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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
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
5/20/23
Species
MuskieSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
64°
Topwater bite was good in the am. Long casts and long pauses were needed as fish were very wary of boats. Sunny with calm winds made fishing very tough later in the day.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
A jerkbait worked with a quick cadence on the first break along weed lines produced consistent fish and quality size. Rapidly hopping jigs also produced fish in the same areas, however with less consistency
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Docks
Fishing beds, smaller females have mostly set up with some larger ones locked to beds. Drop shots 4-8" over the bed in bright colors were the trick to trigger the bite. Some fish under docks, on pylons closer to shore.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Points
Dragging a beaver in 7-12 feet off a point for most of the day caught 5-6 decent fish… hard to follow them around on big boat traffic days but early season has been producing!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
Slow rolling the Jack Hammer on submerged weed lines
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crawfish
Fished the MinnYak event on Tonka Fishing were up shallow looking to spawn, Caught a few on a Thunder Cricket and a custom double colorado Spinnerbait and picked docks apart with a ghille suit colored wacky yum dinger.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Wacky rigs and swim jigs worked better than other baits, weather came in, cooler temps and turned the fish off. Active fish were on the bank.crappies were on beds.
