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Largemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationWhite Bear Lake continues to be good for bass fishing with a drop shot. I caught 4 bass and 4 pike. Most of the fish were in 14 feet of water.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Swim it through the coontail.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
The weed lines in areas of White Bear Lake can be fairly deep. Locate some of these deeper weed lines in the 15-20 foot range. Take a drop shot and slowly work the area, the natural colored baits seemed to outproduce other colors. This should produce some quality bites. It is a bonus if you can find weed lines adjacent to rock piles as well as hard bottom mixed within the weeds. These harder bottom areas tend to hold the larger fish. It can take some time to located them but you can run into some decent schools of bass.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueCarolina RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
A calm mostly sunny day that got hot, up to 87 degrees. Water temps ranged from 76 to 82 degrees. Caught fish with a variety of baits (dropshot, 4" finesse worm on a ned jig, or neko rigged senko) in the 10-15' depth range. But, the quality and quantity of Largemouth bass were biting, oddly, a lightly weighted, carolina-rigged wacky senko - slowly dragging and twitching this hovering off bottom through the coontail in 15ft. That outperformed a dropshot approach all day.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Wrapped up the tournament with 14 pounds and got third place. The main deal was fishing deep points with a shallow flat nearby and was burning chatter baits over the top of the grass. Also sprinkled in some punching later in the day on those same flats.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationPulled up on a windy point with milfoil out a good ways in 6-8ft of water. Threw the jackhammer over top securing all of our weight getting 3rd place in my HS derby!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Fish a drop shot about 18”-24” off bottom. Find weed edges anywhere from 12’-18’ of water. Find Lily pads/reeds and throw jig at edges. Also used jig around docks and was successful.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureReeds
I competed in a local kayak tournament this past weekend and took home the win. I caught all of my fish on a frog and flipping outside edges of isolated reed beds. The water temp was mid-70s and the bluegills were actively spawning. There were wolfpacks of bass hanging inside of the reed beds and they would move in/out throughout the day. The frog bite was hot in the morning and then the bite switched to a flipping bite by 11am. Long pauses (3-4 seconds) on the frog worked best in the morning to elicit larger bites.
