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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Tommy
Bronze Ambassador
4/27/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
52°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
63°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
60°
Week of 05/15/2023 Had 3 trips this weekend and boy was it a blast ! The bass have officially moved to beds; you can see them scattered all across the lake both Smallmouth and Largemouth. You can also see a lot of them roaming around the same areas but they are snakebitten, and they only have one thing on their minds and that is to spawn. This is the first wave or so I want to say, not entirely sure the first time I have ever both seen Smallies and Largies on beds together next to each other as well ! Please please please if you are bed fishing practice catch and release and do not put these fish in the livewell for a picture at the end of the day, or keep for dinner. I understand your license is your choice but to keep spawning fish will hurt Delavan in the long run. Pike have been all over the place 5ft-20ft jerkbaits in firetiger, swimbaits (5/16oz-3-4/0 hook jig head color does not matter) 4 inch biggmouth fishing swimbait. Key for these is a glob of super glue from the jighead to the plastic u wont burn through them because of how they bond together. Anything with one hook I have been utilizing to allow me to not get the cold water algae which has still been terrible. A LS Lures pinhead does great due to its shutter style and weed cutting abilities. Crappie were loaded on secondary points off of browns and willow point in 10-17 ft, I saw quite a bit mixed in with the spawning bass but did not target them. Panfish had been mixed in with the crappie, a Bojangle lil spermy in white paired with a 64th oz red or black cubby head on a slip bobber set at 1.5 ft with a spike or waxie. Walleyes: Netted 1 12 incher tried targeting but could see them swimming on live-scope but they would not eat. Lots of rumors of people seeing muskies wonder why ? Tip of the week soft split rings on jerkbaits for fish just barely taping it allows for great hookup percentages ! Lake should be on fire in a week or so. Have some openings for the month of June as well ! (Open dates in May left 27th,28th, Half Day 29th). Joe won big bass this week with a Delavan whopper 5.02 lber !
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
Fish were spawn to post spawn fry guarding. Lots of bass chasing bluegill around. Slop was hard pushed along the shorelines and bass would attack the frog on slop. Don’t underestimate the power of a frog for fish spawning under mats. Also caught fish over a shallow early pad field with the buzz bait. The thicker the weeds the better strikes.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Docks
Water Temperature
69°
Managed to get a limit of smallmouth and a few largemouth mixed in on a drop shot before the wind and pleasure boat traffic picked up. After the chop came out, I switched over to a bladed jig and caught several pike and a legal walleye just outside the break wall.
Tommy
Bronze Ambassador
6/8/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
While the hot bait was the wacky worm, this fish was caught with a spro 3/8 oz spinnerbait in bluegill with a keitech Fat Swing trailer. I dipped the paddle tail in red die worm coloring.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
71°
Good day of fishing. Bass are definitely post spawn at this point. Best success was working weed lines in 10-15 ft of water. Catching both largemouth and smallmouth.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Hover/Mid-Strolling
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
71°
Was out fishing for largemouth and smallmouth. Caught quite a few on the crush city freeloader. Also caught some on a dropshot and Texas rig. Most fish I was catching were in 10-15 feet of water on weed lines. Also caught many pike on the same techniques.
