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Shawano Lake

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  • ZacJ

    Silver Ambassador

    10/12/24

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Fall

    • Technique

      Frogs/Toads

    • Structure

      Matted Grass

    • Forage

      Bluegill

    • Water Temperature

      61°

    I got out on Shawano lake for a little bit this past weekend, and I was able to catch a couple bass and pike after doing some searching. The lake is turned over and most of the summer vegetation is dead and brown. I fished some dead reed patches and caught a couple small fish, but it was pretty slow. I cruised to the back of a pocket near a marina to shallower area with warmer water (1-3ft), and found some remaining grass that wasn't completely dead. In this same area, some of the dead weeds had formed small isolated this mat areas. I used a frog near these areas and caught some good ones. I also caught come pike on a spook in the same area.
  • 920.outdoors

    Gold Ambassador

    10/5/20

    • Species

      Panfish / Bluegill

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Bobbers

    • Structure

      Lily Pads

    Bobber fishing the lilipads during the bluegill spawn can be incredible! Move around until you find them (which it doesn’t take long) and once you find them, you’re set for a day of fun! Use a small jig with a chunk of crawler and that’s all you need!
  • 920.outdoors

    Gold Ambassador

    12/1/20

    • Species

      Panfish / Bluegill

    • Season

      Ice

    • Technique

      Ice Fishing Jigs

    • Structure

      Submerged Vegetation

    Shawano lake can produce some big bluegills, perch, and crappie once you find the submerged green vegetation, the weeds have to be alive otherwise the fish won't be there for you to catch, a small tungsten jig tipped with waxie does the trick everytime!
  • Omnia Community Member

    Bronze Ambassador

    8/30/24

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Texas Rigs (Worming)

    • Structure

      Ledges

    • Forage

      Bluegill

    • Water Temperature

      74°

    Dragging coontail edges
  • MikeE

    Gold Ambassador

    8/30/21

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)

    • Structure

      Laydowns

    During the tournament we decided to head in to the river, since we didn't find any size in the lake. We fished from 7am - 3pm with one fish on, and it got off boat side. I could count the number of bites on one had...between the two of us. It was a really tough, post frontal day. If I had to do it over again, I would have went back to the lake, and looked for deep water structure.
  • MikeE

    Gold Ambassador

    8/30/21

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Wacky Rigs

    • Structure

      Docks

    Prefishing for a bass tournament I had action (but not size) skipping a white senko under docks on the east end of the lake. The closer to the water the dock was, the more action we had on it.
  • not_famous_crosby

    Gold Ambassador

    8/25/21

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Wacky Rigs

    • Structure

      Docks

    We started fishing weed lines but boat problems pushed us shallow onto docks. We had some action on docks but no size to be found. All in all a disappointing day as I lost a decent fish on a lipless in the weeds early so it could have been a better day.
  • Jason Stegenga

    Gold Ambassador

    7/21/24

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Ned Rigs

    • Structure

      Submerged Vegetation

    • Water Temperature

      81°

    Conditions were flat calm and blue skies today. I concentrated on sharp breaks with good weed lines. I saw a few fish busting out over deep water, but couldn’t get them to commit to anything. All my fish came ripping the Ned rig out of the weed edge.
  • Jason Stegenga

    Gold Ambassador

    7/19/24

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Ned Rigs

    • Structure

      Submerged Vegetation

    • Water Temperature

      80°

    We worked weed lines and specifically the areas where the weed line came to a point further out than the surrounding edge. You could see fish stacked up just outside the weed edge. Ned rigs are one of the most versatile baits out there. You can catch just about any species on them. The ticklerz last all day no matter what fish you’re catching.