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Largemouth BassTechniqueLipless CrankbaitsSeasonSummerStructureReedsRight along the reeds this bass came out and flushed the Trap! The key here was not doing the yo-yo technique, but a steady crank then I’d kill it! Just after killing it I gave it a quick snap and went back to a steady retrieve. It was just after I snapped it, I felt the thump, and that was all she wrote! No hook changes or mods, I fish it right out of the box!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonSummerStructureReeds
Early in the morning I ran this above grass patches on the bottom and along some reeds. I was in shallow water so I did a steady crank and if I felt it hit the bottom or get into the vegetation I’d kill it. I did that over and over. It was time to change things up. I slowed up my retrieve just a bit and the Wild Shad just got wreeeeeecked! It was a great fight and so much fun! This square bill is a great lure with epic action and it’s durable!
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSummerStructureBrush PilesBass are suspended in deep structure, mostly brush piles. Casting past brush piles and slowly dragging a big work through it is triggering bites.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueCarolina RigsSeasonSummerStructureBrush Piles
Although I put shad under forage, bass are so complex in their diet. Most of the time bass eat Shad all year round with bluegill and crawfish making up a huge portion of the diet in spring time. Brush piles in 10-15ft of water are amazing early summer as bass start to move onto their summer stuff. I recommend throwing a wide variety of baits from craws to flukes. Many brush piles are found on main lake points or on flats around spawning pockets.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonFallStructureStumps
I went out to the lake the other day to run my boat around and do some graphing, but I also fished for about 2 hours. I was only able to find one consistent bite, and that was pitching a texas rig into cedar trees sitting in 13-16 feet of water near the edges of the creek channel in Sand Branch. I was about halfway back into Sand Branch when I started to get bit, so it seems like the fish are starting to migrate into the creeks and bays for the fall. The water temperature was 73-74 degrees, and the outside air temperatures were in the low 80's during the time I was out there in the middle of the day. There was a light northeast wind, and no clouds in the sky, and the fish were just suspended about 6-7 feet down on these cedar trees in 13-16 feet of water. I would pitch my Texas Rig into the tree and then watch my line to see if I noticed any movement in the line before the lure hit the bottom. The bite was very subtle but proved to be a lot of fun. I did notice that one of the bass I caught had a small bluegill in its mouth, so I tried my best to use bluegill mimicking bait styles/colors. I did not catch anything very big, but I did catch decent numbers using this pattern and they were all keeper size bass that would be good for filling a limit in a tournament. I have attached a photo of one of the fish I caught on this outing. I imagine if I had had more than 2 hours of actual fishing time, I maybe could have found a bigger bag with a few big fish mixed in, as I really only flipped on about 15 of the hundreds of trees in Sand Branch. Good luck out on the water and tight lines!
- Clint HollandBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonFallStructureBrush Piles
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShakey HeadsSeasonFallStructurePoints
I fished around rocky points near a boat ramp. I got a bite reeling the shakey head in to make another cast. I then started swimming it in and letting it skip across the rocks on the bottom and picked up a few more bites.
- Adambasser17Bronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueStructure JigsSeasonFallStructureBoulders
Catching fish on Jewel Bait Jigs with Zoom Ultra speed craw trailers in brown or green pumpkin in 2-8' of water on inside of points and secondary points. You can drag fast and get bit good. I mean they are sucking it down and hungry. When the wind is blowing a flatside 75 X from 6th Sense is getting bit inside main lake pts and secondary pts near creek channel swings. 6.3:1 Gear ratio seems to be the right speed. Anything in shad color is getting hit.
