Lake Moraine
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Current)
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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Spring
- Medium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')1
- Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)1
Total Fishing Reports
7
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- Largemouth Bass2 Reports
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
59°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
The key was the aggressive retrieve and high sun. Fished one stretch in the morning with everything I could throw at them and nothing, but once that sun came up they sunk right into the grass. A good pair of sunglasses helped to find the tallest weeds in deeper water. Flipping concentrated grass patches or weed lines if you could find them. That thunk is an awesome bite. Find a lot of pickerel this way too especially as you get shallower, so target the bass in the deeper grass.
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
79°
Month: August Weather: Partly cloudy, light wind (less than 5 mph), 80s Water Temp: 78-80 Depths: Weed edges/gaps 5-15'. I fished in the late afternoon/evening after launching from the state launch around 4:40 PM. The Eurasian milfoil around the launch area has covered most of the flat at the northernmost shallow bay, making the area almost unfishable and much warmer (at least 2 degrees) than the rest of the lake. Just outside of the milfoil, as the water level increases, there are some excellent submerged weeds that hold nice bass, crappie, perch and pickerel, and countless schools of baitfish. By targeting both internal and external weed edges with small plastics in black/chartreuse panfish of all varieties were enticed to bite. A slow lift and drop, slow straight retrieve, and medium paced erratic reel and pause were all sufficient in producing quality panfish. Crappie, perch, bluegill and pumpkinseeds were all landed, with several bluegill/pumpkinseeds measuring over 8" (quality fish for the lake) caught. If the retrieve was too fast, pickerel joined the mix of fish caught. Of note, crappie and perch were predominately caught on the deeper weed edges (12-15'), and the bluegill/pumpkinseed were caught in shallower edges/weed gaps in 5-10'.
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