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Species
Muskie
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
60°
Fished the weed edges around the lake targeting 6-12 feet of water. Caught a lot of fish in the 2-3 pound range , fun method to put a lot of fish in the boat. Also good method to catch Muskie
Dylan Sprain
Bronze Ambassador
9/23/23
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
68°
Also mixed in small soft body swim baits.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Lily Pads
I had a tournament out on the Madison Chain of lakes on October 8th. We spent most of our time on menona since the lock to Mendota was out of service. The bite was really tough for us, and could not find fish off shore so resorted to fishing shallow. We found our best luck throwing buzz Baits and chatter baits over submitted vegetation and had some luck doing that. Our best bite came from a dying Lilly pad patch the we fished throwing buzz baits and we had a handful of nice blowups and caught some good fish doing that.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
77°
Largemouth are still heavily relating to bluegill beds. There are a lot of them up shallow in 2-4" with large numbers of bass around. Targeting these fish with wacky rigs is money. The average size isn't huge but you can catch TONS of fish. For better quality bass target the bluegill beds on the weed edges (easy to find with side imaging). I have been fishing these with texas rigged craws and having good success.
Eddie Payne
Bronze Ambassador
6/23/24
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
80°
Spent the day practicing for an upcoming tournament. Finding matted vegetation around shallow bluegill beds seemed to have a few bass hanging around willing to come up for a frog.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
79°
Fished the 2023 Badger State Kayak Championship on Saturday June 23. Figuring out the bite was a little challenging at first. Caught LM bass in the weeds on a frog and the zoom speed worm early in the day, but both were small. Then went to weed edges with a square bill in sexy shad colors and caught a few more. Then went right into the thick of the weeds with a Texas rigged zoom speed worm with 1/4 ounce tungsten weight, 15# fluorocarbon leader, 30# powerpro braid, on a Shimano curado K, omen black casting rod and started catching some quality LM. Give lake monona a try and go right into the weeds and pitch your worm around. You will not be disappointed. I did lose a few because I should have been using a MH or H action rod
Joe
Bronze Ambassador
6/24/23
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
78°
Fishing outside weed edges in 8 to 12 feet of water. Could not get bit flipping anything heavy. Slowed down and tossed a 5/16oz Texas rigged zlinky around the outside weed edges. Took 2nd place with 16.47lbs of large mouth and big bass with a 4.98 large mouth.