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Spirit Lake (8)
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Spirit Lake (8) Fishing Reports
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Smallies were still out deep and they would bite a tube or ned but also a Vision 110+1 or 110+2. Everything needed to be fished slow and it bite was its best when the wind was its strongest.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
39 - 41 degree temps so had to fish very slow as the bite was tough, crawl on the bottom in max depth of 10 ft or less
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
40-50 Degree Water temps, Megabass Vision 110 and 110+1 in natural shad based colors. Longer pauses in colder temps. Fish will relate to different depth ranges, figuring out where in the water column to target fish is the key to successful jerk baiting this time of the year.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
46°
Very simple but definitely took some time. All I was doing was making as long of casts as I could make and just reeling it back in slowly. If you happened to get gunked up with the dead vegetation on the bottom then you might get a bite when you pop it clean.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Hair Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Use bright color hair jigs for finessing these large females on beds on rock piles in 10-15 foot. Scan around Angler's Bay and find rock piles mixed with hydrilla and coontail for the bigger mamas.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
58°
Outstanding pre-spawn bite on Spirit. Found fish all over the typical spots- boulders and gravel transitions off Big Stoney, Little Stoney, and Red Nose Point(s). Started with a Jerkbait, but changed to football jigs and found success. Fish were deeper than expected. Slow dragging followed by aggressive hop produced the most strikes.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Bass were staged in 8-10'. Running buzzbaot over submerged veggitation worked very well.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Reeds
Water temp 54, water gin clear. Tons of bass crossing the reed edge in 3.5 fow. Gotta get shallow in the reeds to hide from them. Cast to the reed edge and work back into the reeds with your jig doing the double hop. Picking up 2-3 pounders right now. Big girls haven't quite moved in yet.
