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Smallmouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonSummerStructureRock PileDrag something painfully slow through rocks and boulders around the cleanest grass you can find. I used a small black creature bait style trailer.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Popping)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureBouldersLook for bigger rocks on top of flats. Cover key areas and move lots. Grass and rocks where key!
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Find isolated boulders and pitch the jig aound them. slow drag with big pause would entice the big bites. Will also get some walleye and drums mixed in.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationI finished up the BASS Open with another top 10 on my favorite tournament lake! The keys this week were using my Lowrance Active Target to find fish relating to scattered submerged vegetation in 10-14' and pitching a Z-Man Trick Shotz in Goby Bryant to them on a 1/4oz Angler Tungsten weight. I then would take a Bill Lewis MR12 and reel that as fast as I could to generate reaction strikes from the same fish when they turned to a negative mood in the afternoons. The fish were heavily keying in on perch fry during this time of year. I was only getting 7-10 bites a day but averaged about 17.25lbs each day.
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WalleyeTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureHumpsWith light wind, overcast skies, and warm water, the walleye were tentative. Fishing different forms of Ned-style craws produced bites when they were dragged/hopped relatively quickly from deep to shallow up the steep sides of humps around Lakeport Shoal. Finding keeper-sized fish was difficult in these areas, but a mix of shorts and keepers led to a good day overall and a couple decent walleye fillets.
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Panfish / BluegillTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureHumpsWhile presenting both artificial and live crawfish along the steep sides of humps on dropshots, we encountered aggressive sunfish in the 8-10" range. Most fish were caught in 10-14' near the weed edges in these humps. Faster presentation and movement was key to enticing bites.
Robert BenderBronze Ambassador
SpeciesWalleyeTechniqueLive Bait RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationLewis Point 15 to 20 foot of water drifting worm harnesses and jigging with a jig tipped with half a night crawler walleye, sunfish and perch
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueCarolina RigsSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Early summer/late post spawn pattern on the first week in July. Sunny and calm day with water about 71. The key was to find some different looking rock structure in that 10-15ft depth. Everybody's favorite ball and chain C-Rig produced the best. The fish were spitting up perch on the way to the boat though and could be caught with jerkbaits, I just couldnt get them as consistently as I could being on bottom.
