Hello all, I could possibly be taking a trip to Pickwick early-mid may and am looking for any advice (tactics, things to look for, etc.) I've never wet a line south of NY and I'm sure things are quite a bit different down south... any advice would be great, as I'm sure my gear/ tactics will need some adjusting. 

Nearly anything you would like to fish, except The Rig, will work in May.  I generally start with topwater, jerkbaits, spinnerbait, lipless and square bill crankbaits. Other hardbaits you might want to consider are Bandits and the DT6.  Then I move to soft plastics: Senko, Fat Ika, Rage Tail Baby Craw, Cut-R, Structure Bug Jika rigged and Rage Blade/ Structure Bug. GYCB Kut-Tail on a Shake2 is killer! Siebert jigs and swim jigs are staples. For smallmouth #1 is the Rage Menace; #2 BPS Tender Tube #71.  And finally, my career best,  Sworming Hornet/ LFT Live Magic shad.

 

My favorite bait to throw down here is soft plastics and lip less crank baits. I'm fishing there in one of my high school fishing tournaments actually so let my know and what you catch and what you caught them on. I've never been there and Good luck man!!   

 

 

Let me know what you catch* and what you catch them on.

13 hours ago, Sittin there reelin em in said:

My favorite bait to throw down here is soft plastics and lip less crank baits. I'm fishing there in one of my high school fishing tournaments actually so let my know and what you catch and what you caught them on. I've never been there and Good luck man!!   

 

 

Let me know what you catch* and what you catch them on.

I'd be going for a college tournament haha, only reason it's a maybe is because we have to find/fix a boat and drive it from Buffalo, NY.. is yours the Cabela's championship too?

It might be, let me check.

check out Lou's Pickwick fishing report on facebook.  He puts out a blog about every 2 weeks about the bass fishing on Pickwick Lake.  Most of the time he is spot on!!!!!

 

Update: the tournament is may 25-26, not sure if that makes any difference