Fishing Report for Smallmouth Bass using Hard Jerkbaits in Spring (Pre-Spawn)

Item: Lake Winnebago
Author: Luke Loewe

Luke Loewe

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5/13/23

Lake Winnebago

Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
54°

This weekend my dad and I went out on Lake Winnebago and threw one bait all morning. We kept track and caught 50 smallmouth before we had to leave them biting. Almost every fish we watched eat our megabass vision 110 on livescope and they were in groups of 3-6 fish. When we'd catch one we could sometimes throw into the school to try to catch one of the others but for the most part, the hooked fish would bring the rest of the school right to the boat and then they'd sit under the boat and not bite. The fish were in 6-8 feet on rock to sand transitions and moving shallower to get ready to pull up and spawn