Eagle Lake (40)
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Eagle Lake (40) Fishing Reports
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Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Humps
I had great luck in 30ft of water mid February. I was jigging 4mm jigs with plastics and live bait. Fish were lethargic but once you found the right color such as wonder bread or gold the fish woke up. When marking fish don't give up they will start biting late afternoon early evening.
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Light tackle was key. Water temps were freezing. Cast out and let it sit for a little bit then slow retrieve it in. 1/80th jigheads in orange, chartreuse and or pink worked best.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Reeds
This lake can be really fickle at this time of the year. If you figure out the right presentations you can do decently. In the late Fall I will usually target the deepest reed patches that have some life still in them. Flip them and dissect them to the best of your ability. If that doesn't work, find some good offshore weedlines that are starting to die down and use a jerk bait to rip over the tops of the weeds that are left. Give yourself long pauses in-between your jerks and usually they will come out of the grass and smash on the pause. Ned rigs, can also prove to be good on the lake during a tough bite, but you need to really figure out where the fish are clumped up. Tight lines!
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
40°
The canal on Eagle lake just started producing. Lots of other anglers fishing the canal. Only managed a small bluegill and lost one big bite that almost took the rod out of my hands. Left of parking lot is where the crappies are mostly staged. Use bobbers and minnows or bobbers and small 1/32nd hair jigs. Air temp was 47 degrees and water was still a bit cold, felt around high 30’s maybe low 40’s. Need more warm up for more crappies to start coming in. Good sign is the sunnies are already coming in, so they crappie spawn should be happening soon as they are ready!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
The best fish came off of the end of docks, wacky rigging stickbaits. I also caught a few fish with a swim jig. Saw a few bass cruising in 2-3ft of water, but no beds yet.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Bluegill
This day was clear/sunny weather. The wind was 5-12mph and water visibility was around 10ft. I started out catching fish using a topwater popper along the shade line/shore/docks. As the wind picked up I started using a Texas rigged stickbait (weightless) on docks and reed edges. This produced the better quality fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Threw the whopper plopper all around grasses and lilies. One pike hit it hard in about 2 feet of water. A bass tried to strike it in about the same place but missed. I also threw a wacky worm around docks with no luck,
Species
Northern PikeSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Hair Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Out kayaking and landed a few nice pikes! The pikes are hiding in submerged vegetations ambushing preys such as bluegills and other bait fish. Lots of small hills and minnows were seen cruising around within the submerged vegetations. This is the best time to target pike and bass as the vegetations are not fully grown yet. The shore lines were holding large mouth and very fat sunnies still full of eggs. With the hot weather and rain in forecast, they fish should be making their beds and spawning soon. Used hair jigs (Firetiger pattern was key) and chatter style baits. Hair jigs were the ticket! Did lose a big hit on a chatter style bait. Did not see what it was, but it was heavy. Good luck out there!
