Pool 7 Lake Onalaska
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Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Minnows
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Minnows
First club tournament in my life in La Crosse! Cold, sleeting, and camping that weekend. What did I learn? Fish current, rocks, and any cover. Change up your presentations until you figure out the pattern. Learn to slow down and speed up when fishing. PS: look out for trees and debris. The river changes all the time. If you want more information, contact me at reelingwithrigo on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
74°
Fish were chasing bait hard. Bait was blowing up everywhere. The key was to find areas where the big shad were. Smallmouth were using wingdams and laydowns to corral bait. Bladed jig caught a few but the main ticket was the A-Rig ran just sub surface where bait was present. Was throwing the arig on 7'4' bassX with a 8.8:1 piscifun alijoz 300 reel.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Laydowns
The bass are pushing bait back into the backwaters. Slack water areas off the main channels are key. Short casts/pitches with a 4ct pause seem to be working best to elicit strikes. The biggest fish are coming when you work the bait through the heart of the laydown out to the tip or working the bait parallel to the deep side of the laydown. This technique also works for large crappies, perch, and pike.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Rip Rap
Water Temperature
56°
Along with jigs and tubes for back water rip rap we targeted wing damns and sand drops. You could also use a 5inch stick bait. Jerk them up to the edge of of the structure before it drops and kill it at the drop.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Boulders
very slow walks with a decent amount of dead stick time
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
60°
Weed flats and guts leading into spawning pockets. If cloudy and windy cover water with chatterbait popping thru weeds. When sun is high and water is calm fan cast wacky stick worms in same areas where bass are staging
Shimano Mastiff FC Fluorocarbon 16lb
Out of Stock
Shimano SLX XT Casting Reel - EOL Right / 7.2:1
Out of Stock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
62°
Spawning smallies on hard bottoms with light to no current around rocks.and stumps. Drop shot small tubes to convert catches. Practice catch and release.
Walleye
