Fishing Reports
611 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
52°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
80°
Spent the day practicing for an upcoming tournament. Finding matted vegetation around shallow bluegill beds seemed to have a few bass hanging around willing to come up for a frog.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
66°
Caught fish in the shallowest water I could find. Backs of slues and shallow cuts produced most fish. Ned rig worked best when fishing in the "nurseries". Swim jig worked best in most areas producing larger prespawn fish.
Z-Man Finesse TRD Canada Craw / 2 3/4"
$2.99
$3.99
Spike-It Scented Markers Chartreuse / Crawlic
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
72°
Fish were postspawn on weed lines
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
62°
Fish were on beds and threw a wacky rig up on em countless times till they bit
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
62°
Flipping beds with a white rage craw produced some nice males locked to beds. Females cruising but not locked yet and weren’t biting.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
59°
Fishing around hard cover produced some really great LM bass. Texas rigged Senko on a Mustad hook pinned them all!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
Larger bass were hunkered down around submerged vegetation adjacent to spawning flats in 6-8 feet of water. Slow presentations like an unweighted Flush were the key to getting a few quality bites. Using quality Bajio shades to seek out areas with the thickest vegetation was worth the time investment. Sunline Overwatch is amazing for long casts with spinning reels and that was important with the high, sunny skies in shallow water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
71°
With the water being so high you have to find a way to effectively cover and eliminate dead water, I flipped this bait up and down different stretches of flooded brush. Wherever I got bit I came back to the opposite direction with different baits and was able to narrow my fishing down to about a 50 yard stretch going back and fourth getting bit often! Switching between a bronco bug and then a more subtle trick worm.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
Took 1st out of 47 in a local kayak tournament. With overcast skies and calm conditions, there was a hot topwater bite on inside weed edges at dawn on bluegill imitations fished slow. Topwater died down by mid morning and both largemouth and smallmouth were found near the outside weed edges in 12-15’. Fish were preferring more finesse presentations. Getting a jig worm stuck in the thicker grass clumps and popping it out produced the best bites.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
With water coming up, and a few colder nights the fish were way up in the flooded brush/timber. The Texas rig and chatterbait were the best best baits I was able to fish effectively and efficiently through it all!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
70°
spent time fishing Pool 4 backwaters for the MN Bass Nation Team Trail. Water was high, so main and secondary channels had a lot of current. Best areas we're off the secondary channels with minimal\no current but near flowing water. Most of the weekend was overcast and rainy with lots of active pike in the same areas as the bass. Frogs and Swimjigs worked around submerged or floating vegetation worked best for both species.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
71°
The key was to find a hard bottom. Docks around hard bottom were very productive. 2-3 fish off each dock. A wacky worm will also work, it was too windy to effectively fish a wacky on this day,
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Water Temperature
71°
2nd stop of the team trail was out of Wabasha. We spend all of our practice and the tournament chasing post spawn largemouth. Falling water had us focusing on the clearer water areas with the thickest matted up weeds we could find. The frog was great for covering water and the All Terrain rattle jig picked up the biggest bites.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
71°
I focused on the far back of flooded pockets and swam a swim jig around the heaviest cover I could find
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Dragging a frog through the matted vegetation in and around docks has been killer.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Rip Rap
No real consistent bite or pattern, just junk fished, and was able to get a few bites on each a finesse jig, choppo, and drop shot. They seem to be in the post spawn recovery mode and haven't really keyed on the bluegill spawn yet.
Roboworm Medium Wire Rebarb Hook 1/0
Out of Stock
Shimano Vanford Spinning Reel - EOL 3000 / 6.4:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
Targeting isolated weed beds for post spawn largemouth near deep weed edges.
