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Largemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonSummerStructureLedgesFishing around islands and rock ledges. Topwater to locate fish and followed up with weightless Yamatanuki and they were slapping it!
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSummerStructureRock PileFind the rocks and find the bass. Rock piles and rocky points were best for concentrated fish (think windy buoys). Lots of smallies with the occasional green bass mixed in. Small swimbaits, chatterbaits and jerkbaits got paid. Picked up occasional fish along rocky shorelines. Struggled fishing the weeds with Texas rigs.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureMatted Grass
First time to Pelican, very interesting lake. Fished the west side mainly for 2 days. Very shallow, flat lake with so much grass. Ended up keying in on an awesome frog bite. Fish were not tucked on the shoreline, but rather around emergent grass or floating mats in the middle of the bays. Great size quality of fish as well. Didn’t have time to really chase the smallmouth around, but there are so many rock/sand/grass transitions that I found on my mega360 that would definitely be spot to look at.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDeep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)SeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Targeted rock piles that would run about 30 feet out into the water in the 6-15ft of water. I would change between throwing a DT-8 all the way up to a DT-14 depending on the depth and how tall the boulders were. The bluegill color I tagged above was the key to getting all the bites.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBuzzbaitsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Largemouth in thick and emerging cabbage grass on a white buzzbait. Largemouth on laydowns with a yum dinger. Smallmouth on the reef edges also on a yum dinger.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Cranking a DT6 in mildly weeded areas near boulders. Rip crankbait through the grass or in openings pausing between rips. Also some medium sized LM were inside of the weedline or in shallow laydowns. Bluegill Swim jig was the bait of choice.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNeko RigsSeasonSummerStructureBouldersWas fishing Pelican lake the week of Aug. 22nd - Sept 2nd. We were able to catch some fish on moving baits but most came on slower presentations. Most fish came on big boulders around weeds or if we found big rock outcroppings sticking off points or islands that extended out into weeds. The key seemed to find any large rock structure surrounded by weeds and most were in 2-8 feet of water. We were able to catch some fish on a Terminator walking frog or an Outcast tackle heavy cover swim jig with Berkley chigger bug as a trailer. But we caught most of our fish with finesse presentations. A neko rigged Zoom trick worm or a small 3" craw on a 1/8oz jig head produced the most fish.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Look for rocks in 2 to 8 feet with grass around them. Best bass lake I ever fished
