Fishing Reports
29018 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
58°
Species
WalleyeSeason
Winter
Technique
Trolling 20'+
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
36°
Fish still hanging around the bait. Find the bait, find the fish. Used various shad immitations primarily trolling. Used Bomber Fat Free shad catch this one. Others caught using dipsey diver to get down to depth. Fish have to eat.. don't let the cold water scare you off.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
65°
Started my day on a dock with a underwater light. Caught a couple on a 6” Senko wacky rigged. Once the sun came up I switched to a hard jerkbait and caught a couple on the outside of grass patches. Also had a couple bites on a Zoom Trick work in watermelon red with a 3/16 Woo Tungsten weight. Also had a few bites with a Gambler BB Cricket with a 1oz weight in the grass. Good day on the water, but the wind was rough.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
69°
3rd cast. Before storm. Slammed it twice. Got him on 2nd. Just popping slowly off of bottom with pauses.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
56°
Caught them in 30-50ft dragging a jig and drop shot
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
66°
Had good day best 5 would have been 21 caught 7 fish in pads on big easy swimbait
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Points
Dragging a Carolina Rig around the ends of points. No major size in the fish, but you can catch a lot of them.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
54°
Fish were up in the shallows near the mouth of the creeks and coves
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
50°
Was a rainy day. Not too much activity this day, probably just put it in front and got a reaction. Just barely popping it off the bottom and pausing.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
50°
A rig on bluff banks caught most of our fish today. Also caught a few with a lipless on submerged hydrilla.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
59°
Fish were spawning around shallow wood and cover on bottom. The water was off colored so using perspective mode and covering water was key. Locate flats with isolated cover and you could find the beds
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hover/Mid-Strolling
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
74°
I fished Lake St Clair after the BASS Open and MLF Invitational. The fish were very pressured and tough to get to bite. They seemed to relate to small transitions in the bottom and key on the baitfish. Early in the morning, they would bite up in the column on a small Great Lakes finesse hover minnow, but as the day went on, I switched to the 1/2oz Beast Coast OW Sniper and fish would eat the bait dragged on bottom
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hover/Mid-Strolling
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
57°
Fish were pushing shallow around submerged grass patches and bottom transitions. Covering water was key and fish were relocated across the flats. Wind blown areas seemed to be best, and focusing on the outer edge of spawning areas is where the biggest fish were located. During overcast conditions, switching to the Sneaky Underspin was more productive than the ball head. Color also varied each day, depending on water clarity and sun/overcast.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
38°
With water temps dropping, fish were pushing toward wintering areas. Using Omnia Pro, I located productive hard bottom areas where fish were holding, but the key was finding hard bottom with small patches of grass that had baitfish present. A 1/2oz finesse jig, dragging it slowly through these hard bottom areas was the key to getting fish to bite
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Was ripping the chatterbait through the water and then letting it sink to the bottom then burned it up the repeated the process.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Docks
Was fishing for the omnia online tournament, kept jigging under the docks and kept slamming em!! Slow rolling was the key
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
61°
Pre storm hooked him in the weeds about 8 ft from the shore
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Laydowns
Crushed them cranking shallow wood
