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Largemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureLily PadsPool 13 is on the rise and the bass are moving into backwater areas with pads and grass. Frogs, pitching and punching are the way to catch them.
Mitchell ReuterBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShakey HeadsSeasonSummerStructureBouldersFound a few in shallow backwaters, but got on em in the channel. Found boulders in 10-20 feet. Shakey heads and drop shots worked well. Extremely light bite.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureLily Pads
Some good bites have been coming fishing frogs in the lily pads. The terminator walking frog is super easy to walk side to side and allows for a nice slow walking presentation through the pads. If you see the pads move or miss a fish you can flip a bait back in the pads to get them to bite. You need the right gear for this type of fishing. 50-65lb braid is important and a nice heavy action rod like the St. Croix Victory VTC74HF paired with a Daiwa tatula 150 is vital to getting the big ones out of heavy cover.
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WalleyeTechniqueLive Bait RigsSeasonSummerStructureRiver ChannelsRigging leeches and crawlers. Focused on up side of wing dams. Also threw deep divers. Mostly Bomber model A. Multiple slot fish.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureMatted Grass
Missile Craw Father in Super Bug caught them on laydowns, riprap, and weed edges. Baby Z-Too on a dropshot where I could see bait schooling. Wacky Rigged senko in the morning on the edge of cover. The Live Target frog only produced a couple bites, but they were the right kind.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonSummerStructureRip Rap
Had an Epic day on Saturday Sept 11th. My buddy and I boated 49 bass, 44 all from one 300 yard stretch at two different times of the day. Hot bait was the Castaic Atlas White Spinnerbait with a slight modification. The spinnerbait comes with two silver willow leaf blades, after my buddy started catching fish with a war eagle white spinnerbait that had a large silver willow with a small gold, I made the change to the Castaic and made that blade change, once that change was made I started catching fish. We boated roughly 24 fish in the first 2hrs that morning. Fish seemed to scatter so we moved tried a few other area's up river. Caught a couple on a Riot Baits Fuzzy Beaver and Riot Square Bill. On our way to another location down river, we decided to try that stretch one more time. We proceeded to boat another 25 fish on the same White Spinnerbaits over the same 300yrd stretch. The fish were primarily on banks with small gravel and rock on the bank into the water, boat was in about 4-5ft of water casting to the shore. Some laydowns along the bank fish came off of those but primarily fish were chasing bait and really in no specific location other than that stretch. Tried other area's on either side of that and no fish. Something about that stretch that was holding the bait, fish. That area has held fish every time I've fish that river for the last 30yrs but not to this level. Was an awesome day that I would love to repeat again!!!
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonFallStructureLaydownsThe bite was very good in the morning and was consistent all day. Multiple fish were caught off of the same laydown. Both smallmouth and largemouth were caught off of the same structure but by far more smallmouth were present.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonFallStructureLily Pads
Flipped a 3/8oz weight because of the wind otherwise a 5/16 works great. Found pads near creek channel and caught fish for 4 straight hours with best 5 going #14.71.
