Fishing Reports
158 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
81°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
78°
Fish were burried in the pads and slop. It was a grind , had to really soak baits to get bit. Ended up with 9lbs on the day .
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
80°
Throwing plopper over stumps and brush piles in the late evening
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
78°
It was a hot day in the 90s mild breeze and lots of bugs landing on top of the water. The water had a mild stain with about 2 feet visibility. I saw a few bass cruising the banks but didn't want to commit to anything moving. I decided I needed a finesse approach, so I wacky rigged a yum dinger and got to work. I was fishing off a point with a steep drop off and after a few pops I got a bite.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
It was a windy, cool day with a lot of chop on the water. Fishing in the wind sometimes is a struggle in itself, but I couldn't pass up the nice day. I was trying all kinds of lures before I tied on a chatterbox Evo and started casting around some laydowns. I felt the bite and then set the hook and reeled him in. I was never a big chatterbait fisherman, but I picked up some evos and have been really trying to get my confidence up in them, and it finally paid off.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
78°
Worked the bait across the tops of weed bed.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Dropshotting offshore humps in 10-15 ft. 8th place finish in Hoosier Division MLF BFL.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
84°
Flip or cast football jig on and around rock points or different features around riprap for the best bites
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Bluegill
This is a pond next to a golf course with just one dock to fish from so the possibility is limited. I was first casting deep and didn't get any bites so I threw a lipless into the shallows and burned it through and got a bite
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
It was overcast skies and calm water with good clarity. I was fishing off a break wall with rock piles and large boulders, so I was targeting openings in the rock piles and letting it fall in and popping it out and got a bite.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
This body of water is very stained water with very little visibility and a ton of vegetation. I was running the mayor swimbait in chartreuse pearl so that it stood out against the dirty water and was working it in between and over vegetation and letting it fall in the holes between the weeds and finally got a bite.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
It was a warm day with a little breeze and stained water with a ton of vegetation. This lake is full of weeds and brush piles, so anything with a treble hook is very hard to fish. I wanted something moving, so I tied on a screw lock hook and rigged the mayor weedless. I was working it over the tops of vegetation and along the edge of some brush, and that's where I got the bite.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Fish caught in wind blown lily pads by dragging a texas rigged paddletail swimbait across the surface and letting it sink in pockets.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Bluegill
It was a sunny clear day on the water and this body of water I don't have much luck on. So I decided to try something I never tried before, and since the water is murky with low visibility, I tied on a zoom bubble gum trick worm to kind of stand out. I was using it like a floating worm over submerged vegetation and letting it sink weightless. Finally hooked up and pulled a decent largie out.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Points
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
It was a nice day with cloudy skies and calm water. I was fishing off a point with a drop-off that had topped out weeds. I worked the tube along the edge of the weed line like a yo yo, and sure enough, this bass smoked it.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
I was fishing some submerged grass on overcasted day with calm water. I was fishing a small tube and was working it through the grass and kind of ripping it out to get a reaction bite and finally got one.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
It was a sunny day with a light breeze, and I was not seeing much action on the water. I know this body of water has a good amount of submerged vegetation and also an aerator near the boat launch. I wasn't getting any bites from moving baits, so I switched to a finesse approach and tied on a shaky head and worked a magnum finesse worm along the vegetation by the aerator and finally got a bite.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
It was a warm day with sunny skies and calm water. This was my first time fishing here, so I did not know much about this body of water. It is surrounded by a golf course, so really all I could do was fish from a decent size dock. I tried a few different techniques and then decided to tie on a strike king hybrid hunter to fish along the vegetation by the shore. A few casts in I got a solid bite, and he even put up a little fight to get him in.