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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Minnows
Fished a kayak tournament last weekend and absolutely hammered the fish after making a move to brush piles. Targeted any structure I could see with a Z-Man Jackhammer and the fishing went from meh to amazing. I ended up catching about 15 keepers (above 12 inches) in the last 2 hours (from 2 PM to 4 PM). I fished quick and tried to hit the windy areas. That made for some frustrating times keeping the kayak in the right spot but I was rewarded with boating fish all afternoon. This is one of my favorite bodies of water after never fishing it until early this summer.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
52°
Fished a few hours in the mist and the snow. Was slow but manages 5 bites.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Also xzone deception worm caught a few fish along with wacky rig stick baits in green pumpkin and pb&j
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
Deeper isolated grass patches 10-15 fow stroking a jig through that grass led to a ton of bites. But alot of them were short strikes and couldn’t get a hook into them.. was able to follow the grass edges with a spinner bait to get a few more bites.. but most were pike.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
49°
Best 5 were 11.8 lbs. Charterbait and some jig fish. All around docks and shallow vertical walls.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
54°
Skipping docks generated 5 bites for nearly 10lbs.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
49°
Between docks on sea walls, cruising the inside weed line
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
42°
Caught a few largies on the drops off of spawning flats. Slow rolling a 3.8, going fast enough to keep it in the middle of the water column was key. Play with the size of the jig head you use along with retrieve speed.
