Shawano Lake
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Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
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.
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.
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!
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8/30/24
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Dragging coontail edges
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.
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.
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.