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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
56°
Species
CrappieSeason
Ice
Technique
Vertical Jigging 20'+
Structure
Points
Forage
Minnows
Setting up off the points was the best thing I found. I went out at 2 PM and was getting bit here and there. Right at 5 until dark they turned on and I ended up catching roughly 30 with 10 of them being real nice ones. Using the jig with a wax worm was key.
erust_fishing
Bronze Ambassador
5/16/22
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Docks
Caught some great fish this weekend for Minnesota opener they are crushing the black and blue jig!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Nice bass fishing weed flats and points. Covering water with the Dark Sleeper helps find bites when it’s hard.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Mid 60 degree water temp with air temps in the high 40s. Absolute wack fest on lotus this morning. Caught a lot of quality largemouth on a mix between a jackhammer, swim jig and skipping jig. Over the emerging milfoil I fished a jackhammer or swim jig when the wind calmed down and skipped docks to pick up bites as well.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
63°
Skipping docks with a chatterbait, caught some on the pad edge as well.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water temps mid 60s, water clarity was good. Lots of smaller bass eating a jig being swam around covet, grass, dock and emerging pads. Good number and a fee quality fish. In dead calm areas switched to wacky rig dingers.
VMC Weedless Neko Hook #1 / Black Nickel
Out of Stock
Daiwa Fuego LT Spinning Reel - EOL 4000 / 5.2:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
84°
This lake is something special to me and I hate doing this but I’ll give a little juice. The bluegill beds are popping right now. Go out and find them, some produce way better then others you just have to try some things out around them and you will get bit
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Mid June marks the Post Spawn period in lakes around the metro. Fish can be in a bit of a funk, but also can be ready to put the feedbag on to recover from the Spawn. While we found a few fish using offshore rocks in 10-15', the majority of our action was flipping milfoil and pad edges in 3-6' where there was good grass. Needed to avoid areas where grass didn't look healthy or it was scummy. 1/2 Texas rigs w/ Ringed 4/0 EWG hooks and creature baits (D-Bombs) dominated both in numbers & quality fish. Several fish between 3-4lbs. 7'4" rods, high speed reels with 17-20lb Fluoro did the job.
