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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 (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
All of my fish were caught on the outside edge of flats in about 10’ of water. Spent some time looking for bed but never saw any with fish on them.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Finding shallow wood was key this weekend, wood in anywhere from 1-5ft was most productive. Don't overlook small isolated logs, or stumps either as these almost always held fish. As far as bites they usually came on the fall, otherwise, they would come on a slow steady winding retrieve away from the cover. Good luck!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
Just casting above busting Sunny’s and slowly reeling in and go past Incase the bass is behind the fish
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Cast far and slowly reel through vegetation
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
05/15/22 I launched out of Grays Bay and was on the water by 6am. Water temp was in the upper 50's on the main lake and low 60's in shallower bays. We started the day fishing Docks in Robinson Bay. A few small bass were caught off of docks but no crappies. Shortly after we moved into St. Louis Bay just south of where we were. We fished a few docks with no success for crappies. There is a small inlet we moved to and we caught about a half dozen decent sized blue gill and small bass under 10 inches. A few schools of large common carp were viable near the shoreline. As well as a few larger 3-4 lb bass looking to bed. We sight fished a few visible crappies in the shallows near dock posts but they were reluctant bite. We managed to get a couple to bite but lost them at the boat. We fished the bridge pylons on the south side of Carson bay and I hooked into a 4 to 5 lb bass on light fishing tackle that eventually broke me off at the boat. I was using a 6ft ultra light pan fish rod with 4lb fluorocarbon line fishing a 1.5 Northland Mimic Minnow.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
Few beds in the gravel, had 10 good ones mostly up in lay downs and brush. Have to cover water.
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.
