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Smallmouth BassTechniqueDamiki RigSeasonFallStructureBouldersVery calm day and an unseasonably warm fall. Initially we hopped to and from known boulder piles looking for fish. Fish were orienting to boulders and holding very close to them. We had our best luck in very shallow water. The Damiki rig jigged vertically with the forward facing sonar worked very well and we picked up several aggressive fish. Later in the day, some of us switched to dragging small suckers over a very shallow shoreline on a transition from gravel to short-growing aquatic vegetation. We picked up several fish with this technique as well.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueUmbrella RigsSeasonFallStructureBoulders
Shaking Quad Hover with a freeloader was the deal and allowed me to catch fish on boulders people had already fished.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonFallStructureReefa MEGA 6.95lber hit the deck on this day. Biggest smallmouth I have ever seen in person and might be the biggest one I catch in quite some time. Fish are all over the place from 8-25ft so just have to find the active schools.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonFallStructureBouldersGreat time out here on Mille Lacs. Catching piles of big ones on all sorts of baits. But drop shot is still catching them just fine.
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WalleyeTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonFallStructureRock PileFished on a rock jetty on the west side of the lake in a pretty much ideal 2-6mph east wind from 10 to midnight. I got four eye’s on the Rage Swimmer and one on the Shallow Shad Rap with feathered treble. The biggest fish was 25.5” and weighed 5.75lbs. I also lost two fish on the Rage Swimmer and had at least 5 bites that didn’t hook up. It was pre-frontal with ideal winds, so no surprise they were shallow and feeding tonight.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonFallStructureBoulders
On Friday, Oct 22 the bite on Mille Lacs was the best I’ve seen it in a while. 54 degree water temps and the schools starting to condense made for a great bite. Early in the morning I found 13-14 fish on a Boulder pile in 8-10 ft of water. The conditions that day were pretty calm and with the water temps being still in the 50’s targeting shallow water isn’t a bad idea. When I first got to the spot I threw a swimbait out and caught one on the first cast. Then fan casted the high percentage areas within the spot and had zero bites. I still believed there were fish there so I threw that ned and got bit first cast. That spot gave me 4 4pounders and multiple mid 3 pounders. After that spot I could seem to get one maybe two fish per spot after that. I fished shallow all day because of how calm it was. I ended the day with 23 fish or so and my best five going 23.7 with a 5.27 to boot. The bite will get tougher and the amount of unproductive water will increase. Currently the water temps are falling, blade baits , swim baits , and my trade mark secret is the ned. I catch them on the ned all the way to the bitter end. Think with an open mind and know those fish will be wintering any minute. Thanks guys Sam Rardin Fishing
Chula667Bronze AmbassadorSpeciesWalleyeTechniqueBlade BaitsSeasonFallStructureReefCasting a Deps Circuit Vib for smallies and hooked up with my PB walleye on 12lb. FC Sunline, 7.1 Diawa Coastal reel paired with a Dobyns DC 704C XP. Shoutout to DB for putting us on those “Belly Shirts” all day.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonFallStructurePoints
" Threw my drop shot right in front of a rock pile at the end of a point and right away fish on!"
