Fishing Reports
76 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
80°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
I got out late morning and it was HOT (feels like temp of 110), humid, and calm. I knew I wasn’t going to have much luck on moving baits so I stuck a flipping rod with a Texas rig and a jig in my hand and went to work. I found the bigger/more aggressive bites on the Texas rig and jig and then picked off all the remaining fish with the Neko rig. Fun day on the water and forgot all about the heat with the fish biting!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Hover/Mid-Strolling
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
76°
Caught plenty of bass crappie over bush and drop offs
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
77°
Flipping finnese T rig on laydowns produced several bass today!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Points
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
I found them on 2 underwater points that were right next to each other with a deep crankbait. It seemed like they had the perfect combination of sparse grass and rock for cover as well as the hard/high spots of the points for structure. It was one of the only places on the lake I could get bit as the brushpiles were not productive for me. Fun day on the water!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
80°
The Lake is filled with tons of young of the year SHAD. The key to this tourney was finding coves with lots of bait+timber. Early in the morning, throw the magdraft right up against the shore as they'll be pushing bait up shallow. mid morning, try throwing it in the middle of the creek/cove in 0-8ft of water, the Magdraft will call the fish in. during the middle of the day, throw a big glide bait. they bass went crazy for the glide regardless of the size or shad around. Wherever you find bait balls, the Great lakes finesse Sneaky Underspin with the drop minnow as a trailer will allow you to stick out but still keep the right profile, action, and vibration! Good luck!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crappie
Water Temperature
84°
The water was HOT so finesse aka the Neko was the ticket. I found all of my fish around wood lay downs. The bite was much better earlier in the morning due to how hot it was. A lot of bites came on the fall, so mainly just dipping and dunking the old Neko.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
85°
Fish were hiding in some shallow slop that night.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
78°
Not much action. Caught 2 lber toward deeper water.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Dam
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
80°
free fig worked amazing caught several fish along dam or any rip rap
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
77°
hitting in the inlet cove
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
79°
Slow jerk retrieve over shallow grass
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
77°
I got out before all the pleasure boaters and jet skiers since this lake gets crazy about 11am or so. I’m glad I did because I found them early. I was cranking the dirt with a squarebill and had my boat pinned up against the rip rap. I had to make contact with the rock to get bit. The water was high and dirty, so I upsized my squarebill from the 50x to the 100x and it paid off with a nice 4lb northern strain largemouth. Decent day!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
Fish were held up around The Shallows early in the morning.Feeding on blue gill and other bait fish. Hopping a black and blue jig over the rocks proved to be successful.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Dam
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
74°
The first two hours of the morning was great until the front moved in and kind of slow the fish down. Was pretty excited to catch 3 decent fish on the mag draft being the first time I'd had any success with it.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
79°
drop shots around grass edges near deeper water access had best success
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
79°
I swept over the lake looking for submerged foliage, once I found it I played around the outside and around other structure next to it. I mainly hit transition points between the foliage and the channel, underwater logs, and transitions from one foliage to another. I had great success doing this.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
80°
Good success on largemouth in matted grass along creek channel using an oversized Ned Rig and Neko Rig. Two of us caught over 50 bass today.