LAKE SEMINOLE IS DOWN ONE FOOT, CLEAR AND MID 60’S BY MATT BATY

Bass fishing is good. Our water temperatures are up to around 63 degrees in backwater areas and the bass are spawning. There are small buck bass bedding on sand and the larger females are cruising around in the bedding areas. There are several different ways to get bit in these areas. If the areas have grass or lily pads present you can swim a jig through the pads and grass. A 3/8 Buddha Baits In Seine Swim Jig in green pumpkin with a 4.25" Big Bite Baits Cane Thumper in green pumpkin is a great combination. Pair this with a 7'4" Heavy Duckett Terex Rod, a Team Lew’s Lite reel with 7:5:1 gear ratio, and 50 pound test Sunline braid and you are in business. If the bedding areas are near sandbars with sparse vegetation, then you can fish a shallow diving crank bait such as a Spro Baby Fat John in Nasty Shad. If you are sight fishing, then Power Poles are a must b/c they make this technique so much easier. If you find a bedding bass, a Big Bite Baits Warmouth, a 5/0 Gamakatsu EWG hook and a 3/8 Fish Catchin Fool Tungsten and bobber stopper is a sure way to catch him/her. The other pattern that works well is to use your Lowrance HDS units and mapping to locate depressions and ditches near spawning areas. Bass will use these as highways and you can catch pre spawn and post spawn fish in these areas with a crank bait or jerk bait.

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