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Smallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSummerStructurePointsLocated smallmouth with FF sonar on main lake points. Damiki rigged above the fish. The larger fish would feed higher in the water column.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBoulders7/16 - 7/17: The fish have scattered much more from last week. We spent too much time up shallow. There were still some fish in 5 - 15 ft but the vast majority were chasing bait in 25 - 45 ft of water. They were very finicky and did not engulf the lighter ned rig like last weekend. I didn't have any luck with a hair jig, and very little luck with the tube. There were 2 main bite windows: early morning and mid day. Most of our fish hit a drop shot on the fall. A few would follow it down and hit it within 30 seconds of the drop after working the bait a little bit. With the waves it made it difficult to stay on the schools. The best bet is to sit on one rock pile. We ran around too much.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
7/9 - 7/10: The smallies were spread out in multiple water depths. We found our best fish up shallow, but large schools of smaller fish out deep. They were very aggressive post front, during the front they shut off. The definitely wanted the slower fall when suspended. If they were hugging the bottom, a tube or a Carolina Rig with a tube on it worked well.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSummerStructurePoints
Main lake points in 20-35ft with some sort of irregularity and bait present were key. I'd see fish and activity in the area with Humminbird Mega Live. If I couldn't get those fish to bite I'd back off and make long casts with the tube. I'd crack the tube back through those fish and seem to get more bites than targeting individual fish.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonFallStructurePoints
Tough bite until I made the switch to minnows.
Casey BriggsBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonSummerStructurePointsStarting to see schooling fish more. The cool nights and mornings we’ve been having are starting to get them to start transitioning to the fall patterns. Can have a lot of fun and catch a lot fish right now. True giants are harder to come by but that’s ok because pulling up on a point and catching 20 fish on top water is a blast.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueLipless CrankbaitsSeasonFallStructurePoints
Long cast across the points in 10-15 fow
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonFallStructurePoints
Use your forward-facing sonar to locate the fish from 10-40 Fow around points with rock seems the best but cast just past your target and slowly bring the bait to the fish
