Deer Creek Reservoir
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Current)
Deer Creek Reservoir Overview
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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Spring
- Hard Jerkbaits1
Total Fishing Reports
12
Top Species Reported for Spring
Largemouth Bass2 Reports
Yellow Perch2 Reports- Smallmouth Bass1 Report
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Crawfish
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
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.
Species
Yellow PerchSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Rock Pile
Smallmouth bass are starting to move up shallow and beginning to spawn. Through tubes, wacky rigged senko's, in the shallow gravel areas in the lake in the coves, and backwater. A ned rig is also a great way to get em.
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