Lac Courte Oreilles
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Water Temperature
64°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
The fall frog bite is heating up around Sawyer County! Getting out in the nasty weather can produce some great results this time of year. Fish pictured went 5.22
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Humps
Forage
Insects
Found fish deep; 20 to 32 feet related to structure like humps and points. Caught a few fishing on jerkbaits and drop shot, but most came on Half Head and half a MaxScent General on 1/4-ounce head. Dragging slowly produced most bites. Had fish to 4 pounds+. Also, ran into a large school of gar feeding on an insect hatch. Never seen this before on a natural lake. Two hammered jerk baits (Stunna) in 35 feet of water off a point.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
39°
I took two clients out on a guide trip yesterday. The ice went out the previous night and even still had slush on the lake. Fish were holding around cribs and brush piles. They wanted a really slow presentation as you could feel some of the fish come peck the bait before eating.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Perch
Fish were spread out in a range of depths. Fish were caught from 8-35 FOW. If you caught fish there would be a wad of fish allowing you to cycle through a few baits to get a couple extra bites.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Perch
On this day the smallies wanted baits off the bottom so tubes and neds weren’t as successful so we made the adjustment to drop shots and started catching! Deep humps over 20’ that had baitfish on them were key also.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Humps
At dusk some offshore humps in the middle of the lake had walleye schools feeding around the 8-10' range of the shallow islands. Casting at the schools with a 3.8 Fat Swing Impact keitech on a 1/4oz head caught fish out of the schools. Letting the bait fall and then fishing it very slowly off the bottom trigged them.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Humps
Had a cold front come through which made smallmouth pretty finicky. Obvious humps from 14'-20' produced bigger fish but I could only get 1 or 2 bites at each spot. Jerkbaits on points also caught smaller fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Finished a tourney on LCO 7/9 ended up taking 1st the smallmouth hadn’t put on the post spawn weight yet so we fished smallie the first 2 hours then largemouth most of the day. Smallies were cruising shallow rock flats/spines topwater/flukes. The largies in standing cabbage with milfoil clumps mixed in. However the largies weren’t relating to the milfoil during the tournament more cruising in the cabbage
