| Spring (Pre-Spawn) | Largemouth Bass | 45-61 | - Pre-spawn bass actively moving into shallower water (3-5 feet), cruising back of coves and staging areas looking for potential spawning sites
- Fish showing aggressive feeding behavior, particularly responding to stop-and-go retrieves as water temperatures rise from mid-40s to low 60s
| - Back of coves with flooded brush in 3-5 feet of water
- Brush piles and stumps near potential spawning flats
- Shallow water transition areas with woody cover
| - Hard Jerkbaits with rip-and-pause retrieve, emphasizing the pause in cooler water
- Spinnerbaits worked around cover, especially effective during afternoon periods
- Soft Jerkbaits worked slowly around staging areas
| - Alewife - primary forage base showing in multiple reports
- Shad - consistent with clear water and bait selection patterns
| - Natural Shad Colors
- Natural Baitfish Colors
- Light Neutral Colors
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| Spring (Spawn) | Largemouth Bass | 62-70 | - Bass actively moving onto spawning beds in 4-7 feet of water, highly visible in clear water conditions
- Fish showing aggressive bed defense behavior, responding to slow-falling baits with reaction strikes
- Spawning activity concentrated on flats rather than steep banks, typical of playa-type reservoir
| - Lake flats in 4-7 foot depth range with visible spawning beds
- Protected coves with stumps and flooded brush in 4-5 foot depth
- Gradual sloping areas near woody cover in clear water zones
| - Wacky Rigs worked with subtle movements around visible beds
- Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip) for precise presentations to bedding fish
- Shakey Heads for working edges of spawning flats
| - Alewife in open water areas
- Shad around spawning flats
- Crawfish in stumpy areas
| - Green Colors
- Natural Craw Colors
- Natural Shad Colors
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| Spring (Post-Spawn) | Largemouth Bass | 66-78 | - Post-spawn bass are transitioning to summer patterns, actively feeding around cover in 6-10 foot depth range
- Most active during early morning on points with topwater, moving to deeper structure as sun rises
- Showing preference for slow presentations near woody cover as they recover from spawn
| - Secondary points with brush and stumps in 6-10 feet
- Brush piles and flooded timber in 6-8 feet
- Main lake points during early morning hours
| - Wacky Rigs worked slowly around brush
- Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) with slow presentation
- Hard Topwater (Popping) during early morning
- Texas Rigs (Worming) with slow fall in timber
| - Alewife - primary forage base
- Shad - secondary forage base
| - Natural Baitfish Colors
- Green Colors
- Natural Shad Colors
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