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Largemouth BassTechniqueDeep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)SeasonSummerStructureMatted GrassWBL is a great fishery that is loaded with bait, particularly small bluegill. I have found the best way to catch LMB in this boyd of water is cranking deep weedlines with a bright Rapala DT 10. A chartreuse crank seems to make your bait stand out better against the "competition" of high concentrations of sunfish. The NE corner of the lake you can find some good, tall, deep milfoil (great for jigs/T rigs) , but I recommend targeting the highest concentrations of bass along the E/SE deep weedlines with cranks.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonFallStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Found some spots out of the wind and pitched Yamatanuki’s into submerged grass lines and standout patches of veg. Between 6’-15’ deep. Nothing too big but found about a dozen of these between two anglers.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Overall it was a slow bite all day, most fish were caught in the morning hours. Tried flipping T-rigs but ended up relying on more finesse to get bites. Every fish I caught came on the drop shot. Dead sticking in and along the weed edges. Morning Dawn was the go to color for bites
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonFallStructurePoints
It was a tough day of fishing with high winds. We focused on the deep weeds in 10 to 12 feet of water. All of our bass were caught on Senkos.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueStructure JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
On Sunday 8/28/2022, the water temperature was 73 degrees, and the weather was cloudy with occasional rain. Bass up to 3lb could be found out in 16-17' where sand met submerged coontail looking vegetation. Dragging a jig a foot or two, waiting 15-20sec, dragging again was getting strikes while the jig was moving. But, the better size bass were found pitching to clumps of submerged weeds in about 10' of water.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
The bass fishing was pretty good on White Bear Lake today. Lots of minnows were busting on the surface over 12 feet of water. I tossed wacky rigged Senkos, a drop shot, football jig and trailer, and a chatterbait. I caught all the fish on a wacky rigged watermelon red flake 5 inch Senko. I like to target the edge of the weedline.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Caught them in 14 ft of water on the weed edge alternating between a Ned rig and drop shot . Ended the day with 4.25 big fish .
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
We had a club tourney last night and caught many fish flipping milfoil in 8-12 feet of water. Fish were schooled up, where one was caught there were several more. 20+ keepers caught
