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Largemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Prop)SeasonFallStructureReedsBite is tough. Water is pea soup but was able to get one on a whopper plopper. Had a big fish break me off under a dock with a wacky rigged supa fry.
Jake schultzBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonFallStructureDocks- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSummerStructureMatted Grass
Caught them swimming a jig just below the surface around mats
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureMatted Grass
Caught several fish in the morning, throwing a frog on top of matted grass near the edges. Also caught a few fish as the sun came up on some deep rocks, dragging an all-terrain tackle, mighty head jig with a Yum dinger.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Dont sleep on the lizard. Often times when I cant get bites switching to the lizard will fire them up. The Big Bite Baits Kreit lizard 8" is a great size, has great movement and the colors are awesome.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureMatted Grass
Was a tough bite but the water temps had cooled off. Started with top water frogs but had little luck over matted grass. Had to find weed lines and punch emergent vegetation with Texas rigs for the first fish. Was very sporadic on where you could find fish. Moved to casting swim baits along grass edges to find a few more fish. Took covering water to find active fish with the wind out of the southwest.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
On July 17, '22: Water temp 81 degrees. Mostly sunny, and calm. We fished a club tournament here and the tip from the winner was to throw a chatterbait near the submerged weeds. I caught a 3lb fish and a decent keeper right away with a black Berkley Choppo. Topwater like that or buzzbaits caught fish right away, then the topwater bite died off. The thicker greener weeds in this lake only seem to grow out to 5-6ft of water. I didn't find a pattern for the day, just seemed to catch each fish on a different technique using dark colors or white lures. I mostly worked a jig, skipping under a dock, flipping weed clumps, or swimming between clumps of weeds. Also punching the topped out weeds in 3-4 ft of water with a 5/8 to 3/4 oz craw or crawtube caught a few.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureReeds2 baits got it done for us. Mid July, hot day and absolutely no wind. All fish were caught either flipping Texas Rig along reeds and thick weed clumps or swimming a chatter bait along/between those same weed clumps.
