Pool 7 Lake Onalaska
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Pool 7 Lake Onalaska Fishing Reports
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Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Minnows
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
Fall
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Boulders
very slow walks with a decent amount of dead stick time
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
75°
Fish were using wing dams and points to chase and coral Shad. Top water didn’t seem yo get the action like rotating between a blades jig and umbrella rig. Fish were definitely on the hunt and filling up! Just look for the boiling water and you should find catchable fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Minnows
Fishing was super slow wouldn't reccomend making a trip down their any time soon. Caught a few on a frog and one on an A rig off a wing dam way down south. (Lake Onalaska)
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Seemed to be decent amount of shad piled up on logs and rock. Caught a decent amount on a chatterbait whenever I could find bait.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
74°
Late summer early fall, largies are leaving grass but can still.be frogged, and both species are moving to current and sand and rocks. Cover water with walking topwaters and slow down with c rig to clean up good areas.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
76°
Day 1 of the Badger State Kayak Championship. Fish out of Fred Funk landing and went up into the grass fields .fished finesse jigs on the weed edges and open water basins. Also fished wacky with green pumpkin. Caught several fish. Weather was sunny and water was stained. Also water level was lower than normal.
