Steamboat Lake
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- Swim Jigs3
- Buzzbaits1
- Frogs/Toads1
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Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Reeds
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Crawfish
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Lily Pads
Water Temperature
77°
Started out the day throwing a swim jig around the pencil reeds and ended up catching a few nice bass. The submerged vegetation in the pencil reeds made it tough to get good paths for the swim jig without fouling up the lure. I got to a stretch where it was a little more open and had some good Lilly pads. Broke out the top water buzzbait in black and they were crushing it up shallow! Tons of blow ups and several big fish! I would try to cast to the first row of Lilly pads and drag it right off and they hit within the first 5 feet of retrieval. Overall a really fun topwater day!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Crawfish
great weekend out on the lake. I was able to connect with a couple nice sized largemouth. The weather really cooperated this weekend which was a nice change of pace from the usual heavy winds we get. I was throwing a swim jig with a paddle tail, and a creature style trailer up into the reeds and caught around 15 bass in the morning time. best way to catch them was to find alley ways and pockets in the reeds to cast the jig into then let it sink a bit before starting the retrieve. They seemed to be relating to the deeper reed areas with a dark harder bottom. The reed areas with thick heavy weeds protruding from the bottom did not produce many fish at all. There is getting to be a lot of floating weed debris up shallow which can get annoying and frustrating when making casts. I contemplated moving out deeper and throwing a Texas rig or a crankbait, but the bite turned on once I got started down the shoreline, so I kept with the swim jig presentation. I definitely love catching them up shallow but as the months carry on deeper into July it is probably worthwhile to check out the deeper areas that tend to hold more fish.
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