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Largemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureLily PadsThe best areas consisted of lily pads and rice or cattails mixed. The bass were not along the edge but deep in the weeds.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBouldersDefinitely not a numbers day but any bites we got in our boat delivered nice 3-4 lb smallies. Targeting isolated boulders out on the main lake in anywhere from 10-15' of water.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBouldersMNBN TOC Day 1. Found smallies right away in the morning on large boulders. They were into the drop shot for a minute but quickly became a grind for the rest of the day. Largies were up in shallow in clean pencil reeds. Had good success here using toads. Placed above the cut line for day 1.
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WalleyeTechniqueBobbersSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationUsed slip bobbers and leeches in 10-14’ feet of water. Used a tailfin weighted slip bobber and an 8’ 2B Genesis Sharp Shooter spinning rod.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureReedsReed points near cane grass in the thick stuff. Floating mats of milfoil in the reeds was key
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureReeds
MNBN TOC Day 2. Smallies were tough today so we dug into the largies. Key for today was SHALLOW and THICK. Flipped the craw tube in 1-2 feet of water in the thickest stuff we could find. Had to winch the fish out.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureMatted Grass
Find reeds and rice with depth and forage and attack with frogs until you get a bite than slow down and flip to get even more bites for aggressive fun largemouth bass
