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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
59°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Mid September. Found big schools of small perch in submerged vegetation. Slow rolling a bladed swimbait produced a limit plus a handful of shorts. Also found lots of perch up shallow but the bass were not actively chasing and corralling them yet. Water temps were still a little warm for the full fall feed. Found a few fish under docks on the frog too, but they weren't fully committing.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Fishing the deepest new grass as it emerges after ice out. The ecosystem and bait will start to move to the grass once it gets warm enough and the bass follow. Slow rolling a swimbait along the bottom worked best. Drop Shotting a senko with a long leader also produced fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
slow fishing and letting the weightless wacky rig fall underneath the deeper floating docks produced better than shallow docks and cover. Pockets of concentrated milfoil also produced fish.
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'.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
79°
Month: August Weather: Partly cloudy, light wind (less than 5 mph), 80s Water Temp: 78-80 Depths: Deep weed edges 8-16'. 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 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. Fishing the deeper side of these weeds, I found some nice bass with the drop shot slowly twitched back to the boat during a very slow drift. The Poor Boys Erie Darter in Smoke Purple was the best bait, but the ZMan Trick Shotz in The Deal also produced. Moving much shallower than 10' produced more perch short hits and small pickerel than bass interest, so I hugged the deep weed edge and followed that for the duration of the evening. The ned rig found a couple small fish, but the drop shot in lighter colors was much more effective on this day.
6th Sense Ned Fry 4.6 Watermelon Sense / 4 3/5"
Out of Stock
Shimano Vanford Spinning Reel - EOL 3000 / 6.4:1
Out of Stock
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.
