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Zipperlips Bronze AmbassadorSpecies
Largemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonFallStructureDocksWater temp as of tonight at 6 pm. was 53.5 and I expect it to get a little bit warmer with our awesome warm-up this week and including two days at 70° (yee- haw). Catching some healthy Smallmouth with a fair amount of Largemouth mixed in. Fishing a 3" keitech /Sexy Shad on an owner underspin w/brass Colorado fairly slow. Fish are located around dock pilings that sit in 6 - 8' feet. Throughout the day they can be caught right up next to the bank or out in front of the boat docks. Follow up baits, rattling Ned (craw), 2.5" craw wiggle wart, and a few on dbl willow Sexy Shad spinnerbait...Tight Lines to all
Darrell WaldropBronze AmbassadorSpecies
Smallmouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonFallStructureRip Rap13 Smallmouth 3 Largemouth all of them were small.
- Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpecies
WalleyeTechniqueVertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19')SeasonWinterStructureDamIm a jig fisherman and I going to learn how to troll with crank baits
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueUmbrella RigsSeasonWinterStructureRiver Channels
Caught all my fish on bluff walls at channel swings.
Steven PoseyBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueUnderspinsSeasonFallStructureSubmerged VegetationFishing submerged vegetation. Couldn’t get any bites throwing topwater, every time i would see one blow up in the top i would toss the TB underspin on the lm and would get hit on the fall or right after ripping it through some grass
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonFallStructureSubmerged VegetationWent out fishing with my Dad on our annual day on the South end of Watts Bar, started out fishing right by the boat ramp, my Dad caught a few on Wopper Ploppers, I had a few hit a buzzbait as well. Moved up the lake to another area, started throwing a Castaic Atlas Spinnerbait, along a rocky main lake point and bank around boat docks and caught two bass back to back on consecutive casts, then my dad caught a very nice smallmouth about 17.5in long on a vibrating Jig. We moved up the lake further to another area that normally has a bunch of weeks in one area of the cove, caught a smallmouth on the spinnerbait, and another largemouth around 15in on spinnerbait. When we got to the area in the cove that there are normally weeds, all the weeds we used to see are gone, the amount of baitfish in the area was virtually none. There were some in the cove but without the weeds they were scattered. When we moved to another area were we normally see weeds too, all those were gone as well. We did pick up a few more fish on a new Riot Baits Minima Swim jig in that area but without the bait holding to the weeds, the patterns that we've fished in the past and expected all revolved around the bait schools around the weeds. Overall we caught 11 Bass, both largemouth and smallmouth. It was very discouraging to learn after we were there that they sprayed the weeds late last year which has effected the growth this year. Was a beautiful day on the water, the weather was perfect.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonWinterStructureBaitfish
Bites were hard to come by. Threw flat sided crank, rattle trap, A-rig and Swimbait. Ended up catching 3 bass and 2 drum. Locate schools of gizzards Shad on river channel or creek channel swings. They were in 18-30 feet Saturday. Cast Swimbait let it sink to bottom and slow roll it, keeping it bumping bottom. Did catch 1 on initial fall. Caught 1 yo-yo trap on flat just adjacent to channel as well.
- Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonWinterStructureShad
Finding isolated cover near shad schools in shallow water 3-6ft. I like to watch the birds in the backs of coves and look where they are predominately feeding. Those are key spots.
