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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Brush Piles
Water Temperature
69°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Bluegill
Fishing in 20-30 feet of water, slowly popping your rod tip with a Googan Squad Slim shake worm.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
73°
Long Lake is a great fishery year round. Right now the smallmouth are feeding in the early morning and late evening. During the heat of the day they will go deeper or cling to wood. Use a Duo Realis in the early morning hours over flats in 3’-10’ of water. Use a jerk, jerk pause cadence. You’ll catch some great fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
Early morning (4:00-8:00) cast a jointed Rapala up into the rocky flats, let it sit and then using a burn / burn / pause cadence reel the Rapala in. Cast at a 45° angle to the shore, and take note of where you get bit. If gosh hit it a couple of times at a certain depth, switch up and cast parallel to the shore at that depth. You’ll get. Some good smallies for sure!
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
80°
Day started out with a couple really nice fish. 2+ pounders. Water cleared up and you could see lots of active fish. Big ones too. However, they did not want what I was offering. Frustrating. However, Always a good day of fishing no matter how many fish I catch... or don't catch. Very grateful. I would say, go early and hit the big fish spots. Then relax with your finesse rigs; drop shot and ned rigs. OR, work the frog all day for that one or two pigs in the lilies. 🌞👍 Check out the video - https://youtu.be/fGE7rytEVVY
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Ledges
Water Temperature
64°
Put in at Spokane Campground launch and we towards damn. Water has cooled off due to the rain however visibility is good at this side of the lake. 8-10 ft. Fishing was phenomenal. I was fishing the ledges 10-15 ft. Caught 30+ fish (all smallmouth). Unfortunately all but 3 were under a 2 lbs. Fortunately one was 4.5 lbs!!! Really fun day and I made the right choice going down river/lake.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Water Temperature
70°
Fishing was very SLOWWWwwww today. The visibility was either 2 ft. or 10 ft depending on where you were in vicinity to the Carp. The flats had active bass that were on a bed or just cruising. The no wind and clear water made them very skittish. Hard to almost impossible to catch. The technique I used was to spot a fish and back off to where I could not see them. Then I would long cast with a ned rig and try to visualize where the fish was. Long day at Long Lake. Caught 3. Biggest was 2.75 lbs
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Docks
Water Temperature
63°
Water has cleared up quite a bit in the last few days. Visibility is 8-10 ft in areas where there are no spawning carp. ie -Lilly pads and shallow vegetation. Fish are very wary and skittish. Long casts and stealth was the key to success today. Caught some nice fish. Found some still on beds. Fishing has slowed down. Beautiful Northwest Day!
