Fishing Reports
1032 Fishing Reports
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
56°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
55°
Caught a number of good Largemouth in pockets up the river on shallow diving crank baits. I threw the Yo-Zurich 3DR-X for most of the trip. Laydowns and rock were the main focus.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
48°
Fished 4-9 fow along main lake bars to catch bass around submerged vegetation. Caught a number of 4-7 pound fish. Key was a very slow retrieve.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
53°
Caught a bunch of fish over 60+ feet of water. Fish were 5-15 feet down in water column. Bigger fish were in brush piles and around rock on main lake points.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
50°
Drains in 20-50ft, fish were suspended 5-15 feet down
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
40°
Lipless cranks, chatter baits and jerk baits fished on the deep edge of the grass
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
42°
Even in the cold these fish are smashing an A-Rig at wheeler. Fishing the mid section of the lake around creek mouths and channel swing banks are producing a lot of fish. Fun way to catch them this time of year.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
53°
cold,windy with overcast sky. Caught 16 keeper, most were 12-13 inches less than lb. Had 3 fish limit in tournament at 4-13.
Species
CrappieSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
43°
Had a great day catching crappie on pickwick lake. Water was cold but they were still biting on the points. Fish on
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
48°
Fish hanging 5-8 foot deep over brush piles.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
83°
We used live minnows and tried jigs but it was too calm and the power house wasn’t generating. We caught several good ones and my wife caught her PB at 16 1/2” (didn’t have a good scale so we just measured it). Tru-turn hooks claim to have a better hook up ratio I haven’t seen that but I have seen that it comes out of cover easier and a beat up red hook definitely gets more bits than standard gold. I pair it with 16 lb test mono when fishing in heavy cover for the occasional snag. The larger line allows you to bend the hook out versus breaking it off.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
50°
We were able to get 13th out of 108 boats over at wheeler lake this weekend. We caught most of our keepers on an A-Rig on channel swing rip rap banks and deep brush piles. We also caught some scoping a mooch minnow and the new 6.25 freeloader. This got us a small check and a fun day on the water! Check out the youtube video here https://youtu.be/KeJZzIq4FuI?si=42PKRAEzfObiHKXD
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
89°
Got to the river late, I tried a few areas on the main river with no success. As the temperature started to rise I made my way to the back of a small slough the water temp was 4 degrees cooler. I used a Texas rig Senko and June bug shakey head to put some fish in the boat.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
84°
Early morning we only got a few short strikes on top water followed up by switched over to a spinner bait with painted willow blades to get some keepers with a really nice 3 pounder. As the sun rose and temperatures started to rise we started targeting windy points with willow grass. We used chartreuse square bills attacking the points from various angles with a little over 15lb bag for our best 5.
Species
CrappieSeason
Summer
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
87°
Crappie were in lay downs over 20’ of water but only remained above the 12’ thermocline. The bite was better if you can find lay downs or brush piles in a creek channel vs a flat. Z-man shad fryz is a great catch all bait, crappie love them slow rolled higher in the water column, bream will eat them well. Also, you get the occasional bass and catfish surprise catch.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
52°
Focusing on channel bends with a jerkbait. Strikes were aggressive. Strikes occurred when working jerkbait faster...not the twitch m, twitch standard.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
The bite is good at wheeler right now even with the temps cooling. Water temps are in the mid 50s and the bass are up shallow eating a crankbait and a spinnerbait on rip rap. The scoping bite is also good right now too with a lot of fish coming on a mooch minnow.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
64°
Fished the ASABFA highschool tournament at Lake Martin today. Had 6.8 pounds with our best 5 fishing brush piles in 15-25 ft with the baits listed above.
