Lake Waconia
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Lake Waconia Fishing Reports
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Insects
Water Temperature
48°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Look for warm water and weeds in 2 to 8 feet of water. The bass come in early to warm up and feed before the spawn. I like to us baits that look like blue gills.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Hair Jigs
Structure
Baitfish
This time of year guys like to get out early after ice out on lake Waconia to get on a crappie bite. Crappies are found moving around in schools 6-14 ft of water. The south shoreline on Lake Waconia becomes a popular spot for guys to find schools of crappies in early spring. They will catch them on little hair-jigs or smaller spinners, but also a lot of guys will be throwing a small jig with a crappie minnow on a bobber.
Species
MuskieSeason
Fall
Technique
Inline Spinners
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Drop boat in at the East landing in the morning with all the other muskie fisherman in the fall. Head to the North side of the lake of the East side. Cast, cast and cast your Mepps Muskie Killer In-Line Spinner 3/4 oz (yes! 3/4 oz) Black/Chartreuse just above the submerged vegetation in 12 to 13 feet of water. Probably running the spinner 6ish ft below the water line. No need to break your back and arms with overly heavy and priced lures at this location. I catch multiple 45"+ muskies a morning out on the water in this location while other get skunked with their giant set ups.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
68°
Where the water was choppy and the bait fish was blowing in, you could throw the chatterbait on the outside edge of the reeds and catch bass. In the more calm, protected bays if you ran the whopper plopper or used the popper across the reeds, there were numerous blowups by good sized males.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Reeds
White/yellow/blue spinnerbaits with forage colored swimbait trailer around reed edges. Morning throw baits around backs of reeds, mid day throw around front edge especially around points.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Reeds
5/18/2021: In the evening. A few spawned out females were in super shallow water, over sand, in between the reeds and shore, and over sand/gravel between docks. A few keeper largemouth were also biting on weightless wacky senkos, shallow, at the edges of the reeds. The larger fish last night came sight fishing a jig and craw trailer, giving them plenty of time to react, and only twitching that jig a bit every 20 seconds or so.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Pitch a chatterbait right up to the shore around and underneath docks positioned on shallow flats with submergent vegetation. Retrieve it as slowly as you can keeping the blade moving and tick it across the tops of the vegetation allowing the blade to stall out occasionally.
