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During the post-spawn, fish are generally recovering from the procreation ordeal and are not quite as energetic as before the spawn. The fish move to deeper waters, seeking cooler temperature and shelter. The fish are going to be a little sluggish, so you must carefully drop your bait near their hiding locations without making too much of a presentation. The best deal is to use a slow-moving lure and a presentation that is much like a finesse tactic with a bucket full of patience. There are still fish in all the different stages of the spawn during this time of the year so fishing shallow and deep come into play. At Pine Flat Lake, most of the fish were in the post-spawn stage, but the later spawners were still willing to guard their nesting areas. Pine Flat Lake is dominated by the spotted bass population and accompanied by some big largemouth bass. This lake is known for numbers of spotted bass willing to bite but because most of the fish were in the post-spawn, the fish seemed not willing to bite and a little harder to entice a bite.
Angel Sanchez found the best recipe to capture first place with a total of 81.00”. Sanchez use the Mid-Strolling technique to catch his winning limit. He practiced two weeks before the event and found that the main lake points had roaming fish out deep.
“I went to Pine Flat with a buddy and found that the points were holding roaming fish way offshore.” stated Sanchez, “I used the strolling technique to catch the fish.”
“I was using a 3/16-ounce jig with a 4” Mooch minnow paired with 8-pound test line to a 15- pound braid.” enunciated Sanchez, “The bite was best in the morning compared to the afternoon bite, after 11 AM the bite really slowed down.”
“I was fishing in 60 to 80-feet of water but the fish were suspended in 20 to 30-feet of water." exclaimed Sanchez, “I would shake the minnow over the top of the fish, and they would come up and eat it.”
“I Mid-Strolled all day long for my limit.” said Sanchez.
Sanchez thanked Donavan and the CVKF crew for all their hard work to make these events happen and all the anglers that came out to fish the event. A big shout out to Madmouth Lures for their support and Bass Smacking lures.
John Myers came in second with a total of 80.00”. He ran the bank using a Senko and a Ned rig to catch his fish.
“I covered a ton of water for the fish I had caught.” remarked Myers, “I found that the grassy areas did not hold fish compared to the areas that had red clay or the smaller and larger rock.”
“I was using a Neko-Rigged Senko and a Ned Rig with a big TRD in Peanut Butter and Jelly color to catch my fish.” mentioned Myers, “The fish were from the shore down to about 20-feet of water.”
“I had a small limit of spots early and saw some larger rock across the cove that I was fishing." articulated Myers, “I made a short run across the lake and started to fish the larger rock when I felt a bite. I gave her the bad news and caught a 19” largemouth, it jumped 4 times before I was able to net her.”
“I worked that area over thoroughly in hopes to catch another nice largemouth bass but was only able to catch the same fish a second time. This time when I gave her the bad news she only jumped twice before I was able to net her. It was a bummer to catch her twice because two 19” fish at Pine Flat is extremely difficult to accomplish.”
“In the same area, there were some large boulders offshore and I was able to catch a 15” largemouth in the shade of a rock.” declared Myers, “It was nice to catch two largemouth bass at Pine Flat since the spots dominate the lake.”
“I worked hard all day long for the bites I had, it was nice to catch so many fish during the day.” claimed Myers.
Myers thanked Pline, 1st Gen Fishing, 559 Fresno Bait and Tackle, Stage Stop Gun Shop, Anglers RX podcast, and most of all my wife for all her support with my fishing.
Damian Thao finished in third place with a total of 78.50”. Thao utilized the Mid-Strolling technique to catch his fish.
“I practiced for two days before the event and found that both days were frontal conditions and fishing was good.” pronounced Thao, “The fish were in all stages of the spawn, and I was able to catch them from 8 to 15-feet of water.”
“Once the tournament day started the conditions had changed to post frontal conditions to blue bird skies.” replied Thao, “The fish were not as active and when I got to my first spot, I had 4 bites on a swimbait but was not able to hook up.”
“I struggled throughout the day but was able to get enough bites Mid-Strolling.” voiced Thao, “I was sitting in 80 to 100-feet of water and target fish suspended in 5 to 10-feet of water.”
“There were one or two fish that I targeted and most of the time they would follow the bait to the boat and not bite.” expressed Thao, “I had to jig the lure up and down next to the boat to get them to bite.”
“This is pretty much what I did all day long. I did go to the bank, but the fish were un-scoreable so I would go back out deep and catch scorable fish." explained Thao, “I was using a 1st Gen Jaw dropper in the ¼ ounce paired with a 4” Mooch minnow.”
“I was fishing a cove near a spawning area and the fish that I was catching were trout eaters.” said Thao.
Thao thanked his sponsors 1st Gen Fishing, Kayak City, 559 Fresno Bait and Tackle, Pline, and Drank Crazy.
Top Ten:
1. Angel Sanchez 81.00”
2. John Myers 80.00”
3. Damian Thao 78.50”
4. Osvaldo Gomez 77.00”
5. Max Lee 75.25”
6. Robert Yamamoto 74.75”
7. Jeff Sander 73.25”
8. Mark Steiner 73.25”
9. Tas Moua 72.25”
10. Henry Cole 71.25”
Big Fish
John Myers 19.00”
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