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Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Laydowns
During a league night here we were able to secure our limit by fishing the line of bouy's/ emergent vegetation that is between the white bear beach boat launch Ordway's Bar. We fished the the far west side, staying strictly on the north side of the bouy's.. See photo. Cast drop shots as close to the vegetation as possible, bounce slow reel ect, back to boat.. Roboworm worked best. We caught our limit here and lost a few decent ones. Not super easy to catch quality here from my experience, one or two kickers and you got a shot to win. 12-14 lbs.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Drop shot deep (12+ feet) weed edge, coon tail patches. Find the hard bottom to weed line transitions. Utilize your electronics to find those transitions.
HCPA Bass Fishing Team
Bronze Ambassador
4/26/23
Species
Crappie
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
42°
The HCPA Team was out practicing at White Bear Lake today, fishing for Crappies. We were there from 4pm to around 6pm. We did not catch any Crappie but we did catch a few Northerns. The Crappies seem to still be staging and has not fully committed to spawn yet.
Species
Northern Pike
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
61°
Actually had this northern follow my bait back to my boat while I was reeling in, just messing around using the shakey head to go just over the tops of weeds like a swim bait. He turned around when he saw the boat, but I cast again and did the same thing and he took it. Might try this again in the future.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
61°
Slightly slower than my usual crank bait retrieve, but after thinking about my day of fishing... I'm wondering if I would have gotten better results if I had fished faster. Varied intervals of retrieval with occasional pops over the weed beds and holes in the weed beds
Species
Crappie
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
65°
Fishing along cattail edges