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Lake O' the Pines Fishing Reports
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
67°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Water Temperature
67°
Fish were holding tight to grass in flat areas, in the mornings at sunrise you could catch a few on spinner baits or chatter baits, Plenty of fish on beds and those staging to move up shallow
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Water Temperature
60°
Cold mornings at 33 degrees. Skies were mostly sunny. Brisk winds from the north as a huge cold front had moved through. The weightless lizard in Green Pumpkin/Purple worked best for me on a spinning rod throwing up against the buck brush and in pockets of hydrilla in shallow areas. Caught 21 bass with the largest being 18.75 inches.
HotbaitZoom Lizard 6" Green Pumpkin / 6"
Out of Stock
Zach Gibbons
Bronze Ambassador
3/16/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
57°
Bass were hitting spro bronze eye frogs before the cold front came in. After the water temp dropped 5 degrees the jackhammer and wacky worm caught them well.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Docks
The fishing at Lake O' the Pines is fixing to be really hot. Unfortunately this past weekend it was a bit of struggle with post frontal conditions and an abundance of fishing pressure. None the less the fish are wanting to get up and around the bank with water temps in the mid to lower 50's. There are still some fish out off the bank that haven't quite gotten ready to make the move to prepare to spawn, but I think with some warmer weather you will start to see those fish transition as well. The lake is fairly low right now so stumps, docks, and rock are the most prominent shallow water cover right now. Fishing rocking points with either a jerkbait or crankbait right now is a good way to try and intercept those fish that are one the move. Once in the shallows a flipping jig, chatterbait, or shakey head are your best bet to get a bite. For those fish still hanging offshore a football will be the ticket focusing on brushpiles, hard spots, and other offshore structure.
Species
CrappieSeason
Winter
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Fish in 9 foot drop offers into 16 feet were the brush piles are..
Species
CrappieSeason
Winter
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Brush Piles
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
I fished the Collegiate Bass Trail of Texas event on Pines on 02/19/22. After catching about 12-13 pounds in practice the day before, the tournament day was unfortunately a little tougher, and my partner and I were only able to put together a small limit for 10.91 pounds, which had us finishing probably somewhere in the middle of the field in a field of around 60 boats. We caught all of our fish dragging jigs and ned rigs and working a weightless yamamota fat Ika on underwater bridges and roadbeds in anywhere from 10 to 20 feet of water. The weather was sunny with basically no wind all day, with temperatures in the mid 20's in the morning and warming up into the high 60's later in the day. The water temperature throughout the portion of the lake we fished ranged from 49 to 55 degrees and the water visibility was between 1.5 to 2 feet. The bite was slow as we only caught 7 fish total all day and were fortunate to land the 5 keepers that we did to fill out our limit. You had to be extremely precise on your casts and work your bait extremely slow and methodically to get them to bite, but when they did bite, they got the bait good. It was a fun tournament and I thank you all for reading my report. The picture included is the picture of our limit we weighed in the tournament. Tight lines everyone!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
I went out on the lake on 02/18/22 to practice for a collegiate tournament with my tournament partner. The weather started off cold in the morning with outside air temperatures in the low 30's and then warming up to the low 50's later in the day. There was almost no wind at all, and it was bright and sunny all day. The water temperature throughout the day ranged from 48 to 54 degrees and there was about 1.5 to 2 feet of visibility throughout the areas of the lake we checked. We caught 8 fish total and had a 5 fish limit of around 13 pounds fishing offshore rock piles in 10 to 20 feet of water with a Ned Rig and a Jig, as well as utilizing our forward facing sonar to catch some on an Alabama Rig. Later in the day when the sun got up and warmed up the water, we were also able to catch some on the bridges with a ned rig and the rip rap along the dam with a weightless tube style bait. All in all it was a good day of practice and we hope to catch a big bag in our tournament tomorrow, wish us luck. As always, thank you for reading my reports! Check out the picture attached to the report to see a pretty nice spotted bass I caught early in the morning on a rockpile!
