Saddle Lake
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Largemouth BassSeason
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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Spring
- Lipless Crankbaits1
- Wacky Rigs1
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
69°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
75°
Tournament started at 5:30pm, water temp was 75° and the wind was sitting right around 5mph. Water clarity was about 2-3 feet. Bluebird sky's and barely a cloud. We started off frogging and picked up our first keeper pretty quickly that ended up being big bass for the night as well. We were targeting shallow pads and watching for swirls/moving pads/pops/etc. Caught some more dinks, but ultimately decided to move on. We hit the banks for a bit and managed to catch another keeper for the night right off a dock/pontoon near a drop off on a wacky worm. Fishing slow got boring so I started ripping a lipless through the submerged vegetation pretty much as fast as I could reel and put two more keepers in the boat back to back. Co-angler lost a pretty big one on a drop shot, but boated one that was on the line to fill our bag. We hit that bank for a bit longer and caught some dinks but nothing to cull out the small one. Pulled up and went to the other side of the lake and initially tried to fish the banks but got no love. Went into 3-5' of water and managed to get on some more dinks and culled up a couple oz's with some slow moving baits. We decided to pull to the outside of the weedline and started ripping the rat-l-trap again and managed to catch some more dinks, but finally culled out the smallest bass shortly before we headed back to the launch. Tournament Results- 1st - 10.8lbs 2nd - 9.83lbs - us 3rd - 8.84lbs Big Bass - 3.01lbs - us
Jackall Kaera Frog Glitter Bluegill / 2 1/4"
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Shimano Mastiff FC Fluorocarbon 12lb
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Shimano Metanium MGL Casting Reel Left / 8.1:1
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Shimano Vanford Spinning Reel - EOL 2500 / 6.0:1
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
82°
Water surface temp was 82° and bass were hiding in shade where they could find it. Most were either suspended about 15-17' or hiding around docks WITH LILY PADS. No luck if there were no pads around the docks. Caught 19 bass between 8:45-9:25 and only 1 was a keeper skipping docks with lily pads.
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