Chisago Lake
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Swimbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Flipping pad stems with a crawtube or beaver.
Eric Hoeft
Bronze Ambassador
5/11/24
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hover/Mid-Strolling
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
56°
Casting from the bank or public dock with a slow swim-shake retrieve. Has been a consistent bite getter! Loads of crappie and some nice bass as well.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
Water temps mid 60s with scattered rain throughout the day. Caught a ton of quality fish flippin a crawtube on reed/cattail edges, brush, and whatever I saw in front of me. Also got some bigger bites pitching to light spots which were most likely bedding fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
Caught 78 fish this opener biggest being 4.7 lbs best 5 was 18.53lbs in less then 5ft of water all over in the brush along the shore
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
62°
The bass are spread out. Some are spawning and others are pre-spawn. Caught big females in both deeper water adjacent to spawning areas as well as tucked way back into the spawning areas. Grab a moving bait and cover as much water as possible. Spinnerbait, chatterbait, underspin, paddle tail swimbait, etc.
Jason Kuehne
Bronze Ambassador
5/14/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
61°
Wacky rigs were working great. Fish were in 5-6' off of the weed edge in the afternoon. As it got later in the evening some better quality fish were caught closer to the weed egde.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Topwater Popping
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
Water temp pushing 67 in some areas, air temp in the 60s. Found an early morning bite in way back of bays slowly working a popper around hard cover. If they missed a popper I’d throw a t-rig stick bait as a follow up.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
61°
The small males are up shallow looking for areas to make beds. The larger females are out a little deeper in about 5-12' depending on location. Locate panfish on down imaging or by sight. Short, submerged vegetation and hard bottom areas were key. Cast a retrieve a spinnerbait, swimjig or chatterbait to trick the big girls into biting.
