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Largemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonFallStructureRip RapCaught 4 fish on Riot Baits square bill using the Mustad Alpha point treble hooks #6, caught a few on the Riot Cyclone while flipping beaver houses. Caught the biggest on a spinnerbait. Overall 9 fish for the day, with the biggest being 3.91lbs. Fishing anywhere where we could find bait.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonFallStructureRip RapPulled fish in about 6 foot of water of rip rap point on main channel
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonWinterStructureBrush Piles
Went out for a few hours, weather wasn't great, mainly looking for active fish. Caught first fish off a Beaver house with a Castaic Atlas Spinnerbait, but with the weather the way it was decided to slow down some. Caught 2 more off two different Beaver houses in different coves on the new Riot Baits Cyclone in green pumpkin using a 3/8 woo Tungsten no chip flipping weight. Both fish crushed the bait when they hit. Biggest fish of the day was 1.78lbs in 3 and half hours. I caught 3 in total. Not bad with rainy weather in the afternoon.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBuzzbaitsSeasonSummerStructureRip Rap
Was fishing one of the new Buckeye G-Man Buzzbait in 3/8oz with Storm Horny Toad frog in black. Caught 7 total, 6 smallmouth and one largemouth and lost another largemouth. None were big but the largemouth was just under 2lbs. Was a fun few hours on the water in the morning.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueUmbrella RigsSeasonWinterStructureBoulders
Went out the day before all the cold hit TN, started fishing on Tellico Lake in the afternoon, fished a bluff bank the entire afternoon, caught three in 3 and half hours. First came on a jenko Purses Jerbait, was a just under 2lb smallmouth, then made another pass on the same bank with a Jenko Jpod double flash umbrella rig, with jerky j swim 3.5in albino shad baits and one kiatech 4in albino shad bait kn the middle. Caught a 5lb and about 20min later a 4.25lb largemouth on the same pass. When the clouds came in and the sun went away, that was it. Was a great day in my opinion even though it was cold.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonSummerStructureRip Rap
Using the new Riot Baits Revolt that was just released, fishing for both largemouth and smallmouth bass. Primary locations fishing were rip rap banks on bridges and off shore underwater structure. Fishing is tough, but if you can find the bait, you can usually find some fish. Yesterday, fishing Tellico, was able to find fish in a few different area's throwing the new Revolt Crankbait from Riot Baits. Shad colors are key, all the fish I caught the boat was in 10-20ft of water, casting to the shore and bringing the bait as close to parallel with the bank as possible while having it dive down the drop as you go. I was able to boat 4 out of the 6 bass doing this, 3 smallmouth, one that was 1.76lbs and then the 2.25lb came on an under water railroad bed from an old railroad bridge that was taken out years ago. Top of that was in 2ft of water, but the boat was sitting in anywhere from 8-25ft depending on where you were on the bed. I caught that larger smallmouth on a Picasso Vibrating jig, was the only fish that came on this yesterday, everything else was on the Revolt Crankbait. I've repeated this pattern a few times in the last 4weeks, yesterday produced the biggest fish so far. The key is finding the bait, either near the surface early in the morning or mid morning, or suspended bait about 7-10ft down. Deeper diving crankbaits would work too and I'll be trying those out next time I'm out.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard Body SwimbaitsSeasonSummerStructureBrush Piles
I pushed way up a creek on Tellico and tied on the Berkley Nessie, just to see if I could tempt something special. The water was skinny and clear, with shade and a little current winding down the channel. First few casts, a dark shadow peeled off a laydown and hammered the bait — a solid smallmouth that fought like it wanted to break me in half. Every fish after that seemed bigger than the last. The Nessie just glided perfectly, and those big bronzebacks couldn’t stand it. They’d track it for a second, flare their gills, and then crush it with bad intentions. Tellico doesn’t always give up its bigger smallmouth, but up a creek with the right presentation, those fish showed up in a big way.
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WalleyeTechniqueSpoonsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationNight fishing with Hydroglow. Had LARGE ale wives we pulled up on sibikis that were down there as well but those just caught cats. Mean walleye took the spoon hard.
