Fishing Reports
132 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
54°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
72°
Fished Tuesday evening tourney, got 1st with 15.69lbs. All fish came on either green pumpkin Yamatanuki on 4/0 wide gap hook or 4" green pumpkin bps stick worm on a 1/0 wide gap hook, weightless. We caught lots of fish on wood, shallow banks, in coves. Saw some on beds. Water temps were low 70's where we were.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
66°
Managed a few non scoreable large mouth for the Toledo Area Kayak Anglers League Stage 1: Nettle Lake on May 5 2024. After a struggle to find fish in post frontal conditions and a NW breeze. I managed to find a few small ones in under 4 feet of water around isolated lily pads using the Booyah 1/2 oz One Knocker in Rayburn Red, and on the Z-Man EVO Chatterbait 3/8 ox Bama Bream with A 4 1/2 inch Hog Farmer Spunk Shad in Green Pumpkin Chartreuse.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
68°
Fishing over some large rocks, using a Googan Squad Zinger spinner bait. Several hits in the rocks. Only landed 2.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crappie
Water Temperature
62°
After a nice rain shower I jumped in the kayak and fished one of my favorite ponds in NW Ohio. I’ve avoided wake baits mostly because of cost, but the Nessie caught my eye. This was the first time using it this year. I didn’t catch many but did catch a good size one. Great bait and easy to throw on my 7’3” Dobyns MHF matched with my Shimano Curado with 20lb Izorline CoPoly.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
50°
Slowly working a mega bass swimbait 6inch back to the boat. Largemouth are staging before the spawn. I was targeting transition areas around spawning locations with vegetation.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
55°
Fished tourney on Clear Fork yesterday in tough conditions. Cold front came through after several warm days and lots of rain. Air temp 35 at take off. Upper end of lake very brown, few inches vis, lower end stained 1-2' vis. Caught all our fish on the jerkbait mentioned. Shallow 5' or less on wood. 6 bites all day, we caught em all, culled once. Had 5 for 12.2lbs, good enough for 4th place. First had 18 something with big fish for the day with a 6.25.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
66°
After a disappointing morning at another small reservoir, I decided to stop by Aldrich Pond to see if I can catch a few and possibly upgrade my limit for the Toledo Area Kayak Anglers League's Spring Thaw. With in the first hour of throwing my Z-Man 3/8 of EVO in Lava Craw with a 4 1/2 in Hog Farmer Blow Torch Spunk shad, I landed a 18 inch largemouth followed by an 16.5 incher. A couple of smaller bass were caught along with 2 really nice crappie.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
53°
Fished spinnerbait through and around lily pads in channels. Fish were primarily on outside edges in first couple feet of pads. Vary retrieve, bump pads often, look for irregularities and mixed cover. Veritas MH rod has perfect action with just right amount of tip flex, fish were hitting lightly but all hooked in top of mouth and stayed hooked.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
54°
I began my day in the marsh area of West Harbor around 2:30pm. There was around a 15mph SW wind which wasn't bad and the area I was in was protected. I discovered the water to be dingy and shallow. This part of WH doesn't typically get very deep but it was about a 1-2 feet low and I struggled to find anything over 3 ft. After about an hour I loaded up my kayak and headed over to East Harbor. I had a mixed day throwing the chatterbaits. I did try an 1/4 oz Booyah One Knocker in Tiger Craw but ended up loosing it on a snag. I let the wind drift me across the harbor and ended up getting most of my bites along the bank that the wind was blowing on. Along with a numb er of 14.5 inch bass I managed a big Drum and a 22 inch Bowfin. Not the day I was looking for overall but not bad either
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Crappie
Water Temperature
50°
14 inches
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Minnows
Swimming a zman midwest finesse swim jig with a keitech trailer through the lily pads.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Minnows
Found bass schooled up chasing baitfish, managed to pick a few off with the underspin.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
47°
Caught 3 largemouth. Biggest measured 14.5. The other 2 were under 12. Lures used were a Booyah one knocker in Tiger Craw, Cotton Cordell Super Spot in orange, and a chartreuse spinner with a chartreuse hog farmer skunk shad trailer.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
fishing a large tree laydown off the bank. Bit was very aggressive. With water warming up, largies were moving in shallow and feeding. Pre Spawn
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
43°
A few afternoon hours on a windy day at the Maumee Bay State Park Inland lake in search of largemouth for the Toledo Area Kayak Anglers League Spring Thaw online tournament. Managed 3 largemouth
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Points