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Largemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSummerStructureLily PadsFishing shallow less thrn 5ft near docks and Lilly pads. Fish where in the lily pads and wanted moving baits. Cast onto shore and slowly drag out.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Fishing points and buoys in 12-15ft of water with submerged vegetation was a great way to land some largemouth on the hot summer days. I used bellow stick and gills to get the job done.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Fished scattered, submerged grass on the deep edges of break lines. Hard bottom/rock mixed in seemed to be key.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonSummerStructureLedges
Fishing tops and weed edges from 6ft to 10ft of water. Found them by slow cranking along the weeds edges to get reaction bites and when that slowed down switched to drop shot. Was using the billy rub hawt shot in orange and was catching them on almost every cast. Find green weeds with bluegills around and work it slow.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructurePointsTargeted deep breaks on the ends and sides of main lake points. Anything with rock and weeds was holding fish.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructurePoints
Target fish on the deep breakline on the edges and ends of main lake points. Mix of rock/hard bottom and sparse vegetation was key.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
As the weather continues to cool down, the fish stays feeding. Most of my fish came off ripping the jerkbait out of patches of weeds in 8-12FOW and just waiting a second or two before twitching it had them react to it. Having a livescope helped me out as well because I can see them coming out of the weed patches chasing my jerkbait as it rips out of the weeds. Nothing too fancy, but having the right rod (mentioned) helped a ton when fishing a jerkbait.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
One of my favorite ways during the summer to find both numbers and quality of largemouth bass is to drop shot weed lines. There are vast amounts of good quality weed lines located throughout Lake Minnetonka. This day the weed lines that seemed to produce the best were near hard bottom or deeper water. Locate an area you think will produce and slowly work a drop shot through it. When you find them they tend to be schooled a little bit, so if you get one throw back in on the same spot and you might catch a few more.
