The traditional winning strategy for multiple-day tournaments on Sebago Lake is to pursue largemouth bass the first day and chase smallmouth the following days. That will likely be the case this week during the B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Divisional in Maine, the final divisional of the season. “The largemouth seem to hold up really well for the first day of the tournament, then after that, you see a lot of guys fishing offshore structure and rockpiles for smallies,” said Jim Lowe, Maine B.A.S.S. Nation tournament director.
“I am very confident whoever comes in with a big bag of largemouth on Day 1 and can find good-size smallmouth for Days 2 and 3 will walk away with it,” continued Lowe. “It is a rarity for someone to come in back-to-back days with big bags of largemouth.”
Some largemouth will be holding on the main lake rockpiles, but the majority of green bass will be hanging around the grasslines and boat docks in the coves. A black-and-blue 1/2-ounce jig with a soft plastic trailer will produce best, he said, and Senkos will also catch some largemouth in the shallows. Read more at BASS….