Fishing Reports
31 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
63°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
48°
Right away in the morning I found a few groups of 2-4 fish swimming around on an offshore rock area. The 110+1 was key as I was fishing in 8-12 feet.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Bass were holding on edges of grass around isolated structures such as wood and rock. Bite got better as the day moved on.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
74°
South end of the lake in the grass channels in 6-8’ of water is drilling Largemouth, Smallmouth, and Northern Pike on Bluegill colored crank baits.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water temp in the low 70s, burning a bladed jig and swim jig on the inside weedlines of the curly leaf pondweed around the southern end of the lake.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Standing Timber
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
65°
Very finicky bite. The largemouth were just start to make beds. They would not eat a normal 4 inch plastic so we down sized to neds and were 100% successful for every fish we saw sight fishing.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
54°
The SDBF High School State Championship went well. My boys won the event throwing jerkbaits on main lake points. The key of the day was to have a solid rotation. There were 3 points holding quality fish, and the schools would get active for 15 - 25 casts and shut off. Each pass the boys would catch one 3 - 4 lbs and go to the next point.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
50°
The largemouth were up shallow and grouped up. Had to cover a lot of water, but also use your FFS efficiently. A lot of the better fish would follow and you would have to throw at them 5 - 10 more times to get them to bite.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
80°
Found some bass around pondweed and rock transitions and did well around spawning bluegill. Threw a chatterbait when it was windy and cloudy and slowed down with a Texas rig when it was calm. Caught a lot of fish and sever big one. Water was very clear, 5ft visibility in some places.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
75°
Had a decent finish in the MCBC event on Big Stone. Caught plenty of 2.5 pounders along with one over 5 and another just under 5. Bites came mostly on a swim jig and wacky rig in and around the shallow pond leaf.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
75°
Water temps in the mid 70s with air temps in the 80s. Caught 18.7lbs of largies fishing the inside weedlines of the curly leaf pondweed with a variety of techniques such as a swim jig and 4in stickbait. Finding clear water was very key as there were more gills in these areas.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
70°
I was shore fishing the river section of the lake targeting shallow submerged vegetation with a spinnerbait in dirty water, given the dirty water, I was using a hybrid blade between a willow and Colorado. I was on a wind-blown shoreline right before the rain rolled in and it proved to be productive. Hard to beat spinnerbaits around submerged grass!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
58°
Finding weed clumps on big flats and ripping jackhammer or lipless through the weeds. Vision 110 also caught a couple.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
Fish were holding less then two foot under docks. If they fallowed a moving bait out but did not commit they would eat a jig on the next pitch almost every time.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
6/4/22 Pt. 2 - After my clients wanted to see some variety other than sight fishing bedding smallmouth we chased after largemouth and pike. One of the clients enjoyed the sight fishing experience and used a whacky rig to continue doing so for largemouth. The other was using a Venom spinnerbait and caught largemouth and pike throwing into open water. Grand total in 8 hours we ended up with 68 bass and 29 pike caught...a very successful day for Xstream Bassin' Guide Service!
