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Largemouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureStanding TimberIf you havent been fishing Twain this year, you are missing out! The last few Joe Bass Team Trail tournaments have seen several 20+ pound bags being weighed! Overcast skies and cooler than average air temps are seemingly keeping the water temps down. I found 66-68 degree water in the mid-lake area. Most of the lake is DIRTY with less that 3-6" of visibility. Fishing the 3XD near standing timber was the key today. The cooler temps seem to have slowed the move to summer haunts but a few days of fire in the sky could change that. The spinnerbait was a player today and I had a few run with the power worm that I didn't set the hook on. Tight lines!
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureRock PileFishing from the dock at Black Jack marina I landed a 3.3 buddy landed a 4.7 same set up. Love braid to leader.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureBoulders
Medium diving cranking with braid to leader you feel absolutely everything and it gets down immediately.
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CrappieTechniqueVertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19')SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureBrush PilesFound fish holding tight to brush piles in 10-15ft of water near bluff ends. Worked bait on top of brush jigging down into it. Most bites came as I let the bait fall back into the brush
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureStanding Timber
Fish were tight to wood. Fished extremely slow and the bite was consistently light. You really had to watch your line as you couldnt feel most bites. No doubt the spawn will be on! The lake remains a couple feet low so be careful as many trees are now closer to the surface and will grab a prop/lower unit! -Tight lines
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
Letting the RkCrawler do what it does, different casting angles on 45 degree banks.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSoft JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureStumps
Big cold front came in on Friday and really slowed the fishing down. Majority of bites came from dead sticking a worm and waiting for the bite to come. Fish seemed tight to wood but you could occasionally find a roamer with a shallow crank. With the full moon approaching, the spawn will definitely be on
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructurePoints
