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Largemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureReeds - Species
Panfish / BluegillTechniqueBobbersSeasonSummerStructureLily Pads - SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureReeds
I went out fishing with my brother in the evening. We both got a few one to two pound bass. He on the Sexy Frog and me on the ToadZ. My brother got big bass of the night a 4lb/19.5” bucket. All bass were caught in the reeds or reeds with pads.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureMatted Grass
I spent a good hour plus in a productive area, but the fish weren’t interested in my frogs and toads. I then spent a couple hours trying some deeper rock and didn’t get bit. I went back into the reeds and hit pay dirt with the Terminator Poppin Frog, KVD Sexy Frog, and Z-Man Billy Goat. Unfortunately, I missed some quality bites as well. I ended the trip finding a school of quality bass that had reconstituted itself on a particular rice edge that we crushed them on in July until we had fished them out and disbursed the school. They were back schooled up there today. My best six between Platte and Sullivan weighed just under 17lbs.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureLily Pads
I got all of my bites in the final 45-minutes of daylight. I went 5/5 on landing these frog bites. Pad clumps in rice or reeds was the deal. It is a great feeling when you hit your cast in the junk and you think to yourself; if one’s there I’m getting blown up and then it happens. That happened on the first bass of the night.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonFallStructureSubmerged Vegetation
I tried to make a frog work, but the bass just weren’t having it this morning. I got outside of the slop and started throwing the Turbo FattyZ and quickly hooked up on back to back Platte Lake Specials. It was steady action for bass and pike for the next couple of hours on the TF. I kept trying a frog. I think the dropping water temp had them too sluggish too bite topwater this morning. I fished for over six hours and caught 15 bass and 16 pike. I wasn’t very sharp and lost probably another dozen fish. My biggest bass was over 4lbs and my biggest pike was 28”.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonFallStructureSubmerged VegetationI fished for three and a half hours until it got dark. I caught 19 Pike and 7 bass. The two biggest bass came on the spinner bait with Billy Goat trailer. I got 3 bass on the Poppin Frog and 2 on the buzzbait. My plan of fishing the north reeds for the final hour was a bust. I only had one swirl on the buzzbait and that was it. It rained for about 15 minutes before the final hour of daylight and the fish just shut down. It got calm after the rain and I didn’t see activity on the surface anywhere. I did catch a 3lb bass on my final cast of the night in the area on the NW of the lake where I had all of the action tonight. Weeds in 3’-6’ was where I was getting the fish.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonFallStructureSubmerged VegetationI got out at day break. Action was slow but steady on this warm windy morning. I fished semi protected water on the NW of the lake. Best lure for bass was a black spinner bait with a big Indiana Blade and Z-Man Goat trailer. I did catch two nice bass on the Popping Frog, but those were the only two bites I got in well over two hours of throwing a frog. I did get some pike on a buzzbait and spinner bait. My best 6 bass were over 17lbs, so I was catching quality size bass for the most part.
