Fish Lake (46)
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Fish Lake (46) Fishing Reports
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Species
Yellow PerchSeason
Winter
Technique
Vertical Jigging 0-9'
Structure
Baitfish
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
September 22: a cloudy, breezy day. With the boat in only 8' to 9' of water, the bigger bass were biting on the calmer shore on a plopper. You could catch some of the fish that missed the topwater by winding a spinnerbait through the area, or dropping a neko rigged senko in.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
It was slow bite after the sun came up and the topwater bite slowed down. Tied the wacky worm on and threw at week edges and drop offs. A lot of small bass but the action stayed steady.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
50°
Chased schools of crappie throughout the lake. Seemed to be moving with the baitfish in 8-15 feet of water. Tried to find ambush points and/or areas of warmth (rock mixed with emerging vegetation).
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Caught some nice males staging off the rocks on a small basin in 4’ of water. Clarity is only about 18” bobbers with crawlers didn’t get much action. Casting and letting the Boot tail Jig on slack line and hopping it back on a slow retrieve was key.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Ledges
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Lily Pads
2nd Weekend in May. Water teamps 58-60F. Some fish likely spawning, but water clarity does not facilitate sight fishing. Definitely a population of fish still staging to spawn as well. Green Pumpkin or Bluegill colored Chatterbaits / Bladed Jigs were the key. Covering water and grass & any visible cover from 1-4' produced high numbers of catches along with several quality 3lb plus fish. Was difficult to get bit on any other lures.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
80°
Water in this lake is quite stained, and has only maybe 1.5ft clarity so submerged weeds don't grow too deep. Water temp at about 80 degrees. The better quality bass were in 6 to 8 fow on greener submerged vegetation. Chuck-and-winding a white chatterbait worked well to catch several 3 pounders. Retrieved a chatterbait as slow as it would still vibrate, as close to the weeds as possible, and making contact then snapping off the vegetation. Also added a few keeper largemouth with a hollow body frog in the pads and over the shallow weeds at sunset.
Daiwa Tatula SV Casting Reel - EOL Left / 6.3:1
Out of Stock
Shimano Curado K Casting Reel - EOL Left / 7.4:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Fish lake can be super fun, and Tuesday evening July 5th, it was just that. So many frog bites so little time! It was mostly calm and lightly raining. Storms and lightning were around but miles away. Some bites came near openings in the lily pads or near wood, but the key to the better size and numbers of bass was to keep the frog quickly walking over the submerged vegetation that was just touching the surface of the water. This was deeper than the pads, more like 4' of water. Only pausing the frog for a half second every half dozen twitches was enough to give them time to crush it. I usually fish the frog with much longer pauses and work more slowly, but the bass apparently weren't on board with that program. They wanted it moving!
