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Post by n8buss on Mar 19, 2018 8:37:16 GMT -5
I will be fishing with my buddy on SML on the 21st of April... do y'all anticipate the fish being on beds at this time?
Otherwise, what kind of techniques work for you during this period?
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Post by johnr on Mar 19, 2018 10:12:53 GMT -5
The big girls are up now but they aren’t spawning. They’re feeding good.
If it ever warms up, they’ll probably be on beds within a week of your timeframe as that is generally the timeframe it happens every year. The water is a bit colder this year though.
We always catch big bass on large gizzards while striper fishing from the end of Feb thru early May. Right up on the banks. So I’d be using something that looks like an 8” gizzard swimming parallel to the bank.
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Post by flintster55 on Mar 19, 2018 10:25:25 GMT -5
Yep, should definitely be some on beds then. The Big Bass tournament is the weekend before though, so I have a feeling a lot of fish will be pulled off beds for that. I hate that it falls during the spawn every year.
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Post by greg on Mar 19, 2018 16:10:06 GMT -5
The Full Moon will be on March 31 and again on April 30. If the water temp. rises the fish will be there.
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Post by greenfish on Mar 19, 2018 16:53:15 GMT -5
The big girls are up now but they aren’t spawning. They’re feeding good. If it ever warms up, they’ll probably be on beds within a week of your timeframe as that is generally the timeframe it happens every year. The water is a bit colder this year though. We always catch big bass on large gizzards while striper fishing from the end of Feb thru early May. Right up on the banks. So I’d be using something that looks like an 8” gizzard swimming parallel to the bank. Here is a question for all of the striper fisherman. As johnr stated, I see a lot of pictures of big bass caught by striper fisherman. Is there any certain area of the lake or type of bank that seems to hold more largemouth? |
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Post by greg on Mar 19, 2018 17:02:17 GMT -5
Here is a question for all of the striper fisherman. As johnr stated, I see a lot of pictures of big bass caught by striper fisherman. Is there any certain area of the lake or type of bank that seems to hold more largemouth? The ones where the striper fishermen are fishing.  |
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Post by greenfish on Mar 19, 2018 17:15:28 GMT -5
Here is a question for all of the striper fisherman. As johnr stated, I see a lot of pictures of big bass caught by striper fisherman. Is there any certain area of the lake or type of bank that seems to hold more largemouth? The ones where the striper fishermen are fishing. Good point !!!!  |
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Post by penhook on Mar 20, 2018 13:02:05 GMT -5
im going to be on sml somewhere between march 29 and april 8 anyone think there is a chance of some starting to spawn then??? and if not can you give me a few more tips because i always like to gets lots of info before i come up so i got some ideas on bass fishing and i have already read the tips above
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Post by johnr on Mar 20, 2018 13:43:06 GMT -5
The big girls are up now but they aren’t spawning. They’re feeding good. If it ever warms up, they’ll probably be on beds within a week of your timeframe as that is generally the timeframe it happens every year. The water is a bit colder this year though. We always catch big bass on large gizzards while striper fishing from the end of Feb thru early May. Right up on the banks. So I’d be using something that looks like an 8” gizzard swimming parallel to the bank. Here is a question for all of the striper fisherman. As johnr stated, I see a lot of pictures of big bass caught by striper fisherman. Is there any certain area of the lake or type of bank that seems to hold more largemouth? I’ve caught several, maybe 10-15 citation class largemouth on gizzards within sight of halesford bridge, in the last 5 years. Plenty of others have come from elsewhere. I’ve found them everywhere, but the vast majority come from main lake or just inside creek and cove mouths. Of course, that’s where I find most of my stripers too. The larger creeks can be treated like main lake for their main stems in my opinion. |
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