Norris Lake
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Current)
Norris Lake Overview
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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Spring
- Drop Shot2
- Lipless Crankbaits2
- Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)2
- Spinnerbaits2
- Bladed Jigs1
Total Fishing Reports
44
Top Species Reported for Spring
- Largemouth Bass14 Reports
Smallmouth Bass6 Reports
Crappie1 Report
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Bob Dixon
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4/8/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
58°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
58°
Fished a club tournament out of Loyston Point. Had to deal with a cold front with rain and gusty wind after a week of mid 80 degree temperatures. Water temperature was steady at around 57.5 degrees. Fished outside points going into spawning areas looking for bait fish near large rock close to deep water. To get bit we had to postion the boat in about 20 feet and work the structure jig into about 8 to 12 feet slowly when the wind was blowing. Caught 2 short and one small keeper on structure jig on the outside bend of the points. When the wind died down would target the same areas with the Megabass Sleeper Craw. Caught my biggest fish over 3 lbs and 2 other keepers as the craw came off large chunk rock. Late afternoon Caught a few short fish on a neko rigged senko un same areas I caught them on the Sleeper Craw. The fish were in a funk and did not want to chase. All the fish caught on the structure jig was bearly hooked yet the Structure Craw were down in the crushers. At weigh-in you could see that the large mouth appeared to have not spawned yet and a majority of the smallmouth appeared to have already spawned. With Temps rising this week the large mouth should be in full spawn mode and smallmouth will be more into a post spawn mode. All and all a good day and a 4th place finish on a wet, cold and tough day.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
58°
Fished with the megabass 6" freestyle magdraft today. I targeted docks on main lake and secondary points. Bluebird skies and a light wind is a really good time to throw a swimbait on Norris, so I took advantage of it. The freestyle magdraft is really easy to skip and that is a must when fishing floating docks. There is really no other way to get around all the cables and mechanics if you want to fish areas most people avoid. I like Berkley trilene big game 20lb mono when I doing this. It's cheap but it holds up really well to the wear and tear of the metal cables and anything else the docks can throw at it. I don't do anything special as far as the retrieve. I just skip it up under the dock as far as I can and slow roll it back to the boat.
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