Lower Whitefish Lake
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
64°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
The big smallmouth are starting to stack up on deeper rock piles. It seemed like the casting location was key as bites were few and far between unless you could make repetitive casts to specific spots. The bites were subtle the fish would grab it and not move. This bite should hold up if the weather stays decent.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Perch
Smallies are cruising the shallows preparing to spawn. Fish are still grouped up and hungry but should be making beds or on beds by the weekend. Cruising sand weed edges and tossing a jerkbait was key. Keep an eye out for dark spots swimming in the sand and chuck a hair jig their way. As the spawn progresses, please try to leave the fish who are on beds alone, this chain has been decimated over the last few years of tournament fishing. Protect these fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Forage
Perch
Most of the quality bass came on about 12-14 feet with grass clumps around. About a 1/4 oz drop shot weight helped the bait get down in the grass.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Trolling 0-9'
Structure
Reef
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
64°
Had a weekend in Crosslake on the Whitefish chain. Did really well on walleyes trolling the X-Rap on top of humps and sand bars. Very simple process, just get your speed and depth and go. Best success came from 9-11pm. Good size fish in the lake, lots of 20+" fish that went back and kept a few eating size for the freezer.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Good bite skipping docks in areas with a pretty clean bottom around the dock but that had weeds out front of the docks
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Reef
Working the deep edges off the reefs and sand bars during low light periods yielded the best results. Start deep and work shallower onto the reefs as night falls. Good mixture of eating size and larger fish.
Quinn Gare Fishing
Bronze Ambassador
6/23/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
On a jig, I used a Strike King Baby Rage Menace Grub in the color Falcon Lake Craw. For my rod and reel side lf things, I used a Daiwa Tatula Elite Pitch/Flip with the ratio 7:1:1 with a 7'3 MH Favorite Balance Casting Rod, I was able to generate a lot of bites using this technique and had a finish of 28th out of 168 boats doing this! Hope this helps you all out!
Species
WalleyeSeason
Summer
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
72°
I spent the last week at a cabin on the Whitefish chain. Had some tough days with changing weather but got the fish patterned by the end of the week. Had 2 techniques that ended up working best. During the daytime and early evening tossing slip bobbers with leeches at the deep weed edges (14-18’) was the ticket. Finding points and saddles worked best. Fish seemed to prefer the pink color. Low light in late evening and early morning pulling a lindy rig/crawler was working best. Look for flats in 18-20’ of water here. Work slow and make several passes, mark your fish and come back over because they were finicky. Make sure to practice selective harvest. There is a good mixture of eating size fish and 25+” fish in the lake.
