Pool 4 Sloughs at Pepin
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Prop)SeasonSummerStructureRip RapWas targeting Rip Rap and wing dams, also caught a few on a ned rig.
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Largemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonSummerStructureLaydownsGet out early! Had lots of fish activity, but they were not hitting any moving baits, tried some jigs and Texas rigs with no bites. Switched to the cover pop and worked it very slow pausing every couple feet as it walked back and fourth(note this is a popper, but when worked correctly it also walks back and fourth creating the ability to move it in the strike zone for a longer time). Started getting fish swirling on it, eventually they started hammering it with big topwater explosions! Good luck all!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueGrass JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Low light and dirty water, grab a black/blue, black/purple jig! All my fish came on the outkast tackle stealth feider jig in black/purple. Dragging this jig around scattered vegetation and snapping out of the grass line was the trick today to trigger those strikes!
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
With the river being so low finding backwater areas with current were key. We found a sand bar with scattered grass that had lots of smallmouth and largemouth feeding on 1-2 inch shad. We were able to catch them on the back side of the sandbar with a ned rig and then targeted feeding fish on top with a mini max chatterbait.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSwim JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Caught several largies & smallies targeting rock & grass areas with current with 1/4oz swim jigs & soft plastics plus some fish in heavy grass matts on frogs.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSummerStructureLily Pads
Vegetation becoming very overgrown so harder to fish through it clean with swim jigs/chatterbaits… switched to a swimming worm on a pegged Texas rig setup! Easier to fish clean and managed to get some good bites with it!
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueGrass JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationThe bass were relating to small openings or edges of the weed line that had rock bottom, they weren’t out over sand or on the edge the bottom had to be rock, so focus on those transition areas, and don’t be afraid to fire that jig into the grass and pop it out, can get crazy reaction strikes that way!
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonSummerStructureHumpsCaught so many fish, and the biggest fish of the day on the swing head. Downsize the soft plastic to get more bites, fish along any rock, or transition areas like a crankbait, making constant contact with the bottom.
