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Taylor Atteberry
Bronze Ambassador
4/19/25
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crappie
Water Temperature
52°
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Good numbers of fish in the weeds in 5-7' over the weekend. Plastics and minnows were both effective. Tried shallower, but only a few scattered smaller fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Bass were pushed up in grass adjacent to rocks. Best bite is early morning or before sundown. Throw Chatterbaits and Texas rigs into the grass and rip and drag them through. Slow down when you get a bite because they tend to school in the grass.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Fish were 2-6’ in coves and outside of coves in weeds. Dragging a bobber and light jig tipped with a small tube was key.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
65°
Weed beds in 6-10’ was the key. The z man plastics last forever and are easy for kids to use. It doesn’t get much better than taking the kids out bobber fishing for crappies in the spring.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
58°
Locating isolated clumps of vegetation was my best pattern. Tried to force a chatterbait bite. Did have some success covering water. Much better quality slowing down and picking apart submerged vegetation close to spawning habitat.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Rock Pile
Cast out as far as you can and keep hopping it on the rocks
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Docks
Tonka has been rough for crappie because of my experience but the water temp was 58-61 in different parts of the lake so I decided to go fish very shallow dock pilings in small pockets hidden from main lake. With a good pair of sunglasses and being quiet with the trolling motor me and my partner were able to get in without spooking all the fish, I used a 14 inch drop shot leader to keep the bait high in the water so the crappie can see it and most of my fish were caught lightly shaking the bait to keep it up. The picture I took was a bass in the same pocket because all my crappie ended up in the live well LOL.
