Fairfield Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Dec 20, 2024

Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)

13 Fishing Reports

45 Followers

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Fishing Reports

13 Reports on Fairfield Lake

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T-White
Blue Ambassador
12/19/21
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
- Structure
  Submerged Vegetation
- Forage
  Shad
I went out with a buddy on 12/18/21. We fished from sunrise to around 4:00 PM. It was overcast all day and the wind was blowing between 10 and 20 miles per hour sustained all day. We originally started throwing chatterbaits up shallow, but after about 30 minutes with no bites, we pulled off the bank into about 8 to 15 foot of water and worked jerkbaits, rattle traps, swimbaits, and wacky rigs in that depth zone where the grass begins to taper off and become more scattered. We were using the forward setting on livescope to find fish suspending over the grass edge in those depth zones, and then casting our baits to them and working them in front of the bass, watching them eat the baits on the screen. There seemed to be a lot of bass suspended under pods of bait, but most of them would not commit to our lures as we worked them by. We also had a few bites that felt pretty decent dragging jigs along the bottom in 12 - 15 feet where there is a hard edge in the grass due to its inability to grow any deeper, but were unable to land most of them. The last time I was at the lake, we caught over 50 fish and had a limit of 17.5+ pounds, so this trip was much tougher as we only landed around 15 fish and only a few of size. However, several large fish were hooked and came off, and we estimated that if we had landed all of the bites we had we could have had a 20+ pound limit, so the quality of bites was still there despite a drastic decline in the quantity of bites from our last trip out. The water temperature on the lake was between 61 and 65 degrees fahrenheit and it was between 65 and 80 degrees fahrenheit outside the duration of the trip. The fishing was definitely slower than usual and the bite was off, if I had to do it again I would make some more adjustments, maybe changing the color or profile of the baits I was throwing a little more often until I found something that the fish were actually committing too, as we had no problems generating bites, but had a tough time landing the bites we got. Nonetheless, the fishing was still fairly productive and using livescope to find suspended fish was crucial to us having a successful day. I have included a photo of some of the better fish my buddy caught while we were out there, thank you for reading, I hope this report can help you all catch some fairfield giants!
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
12/12/22
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Blade Baits
- Structure
  Points
- Forage
  Bluegill
- Water Temperature
  61°
Found pre spawn fish staging on points going into shallow creeks black and blue jack hammer D chunk trailer 8 bites all day but good fish.
Zachary Ansley
Silver Ambassador
12/11/22
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Hard Jerkbaits
- Structure
  Submerged Vegetation
- Forage
  Shad
Using mega 360 I found the grass ending in about 8 foot of water and used a jerk bait parallel with the grass edge