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Largemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationI went fishing with my son and he quickly went from wanting to catch bluegills to catching bass. We fished the weed edge in 8-10 FOW using 1/8oz perfect neds and slowly retrieved them back to the boat. Other fish were caught skipping docks with a wacky worm and flipping topped out vegetation with a Texas rig. The bite was tough and fishing sloooow worked best
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSummerStructureDocks
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNeko RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
All fish were caught on weed edges, but there had to be hard cover mixed in. Most fish were caught on a VMC Neko Rig with a Z-Man Bang Stickz. Also caught fish on a 6th Sense Crush 50x ripped through the weeds.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
We saw tons of bluegill Frye at the dock and caught this bass, some baby 4-6” bass and 2 8+” bluegill.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueGrass JigsSeasonFallStructureSubmerged VegetationFish were blowing up bait shallow early but could not get them to bite so I scanned around a wind blown point and saw a ball of bait fish outside the weed edge. I slowly worked a jig and ned rig to catch a few quickly.
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Panfish / BluegillTechniqueBobbersSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationWe switched up fishing from bass to bluegills and crappies as I took my 2 year old out fishing on the boat for the first time. I went out early to look for schooling fish deep but did not have much luck. We found a mix of crappies and bluegills in about 5-6 FOW in some thick vegetation and pulled in a mix with a 1/32 crappie jig with either a crappie scrub or chunks of worm on a bobber. It's not always about the quality of the fish but getting kids hooked by always having something on the end of their line.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueGrass JigsSeasonSummerStructureLedges
During the evening hours Bass were caught with a skirted jig and craw trailer in natural green pumpkin colors. Toss up to the shoreline and slowly retrieve back to the boat.
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Northern PikeTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationCasting the Frittside 5 over 8-10 feet of submerged vegetation
