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    Shawano Lake

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    • Sam Korducki

      Gold Ambassador

      2/5/23

      • Species

        Panfish / Bluegill

      • Season

        Ice

      • Technique

        Ice Fishing Jigs

      • Structure

        Submerged Vegetation

      Fish were very spread out on the lake depending on species. Perch were caught in about 4-5 feet of water in the woods, bluegills in 12, and crappies in the basins. Took a lot of weeding through smaller fish in order to get the bigger ones to commit. Fish were keyed in on smaller 4mm tungstens and 1/32 oz jigging spoons.
    • Omnia Community Member

      Bronze Ambassador

      4/10/22

      • Species

        Crappie

      • Season

        Spring (Spawn)

      • Technique

        Vertical Jigging 0-9'

      • Structure

        Submerged Vegetation

      In weeds
    • 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!
    • Ted Johnson

      Silver Ambassador

      5/21/23

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Spring (Spawn)

      • Technique

        Neko Rigs

      • Structure

        Submerged Vegetation

      • Forage

        Bluegill

      • Water Temperature

        60°

      Fished the Anglers Choice Northern division Sunday on Shawano. Fish seemed to be in all three phases: prespawn, spawn, and post spawn. The majority of fish were in the prespawn or spawn, though, with a few early bedding fish done. Bite was very tough and size was incredibly hard to come by. Finished 8th place with 11.6 pounds, less than a half of a pound from third place, which was just under 12 pounds. The top two spots were over 15 pounds. We caught a majority of our fish in the tournament on trick worms and creature baits in the weeds. In practice we caught some on chatterbaits, zoom ultra vibe speed worms, one good one on a jig (pictured), and senkos as well. We found some beds in practice, but we didn’t have a great boat draw so we stayed a little deeper looking for staging fish.
    • Myles Steward

      Gold Ambassador

      5/29/22

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Spring (Post-Spawn)

      • Technique

        Swim Jigs

      • Structure

        Submerged Vegetation

      • Forage

        Bluegill

      Shallow grass lines
    • 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!
    • Omnia Community Member

      Bronze Ambassador

      7/16/21

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Summer

      • Technique

        Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)

      • Structure

        Submerged Vegetation

      • Forage

        Crawfish

    • Jason Stegenga

      Gold Ambassador

      7/18/24

      • Species

        Walleye

      • Season

        Summer

      • Technique

        Finesse Jigs

      • Structure

        Submerged Vegetation

      • Water Temperature

        80°

      We worked wind-blown weed lines with light tungsten jigs and northland eye candy plastics. We caught northern, largemouth, bluegill, and walleye. The key was throwing into the weeds and slowly working it out across the edge.