Shawano Lake
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Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
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!
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
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 / BluegillSeason
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!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
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.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Shallow grass lines
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Dragging coontail edges
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
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.
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