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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Docks
Post spawn while the fish are up shallow yet there is a magical period of the year on this lake where you can absolutely hammer the bass on a whopper plopper. I prefer the bone color in 90 or 110 size.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
43°
Lines are freezing and largemouth are in a feeding frenzy. Jerkbait bite was on fire and jig as a follow-up was great after they missed the jerkbait
Species
WalleyeSeason
Fall
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
67°
Braved the big winds and found the fish on windblown shore lines with sparse weeds in about 14-16 feet of water. Easiest way to find them was to troll a tungsten bullet weight and slow death rig while watching side scan and livescope. You then could spot lock on the fish and cast to them. A 3/16 ned rig and a big zman trd seemed to work well. Most would hit the bait before it hit the bottom. The fall bite isn't quiet here yet but with cooling temps in the forecast, hopefully we can get that fall bite that everyone loves!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Largemouth bass were stacked up shallow along the bank in areas that had sand patches mixed in with shallow grass and docks. If you could see patchy bright sand spots mixed in with vegetation, you were on a fishy stretch of bank. Fish were roaming around everywhere so you just had to drift around shallow and fan cast. Some fish were definitely under docks as well. An occasional smallie was caught mixed in with all the largemouth.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Pitching into pockets of reeds for reaction bites.
Matt Meyer
Bronze Ambassador
9/13/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Bluegill
Fish were schooled in 15-18’ of water near points, weed lines and drop offs.
Species
Northern PikeSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Ledges
Fishing weed lines and 9-12' deep holes in the weeds, 3/8 or 1/2 chartreuse/white or bright green/white with white
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Fished the last stop of the MinnYak Bass Fishing League and caught so many fish on a Jigworm that I lost count. Picked up a couple stragglers on a spinnerbait and DT 8 and also picked off a couple throwing a swimjig through the pencil reeds.
