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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
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
A good day on the water for the second day of the season . Fishing around docks was good and later we drove over to the your boat club and smiths bay and it was really good. Docks were good but the roaming fish were still not eating. Looks for docks with weeds and in 6ft in the front and getting shallower toward the back of the dock. Hope this is helpful and check out the Bitsy bugs above they are great baits for covering area and fishing cover, docks, and other structure. Catch em up
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
65°
Chatterbait, specifically the Z-Man Jack Hammer was key on opener. Water temps were mid to upper 60's with mixed clarity depending on what bay you were in. Fish were on weedlines and wanted to chase. Got a few on lipless and square bills but the Jack hammer outproduced everything.
HCPA Bass Fishing Team
Bronze Ambassador
5/14/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Ledges
Water Temperature
63°
The fish are bedding, getting ready to spawn. They were very aggressive today once you figure out what they were doing. They did not want to chase bait, they wanted you to jig the swim jigs. They were mostly all on beds.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
56°
Fished opener on Lake Minnetonka. Fish were scattered, but pretty easy to catch once you found them. Fished 6 or 7 bays and found them randomly. Caught all my fish on a Magdraft or Jackhammer.
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.
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
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Bluegill
Fish were crushing the largo shad up in the shallow grass.
