Crystal Lake
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
50°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Night bite, 12-3am. I just follow the contour, anywhere between 20ft and 12ft is where they seem to hang out. Drag a shakeyhead and other bottom contact baits and they'll eat.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Spybaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Lots of fish caught way out deep on spy baits. They weren't biting the usual jig, so I threw my spy bait in the same areas and got them to commit. I let it sink maybe 10-15ft and slooooow retrieved it.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Hot, calm day today. Fish were deeper than usual, around 20-25ft. Anything that gets down far enough will get them. Got them off bottom with jig, Shakey heads, and a lipless crank, also managed to get them to come up with my deepest diving crank which would still only get down to 8-10ft. Smaller than average fish, with a few larger ones mixed in.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Ledges
Tossed jerkbaits on dropoffs near flats or shallow areas. Water is still very cold, long pauses worked out the best.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Late report, I fished 6/27/21. This is a finesse heavy lake! Absolutely crushed them on all things finesse pretty much. Dropshot in all colors was king. Best bet is to stay in the 15ft+ range and target the isolated weed patches. Super clear lake so anything shallower than that seemed like it didn't hold fish at all. Got them on dropshots, finesse jigs, ned rigs, and weighted wacky worms in all the same areas. Find the deep isolated patches of weeds, find the fish. Good luck!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Decided to practice my crank game today. Tried keeping my crank just barely above the weeds just so I could tick the tops of them. Considering it's my weakest technique I think I did great today. Nothing of size, but the numbers were definitely there. Great July 4th evening.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
43°
Water temps stayed around 43 degrees everywhere I went. Threw jerkbaits around 15 ft of water along weed lines. Kind of slow still, but they'll bite.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Ledges
Water Temperature
50°
Finally a good day on the boat! Crystal lake is one of my favorite local lakes. Started off fishing like I would during summer, bottom of drop offs in around 15-17ft. Caught several that way. We tried shallow afterwards which I would never usually do but we ended up catching a lot that way too. Fish are pretty scattered right now, not in their usual spots. 5-17ft will have fish, seems like they're roaming around still. 50 degree water temps, no beds, they're still getting ready to stage up. Bottom contact baits and jerk baits produced well today.
