Post Spawn Smith Mountain Lake: Heavy Hitters Champ Nick Hatfield - May 27, 2025
Post Spawn
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1h 23m
Winning Bass Tournaments in the Post Spawn!
Get the breakdown from a Bass Pro Tour winner on key baits, techniques, and strategies that led to success on Smith Mountain Lake and how he's preparing for Kentucky Lake and the Potomac River.
Learn about the importance of understanding seasonal patterns like the herring spawn and shad spawn. Discover why bigger minnow baits, including a 7-inch size, were effective in catching fish that hadn't seen that presentation. Hear how a lipless crankbait became a key player, especially for fishing points with rock and grass. Get the details on the Free Rig setup, including bait, specific hook and weight configurations, and how it was used to catch big fish in shallow water.
Explore techniques like shaking a minnow in shallow water and changing angles on points to get more bites. Plus, hear insights on the role of forward facing sonar and live scope fishing in modern bass fishing tournaments.
If you want to improve your bass fishing skills, especially in the post-spawn or when targeting specific baitfish patterns, this Bass University live show recording with Nick Hatfield is packed with valuable tips.
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Hatfield's Free Rig Hook (Hayabusa WRM959 Wide Gap Offset Heavy Duty Hooks) - https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Hayabusa_WRM959_Wide_Gap_Offset_Heavy_Duty_Hooks/descpage-HFWHD.html?from=butv
Hatfield's Heavy Hitters Free Rig Weight (Ryugi Black Bean Tungsten Sliding Sinker) - https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Ryugi_Black_Bean_Tungsten_Sliding_Sinkers/descpage-RYBB.html?from=butv
Hatfield's Heavy Hitters Soft Plastic Jerkbait (Deps Sakamata Shad) - https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Deps_Sakamata_Shad_Soft_Jerkbait/descpage-DSSJ.html?from=butv
Hatfield's Line Choices (Cortland Fishing Lines) - https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?searchtext=cortland&from=butv
Hatifield's Free Rig Bait (Geecrack Bellows Shad) - https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Geecrack_Bellows_Shad/descpage-GBLWS.html?from=butv
Nick Hatfield's Heavy Hitters Lipless Crankbait (SPRO Aruku Shad in Clear Chartreuse) - https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/SPRO_Essential_Series_Aruku_Shad_Lipless_Crankbait/descpage-SPAS.html?from=butv
Nick Hatfield's Shallow Jerkbait (Megabass Vision 110 SR Jerkbait) - https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Megabass_Vision_110_SR_Jerkbaits/descpage-MB1SR.html?from=butv
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