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White BassTechniqueVertical Jigging Deep (20'+)SeasonWinterStructureOpen Water/BasinLargemouth were hard to find with the cold water. Went into castle creek, main channel. Found school of white bass in 75 ft of water but suspended at 25 ft. Vertical jigging with kastmasters in chrome did the trick. Can’t wait for spring
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Striped BassTechniqueSpoonsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureOpen Water/BasinFlutter spoon ripped off the bottom once I found the school of Stripers on the sonar. Made sure to give it pauses on the bottom between pulls. The bite would come at the top of the pull when the spoon just started to flutter.
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Largemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonWinterStructureLedgesBass are deep. 15-28 ft off ledges and in the main lake channels. Drop shot working the best. Down size your hooks to a 1 or 2 and fish slow. Little movement to almost deadsticking will catch a few. Watch for extremely light bite.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDeep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)SeasonWinterStructureReef
Still cold and slow. Caught a few in 18-20 ft off points and reefs. Deep crankbaits like the Berkley dredger 20.5 in chartreuse worked. Drop shot roboworms in a green pumpkin color had a few bites in 15-20ft.
- SpeciesWhite BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonWinterStructureFlooded Brush
Slow retrieve through brush in the back of Humbug creek. Used a lot of Gulp scent on the swimbait. Fish would really go after it when I recharged the bait.
- SpeciesWhite BassTechniqueSpoonsSeasonWinterStructureBaitfish
Change of pace today. Graphed up schools is shad in castle creek. 20-35ft. Found Waite bass schools that bit spoons vertically jigged. Nothing big but lots of fun as the largemouth slowing considerably.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonWinterStructureReef
Slow day. Got a few in the Main lake off marked reefs about 18-25 ft deep. Berkeley flatworms in green pumpkin on a drop shot worked slowly. Almost dead sticking slow. Caught a nice white bass coincidentally on a strike king 3xd in Tennessee shad in Castle Creek.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonWinterStructurePoints
Nothing worked except for jerkbaits today. Megabass 110 jr and +1 worked in shad type colors. Bass feeding on very small shad today. Off points and rocky banks in 4-10 ft deep was where we finally found them. These hooks are sharp! Finally got one embedded in my finger today. That was fun getting out!!
