Potholes Reservoir
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Largemouth BassTechniqueSwim JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureFlooded BrushFished brush and any wood that was in 5-6 feet of water. Getting a reaction to cause a strike was the key to getting some of the bigger bites.
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WalleyeTechniqueTrolling Shallow (0-9')SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureOpen Water/Basinheating up
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonFallStructureLedges
Right of a deep ledge casting and letting it drop to the bottom and slowly bounce it off the bottom. Very windy day white oyster color deep diver crank bait also worked very well.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureMatted Grass
Lots of largemouth at Crab Creek launch area under and among the vegetation. Less than 10 feet of water. Better bites in less than 5 feet
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBouldersClear sky’s, temp water was averaging about 64 degrees. I was mainly fishing in about 15-20 feet rock piles of the lake. I heard a lot of good things about the strike king filler worm from having phenomenal action hand poured plastic! And for the price you could not beat it!!!! They last about 3-4 fish per worm. And honestly S.K has made a lot of awesome colors in the filler worm! Biggest smallie I caught with it was about 3.5
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSummerStructureReeds
Sunny day with no clouds and lots of carp splashing around. I launched the kayak from crab creek around 6am and worked my way towards the main reservoir fishing the keitech swimbait, caught 2 and lost 1. I switched to the green pumpkin senko wacky rig and caught another 6 fish, lost 3 or 4. I was fishing in and around the maze of tall grass casting towards the edge of the grass. From around 8am-9am the bite really kicked off but then was pretty dead by 10.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonSummerStructureLedges
Slow rolling a spinner bait 11mph wind 90 degree weather. Casting horizontal with the bank.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureFlooded Brush
Decided to rent a boat from MarDon Resort for the day so I fished from approximately 9am to 6pm. Tough day, I spent most of the day wacky rigging a 4in green pumpkin senko towards the northwest side of the reservoir. Caught one largemouth bass around 10am tossing next to some of the flooded brush/grass. Caught one big yellow perch doing the same around 12:30pm. Switched to the ned rig around 4pm since I was going to go target smallmouth by the dam, but decided to throw it at one last stop for largemouth and managed to catch this nice 3lb fish. The fish hit my lure somewhat deep in the flooded brush. I had overshot my cast and just got it unstuck from some of the sticks when I got hit. I think that meant the fish were pretty deep in the cover, but I didn’t have heavy enough gear to throw jigs in and pull fish out. Finished the day by fishing for smallmouth for an hour by the dam and caught a handful of small ones pretty quickly in deeper water aligned with the boat, maybe 25-50ft away from the dam itself. Guy at the tackle store said that I might have luck with largemouth bass in the middle of the day if I targeted deeper water since the dunes drop off pretty quickly, but I wasn’t able to get any hits trying that. If I had a depth finder/good contour map that would’ve helped a lot with knowing where to cast to hit those ledges.
