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Largemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureLedgesOnce again, my wife put the smackdown on some fish! Fishing only the ned rig and bouncing it off the bottom, she landed around 10 fish by herself! She also landed her PB at 2.25lbs. I caught a few here and there on the 1.5 and a chatterbait but nothing was getting bit like NED. We started in the back of a pocket about half way back of the Grand Glaize and worked our way out. It seemed like a majority of fish were on the steep drop offs or on the secondary points.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureDocksCaught a solid limit of summer bass fishing the shady areas of docks. Mainly fished in the Niangua Arm of the lake. Fish were suspended under the floats of the docks. The majority of my bites came on main lake docks in the 15-20ft range. All of my bites came on the initial fall. Really had to focus on getting the bait into the deepest darkest shade of the docks.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureDocks
Spent the evening fishing the Niangua Arm of the Lake between the Highway 5 bridge and the mouth of the Little Niangua. Was able to find a solid bite flipping around the shade of the docks. The docks that have the x braces on the front seemed to produce better. The fish were suspended and were eating the bait on the initial fall so watching your line was very important.
Brayden ChoateBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShakey HeadsSeasonSummerStructureBrush PilesFocused Primarily on deeper structure in about 20-25 foot of water. Lots of fish going deeper due rising water temps, spotted a giant mark cruising over the brush pile on my forward facing sonar. Casting 10-12 feet past the structure (brush pile) is key. When we were hooked up, you could see 2-3 more fish follower her out of the pile. The bigger the pile was, the better.
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureBrush PilesMultiple fish coming from brush piles 15-18 feet deep on main lake points with water being pulled at nights
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureDocks
Focus on shallow docks/cover near bluegill beds. Also had some good fish coming from brush piles out to 12ft of water.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueStructure JigsSeasonSummerStructureDocks
The bite is changing quickly at Lake of the Ozarks with summer coming to an end. I have seen more and more shad moving back into the coves with each cool night we’ve had this week. The last few days I have been finding better sized fish around shallow docks in less than 8ft. My bait of choice has been the 1/2oz Crock-O-Gator Zapper Jig in Magic Craw or Brown Purple Scale. Skipping it underneath the walkways and swim platforms has been the best way to catch these bass. This bite should continue to get better and better through the fall!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueStructure JigsSeasonSummerStructureBrush Piles
Bass fishing continues to be good here at Lake of the Ozarks. The past two weeks I have seen a few changes with some fish moving deeper and some moving extremely shallow. We had several big rains which got some current flowing through the lake. This pulled fish out to the main lake points where they are schooled up. It also moved some fish to the backs of creeks and pockets in the fresh runoff. For the shallow fish I have been using a 3/4oz Crock-O-Gator Head Knocker Buzzbait around the shallow docks and laydowns. Out deeper on the points and brush piles, the 1/2oz Crock-O-Gator Zapper jig has been hard to beat!
