Turtle Flambeau Flowage
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Species
Northern PikeSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Matted Grass
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Minnows
After the spawn is over, working soft jerkbaits like the zoom super fluke is deadly on big smallmouth! White or pink being the best!
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Working a jerk bait along shore on the rocks produced so many fish for us. The rapala rip stop is a great bait for this. The smallies just chew them up!
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Vertical Jigging 0-9'
Structure
Humps
We casted into swallow rocks and drug a standard walleye jig tipped with either a flathead or a leech and we just killed the smallmouth. We picked up 6-7 species, but mainly football shaped smallmouth...super dark brown!!
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
70°
I fished Turtle Flambeau from August 24th - 27th for my Kayak Fishing Championship 2 day tournament. The weather was cool and water temps ranged from 68-72. There was lots of sunken wood logs and rocks. I found my best and biggest bites in the river part of Turtle River along weed edges. I had a 3inch megabass spark shad in green pumpkin on a 1/4 oz ball head jig hook and would cast it parallel with the weed lines that would have drop offs into deeper water. 9 out of 10 times the fish would grab it on the fall or when I would swim it for a short while after hitting the bottom. The bite only lasted maybe 2 hours and then the Pike started to steal my lures. After that, I would throw a weighted Z Man TRD in the Green Pumpkin Goby like a senko and let it sink to the bottom along the weed edges. Then give it a slow pop up, and they would hit that as well. There were other species that would be caught using the spark shad including Pike, Perch and Walleye. The smallies fought like CRAZY so you couldn't horse them up unless you had braid/heavy line tied on.
KRIS ANDERSON
Bronze Ambassador
8/26/23
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Brush Piles
Water Temperature
72°
Top water across gravel flats and wood structures/ brush piles
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
72°
Had good success around islands with steep contours and access to wind blown points. Slow rolling Keitech on an underspin worked best for bigger bites.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
69°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
74°
Weed edges and old river channels held the best fish. Key bites came on a weighted wacky senko and a 3.3 Keitech.
