Fishing Reports
1901 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
72°
Targeted weed patches in 9-14 ft of water and used the Shad Dancer 05 diving 7-10 ft. With the air temps cooling off overnight, the bass wanted nothing to do with the DTs, instead preferring the smaller profile of the shad dancer.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
73°
It was a good day on minnewashta. I caught a bunch in 15 feet of water on weed lines. They were smoking the rage craw and the worms.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
78°
Grass around edge of lake showed signs of dying off so hard cover (docks) produced plenty of fish. Fish seemed to want the bait pretty far under docks.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crappie
Water Temperature
75°
Scanned Rock point to find isolated clump of coon tail on top. Dropped down live scope and saw suspended crappies with bass chasing. I tried various baits but fish only wanted the crank. Weather was clear skies cool and breezy.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
73°
Fished the MNKFA tourney and it was a grind. Only 8/47 caught a 5 fish limit! I had a few blowups on my Teckel Sprinker Frog, but was only able to hook up one. I also threw a Range Roller with a Evergreen Last Ace, Imakatsu Helter Twister, Duo Snappie Crappie and Dark Sleeper. I was able to get a few pike, but no bass. My 2ndbass(and biggest) was this 17incher on a drop shot in deep weed clumps. I tried an OSP Mylar Minnow and an OSP HP Minnow first without success, and then threw the Geecrack Bellows Gill and was able to get 2 bites. The winning fishermen also won flipping weed clumps.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Just work over the tops to submerged vegetation, this technique works well since water is higher this year. Works best if you are running/brushing up against and into weeds a little. Play with your retrieve. If you start snagging weeds every cast slow down your retrieve. If you bump up against weeds. Pause….let the bait rise some, then start reeling. This is usually when you’ll get a strike! Good luck!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crawfish
Slowly work along weed lines, it was windy as all heck, so I just lined my boat up and let er drift. No need to cas except after reeling in the fish.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
Fish were buried in the weed edges. Eel grass edges up shallower seemed to be the ticket for the biggest bites. Flipping bulky baits worked better than worms; flapping action seemed to help, but some wanted more of a dead action like a big craw tube.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
77°
Today I caught all my bass on a t rig big bite bait craw tube and 5/8 ounce steath feider jig. I was fishing points and weed lines, a lot of bass were up in or on the edge of weeds but the bigger fish were farther of the weed lines on the slopes with a few scattered weeds caught a few 3 pounders but most in the 2 lb range.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
We saw tons of bluegill Frye at the dock and caught this bass, some baby 4-6” bass and 2 8+” bluegill.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
69°
Cloudy morning, south wind, found fish up against the shore as well as offshore pushing baitfish around in the thickest submerged vegetation. Bladed jigs had the most success for bass. Green pumpkin colors seemed to matter today. Fish were mostly keyed in on pinky sized baitfish... perch, minnows, and bluegill. On another note, if you're into bluegill or pike, this would be a lake worth spending a minute on as well.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
71°
Fished Vineland bay for largemouth. Mostly cloudy, south wind blowing a bit and a storm rolled in mid morning. I found several good fish at the edges of the reeds all along the bay. Buzzbait with a gold blade was the only one I threw. No skirt, toad trailer. Water clarity was fairly dirty for Mille Lacs. Anywhere the depth was closer to 5ft at the end of the reeds was better than the reeds that end in shallower water.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Points
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
Fished a kayak tournament on Rush. I mostly fished the south end of west rush. Calm sunny day. Found my best fish on points with cover, baitfish, and deep water access. Lily pads were the next best bet. Frogs worked slow and a senko to follow up got the bites today.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
Docks were tough on the super full moon but still didn’t disappoint!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
74°
The frog bite was off during the tournament, flipping reeds, thick grass and docks produced solid limits in the Bassmaster Open
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
With the high pressure conditions, the bass were really lethargic and really hugged the bottom. I found them outside weed edges around 9-11ft of water.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
81°
Good looking lake. All that bass would like appears to be there. Couldn't find them.