Oneida Lake
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Oneida Lake Overview
Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Spring
- Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)5
- Ned Rigs3
- Drop Shot1
- Finesse Jigs1
- Hard Topwater (Popping)1
Smallmouth Bass13 Reports
Largemouth Bass4 Reports
Walleye2 Reports
Yellow Perch2 Reports
Chain Pickerel1 Report
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Fishing Reports
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Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
54°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Water Temperature
60°
Flipping lay downs, reeds, under cut banks out closer to the middle of a creek channel has produced great numbers and size.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Humps
Forage
Shad
Fish the edge of the shoals for post spawn smallies. I did best staying on top of the shoal and casting the swimbait off the edge. Key was letting the swimbait sink to the bottom or close and swimming it up the edge.
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