Balsam Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Jan 5, 2025

Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)

15 Fishing Reports

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Bladed Jigs
4
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
2
Grass Jigs
1
Hard Jerkbaits
1
Structure Jigs
1

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Fishing Reports

15 Reports on Balsam Lake

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Gold Ambassador
4/6/24
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Pre-Spawn)
- Technique
  Structure Jigs
- Structure
  Rock Pile
- Forage
  Crawfish
- Water Temperature
  43°
Outing date 04/06/2024, fished from 8am to 230pm. Cool morning, clear skies, warming up. Wind was light to begin and picked up throughout the day, to end quite breezy. Water temps ranged from about 41 to 47 at the warmest. Saw largemouth and pike and panfish up shallow in the warmest water, but no interest in baits. Tried drop off near rocky point and caught two sow bellies in about 9 to 10 feet of water flipping and dragging an All Terrain jig with Yamamotocraw on back. 19.5 and 18 inches within 5 minutes at about 1pm. Had another biggie follow to the boat in the same location, about same size or bigger. Tried the Mastiff line but didn't notice much difference over my typical Invisx and Spro Gouken fluorocarbon lines, more time needed to see if it is better or not. Overall a good day with the two big fish.
Travis Newville
Gold Ambassador
4/12/24
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Pre-Spawn)
- Technique
  Bladed Jigs
- Structure
  Submerged Vegetation
- Forage
  Bluegill
- Water Temperature
  50°
The warmer weather front from last weekend pushed them up to 4-10 ft of water. Chatterbait was productive along with crankbait
Nate Nipper
Gold Ambassador
4/15/23
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Pre-Spawn)
- Technique
  Bladed Jigs
- Structure
  Laydowns
- Water Temperature
  51°
Pre spawn stained water is a great time to fish laydowns. I like to cruise areas with a chatterbait and then slow down with the jig thorough key areas or areas that just look extra good. I like to fish the chatter on straight fluoro this time of year in particular. It slows everything down a bit. The jig I also like on straight fluoro. Look for wood with warming dirty water and you should find some big ones.