Deer Creek Reservoir

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Jan 10, 2025

Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Winter (Current)

12 Fishing Reports

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Walleye1 Report

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Fishing Reports

12 Reports on Deer Creek Reservoir

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TJ_Bassin
Gold Ambassador
4/2/22
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Pre-Spawn)
- Technique
  Hard Jerkbaits
- Structure
  Rock Pile
- Forage
  Minnows
Been fishing Deer Creek about once a week since Januray. It's now April 2nd and ice came off about 2 and a half weeks ago. I primarily fish Deer Creek for smallmouth, largemouth, and walleye but during the early months of the year, I catch a lot of trout on bass and walleye techniques. Fishing for brown trout and rainbow trout between 15-20 inches has been good with Keitech swimbaits, drop shot, and moving baits like jerkbaits and lipless crankbaits. Over the last week I've started finding smallmouth bass moving up on to steep ledges and points. They're sluggish but they'll hit a slowly retrieved jerkbait with a slow cadence. Deer Creek has a lot of small smallmouth and early spring is a good time to find some of the bigger ones before the little guys rule the shallows. Water is cold in the low 40s.
TJ_Bassin
Gold Ambassador
12/2/23
- Species
  Walleye
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
- Structure
  Ledges
- Forage
  Minnows
- Water Temperature
  41°
Still finding a few smallmouth and walleye in deep water. If you're looking for trout, they can be caught by fishing the upper water column with swimbaits and jerkbaits. Smallmouth and walleye are on the bottom in deep water next to sharp drop offs or deep rock structure. We're mostly catching smallmouth and walleye on small swimbaits like the 2.8 keitech fat swing impact. To get down, we're putting it on a 1/0 1/4 Oz jighead. We've found some erratic hops and shakes can trigger fish, but with the colder water, a soft lift and drop has been most productive. If you're casting from the bank, use a football jighead to crawl over rock. A bullet head is great for getting down faster, but will wedge into rock structure. From a boat, it would be a good time to use a hover stroll or damiki rig.
TJ_Bassin
Gold Ambassador
11/19/22
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Drop Shot
- Structure
  Ledges
We found a few nice smallmouth on deep drop offs using a Zman TRD micro finesse bait on a dropshot. It seems like a strange combo, but the floating bait keeps it up off the bottom and has a very subtle action. Whatever approach you take needs to be extremely slow. Slow drag or slow handle turn and then a pause and let the bait marinate for a bit before repeating. For us reaction bait guys, it's a brutal way to fish, but it generated the few bites we needed to catch some November smallies. Best luck came on green pumpkin. If you're a trout fisherman, they seem to be very active and are willing to chase down jerkbaits, swimbaits, and the occasional dropshot. Most are cookie cutter sized rainbows between 14-17 inches.