Fishing Reports
645 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
58°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Points
Largemouth were loving moving baits on this warm fall day. There was a lot of grass still in the chain and fish were grouping up on the edges of flats and underwater points. The 3 hot baits were a 6th sense crush squarebill, 3/8oz jackhammer, and a white megabass SV3 spinnerbait. Running these baits over the top of the grass got a lot of strikes (and some bonus walleyes).
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
57°
Found fish shallow in the still green weeds. They would not chase faster baits we tried including buzzbaits, swim baits and spinner baits but bit on the slower presentations between the weed clumps.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
53°
The bass cooperated on Big Marine today. I caught 17 by working the submerged weeds in 7 to 12 feet of water with wacky rigged Senkos. Green pumpkin, pumpkin, and purple all worked. The biggest was 18 inches.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
58°
Fall fishing is in full swing now, fish are up shallow where there are thick, healthy weeds and docks. Flipping jigs and t- rigs under docks worked well and throwing the jerk-bait around over top of the better vegetation produced a ton of fish.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
59°
Found bass in the 3-5' weed clumps on the jig and craw tube fished slow and also spinnerbaits later in the day.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
Fish were still out in the summer patterns on the weed edges and thicker weeds, this was mostly the main pattern. I was throwing a drop shot and also mixing ina Texas rig. Caught a couple of four pounders and had a great day.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
59°
Wrapped up the Viking invitational on Minnetonka last weekend. Had a blast fishing the calm side docks in bays and also just flipping whatever I saw in front of me. Ended the tournament with 16.6 and had a awesome time!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Water Temperature
64°
The wind was blowing into the the steep banks, it's a rocky shore. That is where we concentrated, focusing on pads and downed wood. Caught alot of good fish doing this. Had a chatterbait and crankbait on deck, they also caught em.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
61°
Covered shallow water pads, grass, wood, docks with TX rigs, jigs and buzzbait to take 4th place in fall Brawl event
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
63°
Caught a few fish on docks but the best bite was around 10ft around remaining clumps of green grass
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
57°
Water was fairly stable 57.5 degrees each day… Used drop shot on the weed edges to coax the fish from the vegetation and the Mustad Apex Weedless hooks were a great help… I could get my bait in closer to the vegetation without fear of hanging up… Highly recommend the Mustad Apex Weedless Dropshot hooks!!..
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
64°
Lots of fish up shallow chasing bluegills and minnows on flats or banks with matted vegetation. Key to finding fish was finding the bait first. When I found areas with bait I slowed down almost to a stopping point and kept my eye out for fish that were actively feeding. Fish are moving so quickly right now that if you wait for a little bit and fan cast you might have fish coming to you instead of chasing and spooking some of them. Burning swim jigs over mats then slow reeling them in pockets drove them crazy. Buzz bait produced lots of fish too, just had to find lanes in grass to get a clean retrieve.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Water Temperature
56°
Threw musky innovation micro dawg. Caught a couple 3 pounders and many pike.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
59°
Had some REALLY quality bass early morning especially. Things got a little slower around noon after it rained but we still caught em. Fish were further off the bank in 4-5' of water. Fished multiple techniques throughout the day and kept coming back to the chatterbait. It was by far the most productive. I'd recommend stocking up on chatterbaits though as there are some very large pike in this lake as well. 😉
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
72°
It may be fall but the water is still warm and the fish are still in summer locations. Tried shallow with topwaters and swimbaits with no action but found fish on the deep weedline at 16' with dropshots.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Tournament to end the season on Tetonka Sakatah was a lot more fun that I thought it would be. We fished all three lakes mainly targeting the thickest vegetation we could find. Grass was just starting to die off with the abnormally warm temps this year. Key with the frog was working it really really slowly. Missed a lot of fish too. Went back through the best areas with a punch rig and cleaned up some of those misses. Also got a lot of fish junk fishing wood and docks with the 3/8 oz All Terrain jig.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
Very slow retrieval