Lake George (33)
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Lake George (33) Fishing Reports
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Docks
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Stumps
Dropped it right in some stumps and it worked great
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
I covered my favorite technique for summer smallmouth on lake George in a previous review. This will be my 2nd favorite technique. I was fishing on the north end of the lake and I was marking fish in 12 feet of water over heavy vegetation. So I was using a ned rig it consisted of a ned rig jig head and a small yum ned crawfish. It was only about an 1 1/2" long and was green pumpkin. I wouldnt jig it or work it at all i would send it down to the bottom and then close my bail and wait and you would see the line start to run a little and then i would set the hook and the fight was on.
WOO! Tungsten Ned Head 1/8 oz / Black
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Trolling 20'+
Structure
Points
Last summer I fished 2 kayak bass fishing tournaments on lake George and the majority of my success came from 2 techniques. I will discuss 1 here and the other in a separate review. The month was August and it was very warm both air temperature and water temperature. The fish pushed out deep and catching them became a struggle. I found the smallmouth were sitting in 40 feet of water around the points of the various islands on lake George. So I tied a Texas rig with a heavy worm weight and put a 3 inch plastic crawfish on it and I would drop it straight down. It would hit the bottom and I would send out lots of extra line then put my rod in its holder and start peddling my kayak around and then as I was pretty much trolling I would get the bite. I ended up catching a lot of smallmouth between 19-21 inches this way.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
50°
Started on deep humps 15 -25’ and caught a bunch of smallmouth on a drop shot and hair jig including a couple of 4 pounders. Moved to the front 1/3 of points near spawn areas with good drop offs and caught small and largemouths on a Yo-Zuri jerkbait in elegy bone. Then we moved to the back of some bays and flipped up a bunch of small male largemouth on both finesse and regular jigs. Great day overall with over 50 fish but only a few nice ones
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
69°
found largemouth in 12 to 20' where there was a mix or rocks and grass. throwing a heavy drop shot and dragging it similar to a carolina rig put a couple of 4 pounders in the boat along with a bunch of 1.5 to 3 pounders
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Pilings
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
65°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
66°
Fishing was a little more consistent today. Drag or crack a Strike King coffee tube on isolated boulders.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
The Shadow Rap Deep Jerkbait in Ghost Shiner color was the ticket to a successful day on Lake George, NY. Largemouth, Smallmouth, and a Lake Trout were caught in 58-60 degree water temperature with a slight breeze from the Southeast. The most consistent bite pattern came from casting the jerkbait outside shallow water markers towards the main lake in 12-15 fow and near points from the main lake to the bays. Look for rock flats and boulders near drop offs and cast from shallow to deep for a bigger Bass bite. Smaller Black bass were caught in 4-6 fow using a Charlie Brewer Slider Grub with 1/8 oz Keitech tungsten jig head.
