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Largemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonWinterStructureBrush PilesI fished isolated brush piles on main lake 45⁰ rock banks. It's an easy pattern to run anywhere on the lake this time of year.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonWinterStructureBouldersFished a club tournament with weather being 45-57 degrees water temp ranged from 53.6 to 55.7 degrees. wind was light to gusting to 10 mph with water clarity around 2 to 5 feet. Caught several short fish early on a 1/2 oz SK Structure jig in green pumpkin with a Rage chunk trailer between 2 to 6 ft. Later in the day caught a few shorts on a roboworm ned worm on a 1/4 oz woo tungsten ned head. Broke off 2 nice Smallmouth on a Damiki Vault hopping off the bottom in 15 feet off of a rocky secondary point. always check your line when working around rocks. Unfortunately, could not bring in any keepers but we still had a few nice smallmouth and largemouth weighed in.
Joe StamperBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonWinterStructurePointsRock points
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueCarolina RigsSeasonSummerStructureBrush Piles
Omnia FishingBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructurePointsDuring this time of year Smallmouth will start to move out of their wintering holes. A key place they will stop before the spawning transition are main lake points between the deep main lake basin and spawning areas.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonWinterStructureBoulders
Fished main lake 45-degree rock banks for about 3 hours. The largemouth were holding in 10 to 15 feet of water. I used the Xzone ned zone in green pumpkin purple on a 1/15 green pumpkin jig head. It was a very soft bite this trip so line watching was key. I did a lot of deadsticking too. The bass didn't seem to want the ned zone moving much.
Bob DixonBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonFallStructureLaydownsThis is a great bait to throw for both largemouth and smallmouth. The largemouth seem to be tight to the wood structure right now. As usual, the smallmouth are hanging out in the rocks. They are both chasing this bait and hitting it with some force. Find the baitfish, throw this near the structure and HANG ON.
- Joe StamperBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonFallStructureLedges
Finding smallmouth and largemouth chasing bait on shelf rock and wood structure. Using swimbait as trailer on Bassman compact willow spinnerbait.....killin it!!
