Hey guys , I was just wondering how you go about catching largemouths on a reservoire when they are spawnign but its too murky to sight fish. I have been throwing soft plastics. How do you go about catching in the dirty water spawning ?

Hello, out here in the res.that we fish in the bass are holding in about 7 to 12 feet of water.We have gone out two times this week and did really well with yum worms. We fished them wacky.Also we have did well with crankbaits. we catch and released about 45 to 50 bass in the two days out.I live in CA. In murky water i ues dark colors,clear water i use lighter colors. water temp. is about 68 to 70. JOHN

in stained water I like dark and/or noisy baits. Cranks, lipless, etc with rattles or spinnerbaits w/colorado blades to get a good thump and soft plastics in something dark like black/blue or junebug.

Use a lure that looks like any kind of fish. The bass might not be hungry but it will bite it protecting the nest.

jtalor is that reservoire private or public because thats a ton of bass?

Hello jfolda it is a public res. it is 12,500 acres and when it is full its about 1088 feet deep in the main channels. it is a great place to fish but you need a boat to get around not to many places to fish from shore.where are you from? JOHN

if you cant see the fish try a tube, a wacky rigged senko, blades, texas rigged lizard you might even try a frog moving it slow over the bed area. they cant stand it looking down over the bed. good luck.
Scott

Thanks guys. Sr robertson1, i tried the tube thing in some grass in 2 ft of water in a big cove 100 yds down from a main lake point. Through it in there and 5th cast caught a 5 pounder 21 1/2 incher. She was skinny so she mustve laid her eggs already and was guarding the nest. She woukldve benn about 6 with a full belly. Also got a few more bass. Looks like they are spawning in grass and around wood in protected areas with a hard bottom. Im catching in the same areas I caught them in prespawn, just shallower and a LOT slower. Thansk guys and good luck out there.

get a blue gill bait it might trigger a natural reaction

This weekend I caught largemouths in all three stages of the spawn. Pre-spawn, there was a pair in the spawning process, nearby was three observers, and I snagged one of them. Spawn, caught a monster momma while the male was on the bed. And Post-spawn, found little ones hiding under grass mats and snuck a wacky up close and protecting dad popped out and smashed it. All from the same pond, and all within probably a +/- 100 feet of each other.

I was really surprised to see them that differentiated in their cycles, and so close together.

I would try a blue/black spinnerbait and drp it near their spawning beds