. Pulled a bonus 20.5” largemouth on Choppo, and a 30” Walleye while drop shotting. Be warned there will be Walleye mixed with smallmouth and May need to catch a bunch or Walleye before the smallmouth move in.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
The key was finding pockets in the weeds and flipping a jig in and letting it sit 5 or more seconds. No shakes no hops. This technique placed my 34th out of 111.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureDocks
52-1/4" for top 3 of 7 fish caught in 3 hours on the recommended products.
HernanBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureSubmerged VegetationFished a kayak tournament on Saturday. Started off with a green pumpkin white laminate zako swimbait rigged texposed. I was dragging that on the bottom and hooked up with my first bass. I was fishing that close to the edge of the weedline. After that I had success fishing in deeper water (12-15 feet) for smallies. I was using a texas rigged green pumpkin Max Scent General. I will be publishing a you tube video of this in the coming days.
