Forest Lake Fishing Reports

Gold Ambassador

11/23/19

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Submerged Vegetation

Forest Lake is an awesome fishery. Unfortunately the lake has been downhill the last few years since it is in the main area where most Highschool teams schedule their events. There are thee lakes all attached by large channels. You can fish each lake completely differently to switch up styles and try to target the larger fish utilizing different techniques. Typically on the North lake, topwater is very productive using frogs, poppers, buzz baits and frogs around vegged out docks, reed points or burn over submerged veg that is barely topping out on the water surface. The middle lake is known to be good for finesse on the humps, and if you find matted veg, I would suggest flipping it. The South lake, I would mainly focus on docks and punching milfoil if you can find the isolated clumps with hard bottom. This will take some time scanning and trial and error until you find these sweet spots. This should be ample information for any angler to get a good start on this body of water. Good luck!

Travis Newville

Gold Ambassador

1/6/23

Species
Crappie
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Crappie

Lots of little ones but the bigger ones are either in the basins or on weedlines.

Hotbait

Clam Snow Drop XL Jig - EOL Watermelon Candy / 1/32 oz

Out of Stock

Clam Snow Drop XL Jig - EOL Mango Melon Spot / 1/32 oz

Out of Stock

Clam Maki Plastics Jamei - EOL Glow / 1 1/8"

Out of Stock

Clam Maki Plastics Maki - EOL Motor Oil / 1 1/4"

Out of Stock

Joe Ponessa

Gold Ambassador

9/29/21

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill

Always a dock bite on this lake, but in the fall it seems to be most consistent.

Hotbait

Outkast Tackle Cage Feider Jig 1/2 oz / Money Craw

$7.99

Daiwa J-Fluoro Samurai Fluorocarbon Line 20lb / 220 Yards

Out of Stock

Shimano Curado MGL 70K Casting Reel Right / 7.4:1

$249.99

Shimano Zodias Casting Rods 7'2" / Heavy / Fast

$229.99

Angling with Aric

Silver Ambassador

9/8/24

Species
Walleye
Season
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows

Fish drop-offs going from approximately 20 down to 25, they are sitting near bottom waiting for a Ned to be dragged or popped on by. I’m not sure if it was the cold front this past week, but I had to really slow things down to get a bite. Fish that Ned painfully slow.

Hotbait

Z-Man Finesse TRD Pro Yellow Perch / 2 3/4"

$3.99

WOO! Tungsten Ned Head 1/4 oz / Green Pumpkin

Out of Stock

Brandon Garrett

Gold Ambassador

3/2/20

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Points

Josh Traxler

Silver Ambassador

3/4/20

Species
Crappie
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation

Dan Amundson

Gold Ambassador

3/17/20

Species
Crappie
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Humps

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Silver Ambassador

8/18/22

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Open Water/Basin

I fished from the public dock by the 1st boat launch access. The water there had some vegetation but not a lot. The water was clear and shallow. You can see straight down til 5ft, then that is when the color line started. I cast towards open water towards the swim area side. Small strikes with only a very small fingerling largemouth. Others fishing on the same dock in the area caught a nice 4lber.