Lake Norman
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- Hard Topwater (Walking)7
- Shakey Heads5
- Drop Shot3
- Hard Body Swimbaits3
- Hard Jerkbaits3
Spotted Bass37 Reports
Largemouth Bass15 Reports
Catfish6 Reports
Panfish / Bluegill1 Report
Striped Bass1 Report
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Species
Spotted Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Hard Swimbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
88°
Species
Spotted Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rip Rap
Water Temperature
84°
Cloudy summer morning fishing a rip rap where deep water is close by. These fish would feed against the rip rap early summer mornings and move out deep as it get hotter in the day. This rip rap drops down to about 15ft of water. I was throwing a megabass vision 110 jerkbait on a st croix mojo bass spinning 7’1 mh with a stradic 4000. I chose the pro blue color because the water was pretty clear. In clear water, you want more natural and translucent colors. I was throwing this on 15lb braid with 12lb mono leader. On Jerkbaits, I also like using a snap swivel for easy color change and gives bait better action. I was mainly casting perpendicular to the rip rap to catch most of my fish. I would say when fishing rip rap, they best way is to fast along the rip rap perpendicularly. These bass were destroying the jerkbait on fast twitches.
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