Lake Hopatcong
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Lake Hopatcong Fishing Reports
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Prespawn bass on jerk bait violent initial jerks and long long pauses Create violent strikes
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
55°
The males are starting to move up shallow getting ready for the spawn. Got multiple bites on a suspending shallow jerkbait working it with a standard twitch and pause retrieve. Pausing for a few seconds worked best.
Species
Striped BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Water Temperature
55°
Found a school of stripers feeding off of a shallow point. They wanted the jerkbait worked quickly, and hit it on movement with short pauses.
Andrew C
Bronze Ambassador
4/30/23
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
56°
Walleye were active during rainy weather and actively blowing up on bait. Multiple keeper size walleye caught around boulders on Liffy Island in coves adjacent to deep water and released. Slow rolled chatterbait near boulders.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Blueback Herring
The fish were showing up at 10' throughout the lake, I followed that contour line at ledges near grass lines and got down there with a chatterbait and DT 10. The chatterbait got some fish as usual, but the DT 10 was what they were really looking for this time. Stick to natural colors as they've been chasing bait fish all summer.
Species
Striped BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Ledges
Found a big school of fish around 15 ft of water on a drop off, tried a crankbait and chatterbait with no success, so I switched to a dropshot. First cast got hit immediately and we pulled up a 6 pound striper. We were able to get a couple smaller ones after that.
