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Smallmouth BassTechniqueHover/Mid-StrollingSeasonSummerStructureBouldersHad just under 52lbs for 2 days over Labor Day Fish are starting to get in a great mood. Shaking a minnow is by far working best. Been throwing about any minnow under the sun but those 3 are working decent. Great rod and reel I got listed for doing this technique. So feel free to check it out!!
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonFallStructureBouldersThe Bass are up shallow and are in the rocks They were biting hard when they would hit they bait. Had to move multiple times to finally find them but they where in the usual spots around Doe island, Myr Mar, and Indian Point. Temps are dropping so have to search. Good Luck.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonFallStructureRock Pile
I fished a Lund Virtual League on September 17, and got 6th with 29 pounds for 7 fish, I caught all of the fish on either a ned rig with a rattlin ned, or a maxscent lil general, but I also caught a couple on a drop shot. I was in about 15 FOW where there was sporadic rocks and there were fish cruising all over
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonFallStructureRock Pile
Burning cranks off rock piles. Found a window for slow rolling chatter baits also.
Donovan YangBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonFallStructureBouldersSmaller profile jigging through bolders. Find the big bolders and cast away.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonFallStructureBoulders
The bite was better when the wind was blowing. Fishing 20 feet deep. Got a couple on the Ned rig also.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDeep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)SeasonFallStructureBoulders
The other day when on Mille Lacs I got into a really good crankbait bite using a strike king 6xd in Caribbean shad , key was using 10lb line to get that bait to dive just a little deeper. Seaguar abraiz -x. If you weren’t grinding on the rocks you were not getting bit. It accounted for 9 bites and possibly could have been more. I did notice the smallies we were catching were burping up 2-4 inch forge and prior we were marking schools of bait on our 2d and DI. These fish were T-boning it. They were biting the second hook by the body. In the next couple weeks I think this bite will really take off !!!!
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSummerStructureBouldersHeavy pressure bass and most anglers choice of a bladed jig is the jackhammer, great bait, but giving the fish a slight difference with the Tunder Cricket got more bites and the right bites. Also, using a fatter tailer helped tremendously. Trimmed skirt with the fat punch craw worked great.
