St. Johns River

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Jul 18, 2025

Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Winter (Current)

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Dillon Lehnen
Gold Ambassador
12/14/20
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Neko Rigs
- Structure
  Docks
- Forage
  Shad
- Water Temperature
  60°
Fishing was really tough yesterday. First time out on the water since the end of September. Just got the new boat back earlier last week. I was unable to get any time for practice for yesterdays tournament. Conditions were really tough. Had the thickest fog I've ever fished in that didn't lift until 1:30pm. Made the ability to make long runs to key spots difficult and dangerous. What made matters worse was the slack tide. Current didn't start to move until well after noon. Had to abandon the docks because the sun wasn't able to penetrate the thick fog and set the fish up in those key lowlight areas. Junked fish all day until the fog finally lifted at about 1:30pm. Managed only three bites and only boated one of those three fish. Don't know if it was just the fog and slack tide, but it was a tough day on the water for everyone in the tournament. Only four boats managed a five fish limited. Most teams only caught one or two all day. The fish should be in the pre-spawn right now with water temps being 60-63 degrees. Some of the early spawners should be making that transition to the canals or any other hard cover they might find such as docks, pads, reeds, etc. Junked fished all day. My three bites came on a Neko rig and a wacky rig. I was using the BioSpawn PlasmaTail in Junebug with a Chartreuse tail paired with a #1 VMC Weedless Neko Hook and a 1/32oz. WOO! Tungsten Nail Weight on 10 pound Sunline SX1 braid with a 10 pound Sunline FC Sniper flourocarbon leader for my Neko rig setup. On my wacky rig setup I used the same setup except I threw the BioSpawn ExoStick in watermelon red fleck and I threw it weightless since there was very little current.
Dillon Lehnen
Gold Ambassador
12/28/20
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Texas Rigs (Worming)
- Structure
  Lily Pads
- Forage
  Shad
Fished shallow all day for a local club tournament on Sunday. Managed only two bites and of those two bites, landed one of them. It was another extremely tough day on the water. Fished docks, laydowns, sand flats, stumps, and lilipads with not much happening. By no means can one not go out and catch a good sack of fish, I've just been having a tough time recently getting on a winning pattern the past couple of weeks. There's always fish to be caught. I'm just finding it hard as of recent figuring out a pattern this time of years with the constant fronts moving in and out on this particular tidal water.
Dillon Lehnen
Gold Ambassador
1/2/21
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Live Bait Rigs
- Structure
  Matted Grass
- Forage
  Shad
It was another grinder on Rodman Reservoir. Took out some of my family from Minnesota, but had little success. Fished with shiners on live bait rigs around thick matts of vegetation and managed only a few bites.

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