Merrill Creek Reservoir
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Species
Trout
Season
Summer
Technique
Trolling 0-9'
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Species
Trout
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
35°
A buddy and I headed out in our kayaks to go after to lake trout using forward facing sonar (livescope). We found lake trout in 80-120 foot roaming 50-80 foot below the surface using rattletraps and blade baits they would come up and destroy the baits. We hooked up on around 5 each but some came off. Super fun day!
Sammy's Baits
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4/20/23
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
52°
Slow bite today. Largest fish was 14 1/2" Fish came on a Sammy's Baits vision 110 style in rainbow trout pattern.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Went out late morning/early afternoon for about 5 hrs. Fished fast tapering point in water from 4 ft to 20 ft. Fish seemed to be in that range. Used finesse football jigs and small chunk. Dragging the jig from deeper to shallow produced the most fish. All in all a great day for late fall.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
60°
Fishing shallow I found quite a few smallmouth spawning. Using a dropshot I was able to cast onto the bed and let the bait do the work!
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Bass are moving shallow, I target Smallmouth bass using Ned heads with Zman in green pumpkin and black and Berkley small 4" worms in motoroil and black.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
I fished rock piles and rip rap shallow dragging a jig and was able to catch a lot of smallmouth bass.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
68°
Hit rocks between 15-25 feet work from shore line.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Humps
Forage
Alewife