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Duke
Bronze Ambassador
10/19/24
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
53°
Duke
Bronze Ambassador
10/19/24
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
57°
Fished around and weed lines in 8 to 15 feet of water.
Duke
Bronze Ambassador
10/12/24
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
62°
I caught this 4 pound Small mouth fishing docks.
HotbaitBerkley Choppo 3 1/2" / Bone
Out of Stock
Species
Yellow PerchSeason
Fall
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Found a big school of good perch over 10"s using fatheads targeting the best remaining live grass. I would rig a drop shot setup and pull the weight into a weed line and the perch would come over and eat the minnow right on the grass edge while the weight was hung up.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Fall
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Perch
We found some active birds and walleye were underneath the schools of little perch. Hopping blades or swimbaits off the bottom and then letting them fall was the key.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Perch
Need to find unique features within the expansive shoals on Oneida. The Carolina Rig allows you to get that constant feedback of the structure and identify bottom transitions and find the honey holes. Vary up leader length, bait selection, and retrieve speed to dial it in. In the summer that extra kick of the speed craw seemed to get more bites and a consistent long sweeping pull along the bottom for retrieve helped. Fish were spitting up little perch, feeding up as the nights and water are cooling off in the end of summer and seemed to take their focus. For baits, retrieves, and leader locating fish the speed craw on 24" was the starting place and a stick bait and dead drag on 40" was my stopping point. A super fluke or SF jr. is a solid bait for when you want that baitfish profile and subtle movement too.
Species
Yellow PerchSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
In early September, with water temperatures moving into the lower 70s, and a light wind (2-3 mph) from the east, perch of mixed sizes were beginning to school in deeper weeds (10-14'). When the Zman Micro Finesse plastics were fished just into and along weed edges with a pop/drop/pause cadence, perch bit on the pop and pause quite frequently. There were a variety of colors and shapes that produced fish, but the Tiny TicklerZ was by far the most consistent. As the water temperatures continues to drop these baits will likely produce in even greater numbers.
Species
Northern PikeSeason
Summer
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
74°
On a late August trip (water temp approx. 74), with moderate wind (5-7 from the NE), I fished ledges just outside of weed beds along the area just north of the state park beach and on the southern side of the river channel. Weeds terminated in roughly 12' of water, and fishing depths from 12-17' produced chasers on Keitech plastics. Live bait spinner rigs, tipped with half a nightcrawler induced bites. The fish weren't trophies, but they were beautiful fish, and provided a great fight.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
I launch from the state park at sunrise in late summer and fish the western shoreline, the buoy line outside of the beach, the weed flat to the north of the beach, the ledge outside the pin buoy line extended north of the beach, and the ledge at the edge of the river channel headed toward the backsets. While there were numerous school of baitfish gathered on weed edges and over rocks/boulders and lots of fish breaking the surface in 6'-10' of water, there was little action on top-water or swimbait presentations. Even the typical pickerel seemed shy, which is rare on Delta. A solid northern was caught on a live bait rig, and a couple small perch were enticed by small swimbaits. The only thing that produced smallies with any consistency was the dropshot. Cast on the deep side of ledges just beyond weed lines and fished slowly back to the boat, several different plastics worked. The best colors were lighter in nature, with ZMan's The Deal leading the way in getting bites.
