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Tyler Hoover
Bronze Ambassador
5/11/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Insects
Tyler Hoover
Bronze Ambassador
5/6/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Insects
Caught seven or eight largemouth, broke off three, two decent smallmouth, and a couple perch. Pretty overcast day with a few sunny breaks. Fairly constant breeze. Pretty clear water with a few murky patches from some runoff. Most were pulled up from maybe ten feet or less.
Tyler Hoover
Bronze Ambassador
4/25/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Windy day, drizzled here and there. Fairly low visibility.
Tyler Hoover
Bronze Ambassador
4/17/25
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Minnows
Pretty murky water, couple feet of visibility where I was. Water was still chilly, caught him on the shady side of the cove. Came off some fallen tree tops at the the of my retrieve, maybe five to seven feet of water.
Tyler Hoover
Bronze Ambassador
4/13/25
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Minnows
Tiny cove off the main body, five feet deep or less with some grass out from the bank. Bunch of floating logs and brush toward the back where the biggest of the three bit.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
64°
Shallow and around wood
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Rock Pile
Bass were different stages, some locked up tight to bank. Some where right off waiting. Threw spinnerbaits to the deeper fish and dropped a drop shot on the bed fish.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Hair jig 1/2oz head bandito bug bouncing off bottom
Species
Striped BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Trolling with live trout buddy landed a 33lb striped bass
