Lake of the Isles
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Lake of the Isles Fishing Reports
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Species
Northern PikeSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Decided to try the lake out before the season ended. I assumed they would be in the basins(20-30ft) but didn't mark anything after checking 2. I did find some good weeds and thats where they all seemed to be(<10ft). Had a good day catching sunfish, crappies, bass. Also saw a bullhead and pike/musky but no bites. The 1/32 or 1/8 Pinhead Pro tipped with minnows/wax worms were the best baits!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
With the grass dying back on Isles treble hooks are finally an option. I have had great success catching numbers and a couple of decent ones mixed in throwing a shallow jerkbait. Work the bait of over the dying grass with a fairly fast cadence. The fish will either hit in the middle of a pop or on the pause. Otherwise, keep colors natural, perch colors, minnow silvers, etc. Good luck!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Got on a bit of an unexpected frog bite this weekend. The pad fields that were too thick to fish a frog through this summer are now very sparse. These pads were perfect for a popping frog. The fish were concentrated on the pads and if you can find pads with laydowns nearby that was even better. Besides location, fish the frog just like you would during the summer. For more info on how I do that check out my other Lake of the Isles fishing report on summer frogging. Take advantage of this bite while you can it will be gone quick!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Pilings
The fall was tough, not many bites but you still can catch em. The most productive tactic was flipping a jig. Found most of the fish flipping around hard cover, concrete, laydowns, pilings etc. I paired these jigs with a craw trailer, and a beaver the colder the water gets. Keeping the trailers simple seemed to help, nothing with any crazy kicking action. Mainly dragging and hopping the jig worked best swimming it did not generate any bites.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Focus on the Texas rig, you are going to want to fish it around submerged vegetation as well as a couple of feet away from the lines of pads running along the bank. When picking a weight you are going to want to run smaller, because the slow fall is usually when you get bit. Try different plastics, senkos, creature baits, anything in the ballpark of 4-6 inches long.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Fishing a frog on the edges of thick mats and over vegetation that has just topped out has been extremely productive. It has caught numbers and really good size, with a 4lb 5ounce kicker fish last week. Both walking and popping style frogs have worked well. All bites have come during typical topwater scenarios. Early morning or dusk, with low wind has been the ticket. Work the frog slow with long pauses in between twitches thats usually when they eat it.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
This here is my current pb largemouth and it was a dream to catch one of these at my age. Now imma talk about what I used and how I use it. I was using my Googan bait green series with Kastking megajaws, and had a 1/4 Googan bait grass hero swim jig green pumpkin with a 3.8 inch keitech white swim bait as a trailer. How I use it was punch or let my jig glide on those weeds and let that paddle tail do the work and make noise on those grasses and they would come up and ambush my lure.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
found some good fish along the weed edges in 10-16 feet of water pitching a drop shot. Nose hooking a Hula Stick with about a 12" lead on above the weight.
