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Largemouth Bass
TechniqueBuzzbaitsSeasonSummerStructureStumps - Dallas DavisBronze AmbassadorSpecies
Largemouth Bass
TechniqueShakey HeadsSeasonSummerStructureMatted Grass - Species
Largemouth Bass
TechniqueDeep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)SeasonSummerStructureLedgesFishing offshore schools. Using crank bait that will keep contact with bottom. Catching as many as possible then dragging big worm trying to pick off a few more.
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Largemouth Bass
TechniqueNeko RigsSeasonSummerStructureLaydownsThe bite on Watts Bar is tough. If you run enough bank, docks, and lay downs you can catch some. Skipping Neko rigged wacky worm under over hangs on bluff walls and under docks, flipping bug in lay downs.
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Largemouth Bass
TechniqueHard Topwater (Popping)SeasonSummerStructureBrush PilesShad and bluegill are heavy on the may fly hatch right now, so i’ve been flipping a fluke around brush and under lay downs and throwing a pop r and they really seem to be dialed in on that.
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Largemouth Bass
TechniqueDeep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)SeasonSummerStructureLedgesFishing off shore schools. Crankbait provided the big bites. Seemed like you had to be making bottom contact to get bit. Took several cast sometimes to trigger a bite. I would switch up to a Neko rig and get a few more to commit when school would quit biting.
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Largemouth Bass
TechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSummerStructureRip RapMe and my dad got to get after them on Watts while we were in town and found one creek on the first day we were there and went to catching everyday. We caught them actually on a 8” zoom dead ringer worm. But this one was my biggest out of the two days I fished it was 3.6. But we found numbers of 2-3 pounders around clean riprap banks in 3-6ft of water. However the bigger 3-3.7 class fish were found in isolated grass clumps and flipping the worm in a dragging it out.
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Largemouth Bass
TechniqueHard Topwater (Popping)SeasonSummerStructureLedgesEven though the Mayfly hatch over with, throwing a popping style top water bait around steep banks with overhangs and lay downs is still producing fish. They don’t seem to be grouped up, so keep trolling motor on high and cover water.