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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
62°
Taylor Atteberry
Bronze Ambassador
4/19/25
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crappie
Water Temperature
52°
Shallow docks
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Cast far and slowly reel through vegetation
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Found fish near spawning areas in the shallow grass and boat docks.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Reef
9' of water casting over sand and rock inside of old weed edge. Water temp 57. Wind West 15mph high sun. Best bite was 3-5 PM
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
(5/15/2022 water temp 60-64) Second day I was covering area with a big swimbait looking for spawners because the wind picked up fast, didn’t find much so I did a lot of running and looking at bays I’ve never been a lot of dirty water flipping lay downs didn’t have much luck, went to fish more clear docks protected from wind and small creeks caught a few skipping and flipping but not great sized ones so I went to some spawning flats couldn’t see much because of the ripple so I decided to fish deeper around 6-10 foot grass and that’s where I caught some pre spawners. Moral of the story if you need a fish they will always been on docks!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
(5/14/2022 water temp 58-62) Opener was a hammer fest with the jig tried the chatter bait and 8 inch swimbait but could only get 2 Bass of those so I went to my confidence and caught a few pre spawners on staging areas for spawn and hammered them on main lake pockets with big dock pilings and small protected bays skipping and pitching a 5/8 jig working it fast to cover water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Docks
Working beds around docks and thick grass with finesse jigs and drop shots
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
69°
Fun day on the water, a few nice bass in the 17"-18" range, one musky. Total of about 50 fish caught. The chatterbait, weightless wacky rig and the midwest jig all produced. The bigger fish were all near inlets to back bays.
