Marion Lake Fishing Reports

Blue Ambassador

12/31/19

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation

Once Summer hits on this lake, there are two predominant patterns for quality & quantity of bass bites. Finesse fishing on deep weed edges and bottom transition areas with jig worms, drop shots and neko rigs. Fish light line & often times super slow is the best. Your other alternative is to flip thick milfoil and coontail clumps with heavy punch rigs or jigs and cover water until you can find mini-schools. Natural colors seem best on this lake.

Hotbait

BassTEK Tungsten Free Weight 3/8 oz

$7.29

Yum Dinger Worm 5" Watermelon/Red Flake / 5"

$3.79

Yamamoto Daiwa Neko Fat Green Pumpkin / 4"

$8.49

VMC Finesse Neko Hook 1/0

$4.99

VMC Neko Hook #1 / 6 Pack

$3.29

VMC Neko Weight 1/16 oz / Natural

$3.99

Sufix Invisiline Fluorocarbon Leader 8lb / Clear

Out of Stock

Nate Hunhoff

Gold Ambassador

2/10/23

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill

Drag a dropshot on rock spines and weed edges

Hotbait

Roboworm 6" Fat Straight Tail Worm Aaron's Magic / 6"

$4.79

Roboworm 6" Fat Straight Tail Worm M.M. III / 6"

$4.79

Roboworm 6'' Straight Tail Worm MM III / 6"

$4.79

Zoom Trick Worm Green Pumpkin / 6 1/2"

$6.19

Rich Lindgren

Blue Ambassador

11/17/24

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
47°

Keyed on green grass clumps in 6-10' of water, slowly crawling and lifting lipless crank through grass to catch largies and pike

Hotbait

Strike King Tungsten 2-Tap Red Eyed Shad Lipless Crankbait Chartreuse Sexy Shad / 2 1/2"

$7.89

Strike King Red Eyed Shad Lipless Crankbait 2 1/2" / Sexy Shad

$6.99

Berkley Trilene Big Game 15lb / Green / 900 Yards

Out of Stock

Dobyns Rods Champion XP Crankbait Rods 7'6" / Medium-Heavy / Fast - 765CB Glass

$249.99

Nate Hunhoff

Gold Ambassador

3/30/23

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill

Slipping back into to some skinny areas with the yak and working a frog over mats.

Hotbait

SPRO Bronzeye Frog 65 Midnight Walker / 2 1/2"

$11.99

Teckel Sprinker Frog - EOL Pearl White / 4 1/2"

Out of Stock

SPRO Bronzeye Frog 65 Killer Gill / 2 1/2"

$11.99

SPRO Bronzeye Poppin' Frog 60 Albino / 2 1/3"

$11.99

PowerPro Spectra Braid 50lb / Moss Green

$18.50

Lonnie Luce

Silver Ambassador

9/26/22

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill

good quality fish outside of weeds in 10+ ft. water temp 65

Hotbait

Outkast Tackle Stealth Feider Jig 1/2 oz / Black Sapphire

$8.99

Berkley PowerBait MaxScent Chigger Craw 3" / Black Blue Fleck

$8.99

Sufix 832 Braid 30lb / Low-Vis Green / 300 Yards

$31.99

G. Loomis GLX Casting Rods - EOL 7'5" / Heavy / Fast - 894C JWR

Out of Stock

Joey Vanyo

Blue Ambassador

5/13/20

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points

The bass have been staging on the main lake and secondary points. Look for areas with scattered rock piles/openings in the submerged vegetation in less than 6 FOW. Minnow profile baits have been working best on the drop shot.

VMC Spinshot Drop Shot Hook #2 / Black Nickel

$4.59

VMC Tungsten Drop Shot Weight 3/16 oz / Natural

$7.29

VMC Tungsten Drop Shot Weight 1/8 oz / Natural

$7.29

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Gold Ambassador

5/15/24

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
67°

Could not get bites on chatterbaits or frogs. Thankfully fish did bite Keitechs. Water seemed too warm for this early in the season (did we miss the spawn?) Fish were shallow, scattered and generally disinterested. Lots of pike.

Hotbait

Keitech Fat Swing Impact 3.8" Sun Gill / 3.8"

$6.49

Gambler Lures Big EZ Swimbait Killer G / 5"

$5.99

David Dunham

Gold Ambassador

5/18/22

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill

Burning in fast from the weed line with spinners into lily pads was a fast way to get the aggressive pre-spawn bass into the boat. It was still a fire bite, and extremely entertaining to watch the bass track down this spinner and hammer it.

Hotbait

Mission Tackle Spinnerbait Colorado 3/8 oz / Chartreuse

$1.99

~~$2.99~~

Chompers Skirted Twin Tail Grub 4" / Watermelon Red

$5.29

~~$6.99~~

David Dunham

Gold Ambassador

5/18/22

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crappie

Running over and into submerged vegetation was the ticket to win it today with white/chart chatterbaits with trailers. Gary Yamamoto zako swimbaits were a great hitter as well as Zoom 5" flukes, match the forage, or go high visibility.