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Largemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureRiver ChannelsFishing on the Wisconsin River at Mazomanie boat landing south of Sauk City. Throwing an underspin into the channel and retrieving. Got a bite over a deeper hole on the flashy swimmer. Still snow on the ground and ice on the edges of the river.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureDocksFinished 2nd out of 15 boats last weekend. The fish were pre spawn and feeding heavily with 70 degree warming conditions. It was a sunny morning with little wind. We fished around docks in shallow warm water areas with wacky rigs to generate a lot of bites. A couple fish were caught flipping a finesse jig around rock. The wind picked up in the afternoon. This allowed for a swim jig bite to get going and generate a couple key bites.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureLaydownsStruggled to with the warmer weather. Fish were still in early pre spawn mode. Managed to get a reaction bite with deflecting a squarebill in lay downs. Also caught a nice smallmouth around a nothing bank in Wiggins bay with green pumpkin jackhammer.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureSubmerged Vegetation
Finished at the bottom of the pack during the tournament today. Really cold conditions but caught a couple on the Bassman Spinnerbait and jackhammer but did not find the any size except for a 40” musky.
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WalleyeTechniqueLive Bait RigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureDamI was fishing the Wisconsin Dells dam and setting minnows out for walleyes. I managed to catch 5 walleyes doing that and I would recommend to get some leeches!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureDocks
I fished a college tournament out here April 24th, and the water temp was 52-55. The wind was blowing 20 mph out of the SW. We caught probably 20 largemouth that were under shallow docks. And would fish behind other college teams that were fishing the same docks as us. The fish were near the bases of the docks and would only eat a senko that was deadsticked. They were not aggressive but there were often more than one fish under the same dock we just had to pick it apart and fish it extremely slow. The color didn't matter but just letting it sit there did. Sometimes it would take 15-30 seconds for the fish to bite. We took 3rd with 12.50 lbs.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureDocks
Had a tournament out on Lake Wisconsin this past weekend, and the weather conditions were causing the lake to fish a little tough. We had most of our luck catching largemouth shallow around docks or protected bays where the water was warmer than the rest of the lake with finesse baits. The ned rig was working best for us, and we found we had to let it sit still for a period of time before the fish would take it. We had to fish slow, as the fish didn't seem to want any moving baits we were throwing. Water temp was around 52 degrees in most areas, but in some back bays/pockets we found up to 56.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureDocks
