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cmahon2005
Bronze Ambassador
12/30/22
Species
Crappie
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
Drop shot deep weed lines hard bottom areas off points
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
50°
11/08/2021. Mostly cloudy. Water temp 49 to 51 degrees. With my boat in about 10-12 ft of water on the north shore I found coon-tail that's still green. With blade baits I was able to catch bass with stop-and-go retrieve - cranking 4-5 seconds then dropping down to hit the weeds, and repeating.
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
The day started out slow and by the end it was very productive. Highs in the upper 20's and partly sunny. We set up on a basin for bluegills in about 20' of water. Using Kenders tungsten with clam soft plastics we found some decent gills. They seemed to get bored of the colors after a while so we would rotate colors and it seemed to produce quite well. We also had a couple northerns on tip ups throughout the day. Rotating the colors seemed to be the key though as the school moved in and out mid morning to mid afternoon.
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Insects
Drill a lot of holes and be willing to move, once you find them they don’t move much and tend to be aggressive.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Skipping a chatterbait around docks, cover a ton of water
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Humps
Forage
Insects
0
Bluegills were very active on a 14 foot hump that drops off to 19. clam jamei motor oil was the ticket!
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Insects
Drill out the deeper holes on prior and use a spoon to weed out the smaller gills.