August

I bet it will heal, bass are pretty tough, that doesn’t mean that it’s a good thing thought, try adjusting your grip slightly.

This rig will definitely be part of my arsenal from now on!

What determines whether you will fish this, or a jig? I’m sure this is much more snag free so heavy cover it’s better hands down, but what about open water or light cover? I guess one of the main reasons I fish a jig is because I feel that it draws bigger than average bites, do you feel like this rig draws bigger bites like a jig? Thanks!

Thanks man! I’m normally so busy in the spring and fall that I just fish June to August lots of the time, but I know I’m missing out of some of the best fishing of the year. Now I’m excited to get into the fall stuff especially because I love fishing up shallow

Thank you @gimruis! I saw that we were supposed to get a couple lows in the 40s sometime next week so I’m not sure what that’ll do. So once it gets colder you focus mainly up shallow with more aggressive stuff? Is your main goal to cover water, just basically burning the bank? Is there any cover that you look for other than green weeds? Sorry if I’m bothering you with all these questions!

Tuesday I had a good evening, throwing mainly a jig around some grass and chatterbait over the top of and around the edge of some deep coontail. Yesterday wasn’t as great but I managed to pick up a few on the jig, and some on a swim jig by casting it into the pads and working it out. I haven’t fish in September much my whole life so I’m slightly nervous about finding fish this next month. Is there any tips you could give me for fall fishing up north? I’ve heard a couple different things about fall fishing up here, some about bass pulling up shallow in cover, and some about them grouping up out deeper. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

These replies are awesome! Thanks everyone! If you have been fishing your confidence baits for a long while and aren’t getting any, what do you do? Do you switch up to something new that you don’t fish a lot, or do you just try and cover more water?

I posted a topic similar to this a while back, but I figured I’d revisit it again. Lately I’ve had lots of confidence in 3 techniques, a frog a Texas rig and a jig ( including a swim jig). I know that these three aren’t great for everything but they can do a lot. My question is where do you draw the line between being confident in baits and being too stubborn to tie something else on? I can fish a whole 8 hour day using just these 3 and not catch much (or anything) but I still might feel like they fish just aren’t in that area, or I haven’t thrown it in front of any active bass. Is there a specific amount of time that you give it before you switch and stop fishing baits you’re confident it, or is it more of a gut feeling? Also a little side topic here but in your opinion is it more important to master a handful of techniques or is it more important to be very versatile and know how to throw lots of different baits? I guess a happy medium would probably be best, but I know of lots of pro anglers that only fish a few baits and have great success. Thanks everyone, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this!

Do you ever use his tungsten jigs? They caught my eye but unfortunately there wasn’t 5/8oz which is what I mainly flip

Looks awesome, i know a river where i could hammer rainbow trout on those too!

I was driving to a lake the other day and saw more fully red maples than I want to even think about. Seems like the ice goes out in the spring, we have one week of summer, then it’s iced over in the fall again

I’ve been fishing a lot of deep coontail, milfoil, and cabbage lately, by pitching to clumps of grass or casting and working along the outside edge. I’ve been using Stealth Feider jigs but I’m nearly out and It seems like they’re out of stock everywhere. What other jigs do you recommend for what I’m doing? I was eyeing the Dirty Jigs flipping jig but I figured I’d ask here first. Thanks everybody!

Is there a specific formula you like to use?

I just caught a largemouth that I believe is my new personal best, 21in long and 15.5in around. I didn’t have a scale with me so I’m wondering how to tell its weight with the two measurements I listed. I looked it up online and after entering the measurements the weights range from 5.6lb to 6.3lb so I’m not sure what one to go with. ( I ruined my phone after swamping my kayak so sadly I didn’t get a picture) Thanks, August

In your opinion what are the ten most important largemouth techniques for any angler to master to become a better and or more well rounded fisherman, regardless of where you live in the country? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this