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Species
Lake TroutSeason
Ice
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Ledges
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Fishing wobble heads across boulder fields. Caught in august so you have to fish slow and look at your electronics.
Species
Lake TroutSeason
Ice
Technique
Vertical Jigging 0-9'
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Ice out not arrived yet, still fishing thru the little hole.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
70°
Fishing a jig head minnow over isolated boulders close to schools of perch in 25-45 feet of water was key for catching above average size smallmouth.
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
4/8/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Flooded Brush
Ryan Johnson
Bronze Ambassador
9/2/23
Species
TroutSeason
Summer
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Baitfish
Water Temperature
71°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Forage
Bluegill
Drop shot was the ticket for deep summer smallies. The majority were found in 60+ feet of water just off of 30 foot humps. Another good bite came early morning on a ned rig up shallow on points, but the bite didn’t last long.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Chigger craw on a heavy jig pitched into weeds was able to get a reaction bite from bigger largemouth.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Minnows
During this mid-summer trip, fished a variety of cover and structure with 5" hula grubs, weighted, wacky rigged senkos and lipless crankbaits. Caught a mix of largemouth and smallmouth bass mostly located on the edge of cabbage patches in 8' to 14' of water on rocky points until mid day. Moved to deeper rock piles and ledges (15'+) through the afternoon with the hula grub, lipless crankbait and blade bait each fished with a yo-yo type retrieve. Covered lots of water and connected with a number of bass for a great day on the lake.
