New Bullards Bar Reservoir
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Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter (Current)
New Bullards Bar Reservoir Overview
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Top Techniques Reported for Spotted Bass + Winter
- Drop Shot3
- Carolina Rigs1
- Medium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')1
- Soft Body Swimbaits (Large)1
- Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)1
Total Fishing Reports
42
Top Species Reported for Winter
- Spotted Bass12 Reports
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Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
64°
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
74°
Another great day at Bullards, with lots of different rigs getting it done. Thankfully, wake boarders are petering out, so was able to stay on the main body all day. Did most of my damage with a drop shot in 25-35 feet of water. The Strike King Magnum was money! However...I've been chasing one of those monster Spots that roam these waters for 3 years now, and I finally got into one with a Wacky Rig Senko in Sexy Shad pattern. Would love to show you a picture...but it broke my line before I could land it...I was so shook up, it took me a good 15 minutes to even make another cast. It had to be in the 7 to 8+ Pound range to fight like it did. Two days later and I'm still replaying what I could have done differently to land her...UGH!!!
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Spybaits
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
73°
Took the W on this pond. Never fished it before but was rather easy to figure this place out. Right now the pattern is changing daily and throughout the day so you just have to adapt and keep moving. Start out on points, Move to secondary points, cuts, creeks, ditches, clay, isolated rock etc. Try it all until you find the better bite. Right now there is not a lot of fish up shallow. Most fish are deep or suspended. Getting a fish over 1.5lbs is very hard. 1-1.5lbs is good. You can even still get a topwater bite going if you want. Your best bet to get a big bite is to fish dangerously (to the fish's health) deep 50-80+ or to target suspended fish in open water. That being said I targeted my fish in the mornings with moving baits. Cranking with a 10-15' diver, X-Nanahan +2 and throwing a spybait or small swimbait when I saw fish suspended. Once the sun came up and the fish pulled out I decided to keep fishing the 0-30' range with a hula grub. As the day progressed I switched to isolated stumps with the hula grub and occasionally would mix in the spy bait and neko rig. The biggest fish came on the spybait. My rods of choice were a variety of ALX rods
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