Upper Whitefish Lake
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Species
WalleyeSeason
Summer
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Cisco/Whitefish
Daniel Zimmerschied
Bronze Ambassador
8/24/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
73°
Early morning punching mats and outside weed lines. Had to move slow or dead stick. Threw moving baits with no action. Later on during the day the dock bite turned on with the sun out. Deeper docks had the better bites and sometimes pulled multiple fish out. Good luck!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
The numbers of fish were not plentiful, but when you got a bite from a largemouth they were normally very good quality. D-Bombs w/ 3/4oz weights on 4/0 hook was best produced for me, fished from 8 to 14" around weed edges and clumps. Docks also produced some fish as well as isolated pad clumps
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Perch
Skipping the jig under deep docks and letting it sit for a few beats before lifting the rod tip..they tended to hit after that second fall.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
The post spawn largemouth were hard to keep up with and weren't offshore yet. Ended up catching a few bigger fish throwing a frog in lilly pads and picking up others under main lake docks with a jig.
Ben Aeilts
Bronze Ambassador
7/18/23
Species
WalleyeSeason
Summer
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
71°
Walleye League outing on Whitefish - 6pm - 9pm Placed 1st with 10.3 pounds - 6 walleye weighed. Caught total of 11 walleye Trolling crawler harness at 1.1 MPH - on 16 - 22 feet on weed line structure. A bit of red on #6 deep cup blade seem to be the trigger.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
July 6-10 Water temp 74-76 I fished docks and found largemouth holding on the deeper docks where the inside grass line comes up the the end of the dock. Shallow sandy docks were much less productive. I skipped a 1/2oz strikeking skipping jig in green pumpkin under and around docks. Also caught some fish throwing a keitech 3.8 swimbait on the inside weed lines on steep breaks.
Owner InShore Slam Swimbait Head 1/8 oz / 3/0
Out of Stock
Sufix Advance Fluorocarbon 20lb / 200 Yards
Out of Stock
Sufix Advance Fluorocarbon 10lb / 200 Yards
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Fish were in a post spawn funk, I was finding them in or around healthy coontail. My best fish were coming out of the grass around 12-14ft flipping into the thickest patches I could find. Throw your jig in and wiggle it without moving the bait around to much and wait for a good thump.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
71°
Fished main lake coontail and got tons of quality bites. Put some time in scanning looking for the thickest clumps with a nice edge and it had fish every time. 1/2 oz rattling at jig with a craw trailer sealed the deal. Love the main line braid to fluoro leader in the clear water. Super fun day.
