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Largemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Prop)SeasonSummerStructureReedsOver the July 4 weekend I fished with a family member over several days in Barnett’s Creek off of the North River. Even with temperatures in the 90s and water temperatures ranging from 83° in the morning and 89° by afternoon we managed to catch several decent Bass, one catfish, and one crappie over that period of time. We used several baits with the Berkeley Choppo being the main bait. We also caught bass on Rapala Shad-Rapp, a Strike King KVD 1.0 in sexy shed, and a Jenko Fishing Shinobi Shad in the snot rocket color. The heat was immense, so we finished early and late in the day. The vast majority of our fish were caught while working the reed line along the creek. Top water and shallow diving crank baits seem to work the best. 
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Panfish / BluegillTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonFallStructureOpen Water/Basin- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructurePoints
It was a good outing ! I caught about a half dozen, not including several that I couldn’t get in the boat. All were bass with the exception of one decent size yellow perch! The bass were laid-up shallow! In addition to the Beatle Spin, I used a Jenko Shinobi Shad (snot rocket), Googan Squad mini zinger in sexy shad, and a Dynamic Lure micro spinner in a trout color!
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DrumTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonFallStructureOpen Water/BasinFishing Barnett’s Creek recently, from around 8:30am-2:30pm. I caught about 15 fish altogether with the majority consisting mostly of large mouth bass. In addition to the bass, I did catch a few few small yellow perch and a blue gill. The prize catch of the day was a puppy drum. I threw a lot of different baits on this day, but everything I caught was on a beetle spin rigged with a split tail black & chartreuse crappie magnet on a 1/32 jig head. I have attached pictures of the biggest fish.
Matt GreschakBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonFallStructureStanding TimberI had to go catch a birthday bass to keep tradition alive! We ended up catching over 30 bass throwing a wacky rigged senko with a #1 VMC wacky worm hook.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonWinterStructureOpen Water/Basin
I was fishing Barnett’s Creek using mostly micro spinner baits. Caught around 10 yellow & white perch on a Johnson’s Beatle spin rigged with a crappie magnet. I switched to an H&H Lure Company, //16 oz. Cutie spin. I had several fish to crush this bait, especially a bass weighing a little over 2lbs!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonWinterStructureOpen Water/Basin
I caught 18 fish altogether with all of them being bass or yellow perch! I had another half dozen or so that got away because I couldn’t get a hook into them. I used only two baits; Googan Squad micro zinger in a sexy shad color and a Dynamic Lures’ Micro Spinner Bait, Orange/Gold in color. They were hitting these two spinners pretty consistently! The two spinners in the comments are the two that were hot baits!!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureOpen Water/Basin
I went on an outing with family members & fished primarily Barnett’s Creek. We fished for about an hour before a thunderstorm moved in a couple of hours ahead of the forecast & cut our trip short! In that length of time, we caught 4 bass & a yellow perch, and had several other bites! The bait that drew the most attention was the Zoom Super Fluke Jr. w/the tail dipped in garlic scented chartreuse Spike-it, rigged on a 1/8 oz. Jighead. One of the bass was caught on a betts spinner rigged with a crappie magnet (butla gold) The yellow perch was caught on an Arkie Crappie Crankbait (2-6 ft. Diver). We were off to a good start, a couple of the larger bass must have come in at least at a pound & a half or more!
