Fishing Reports
71 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
76°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
73°
2nd day on the lake. Decided to work on my jig fishing technique.... because for some strange reason, I'm not very good at it. So I put everything else away and dedicated my efforts on getting better jig fishing. I tried several different color combinations, (Brown and Black jigs with various colored trailers) but Green Pumpkin seemed to be what worked best. It was very successful day and I came out of it feeling much more positive with a football jig set-up in my hands. It didn't hurt to be wearing my lucky fishing hat....
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Humps
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
71°
First time out on this lake bass fishing. So I went exploring and tried just about everything just to see what got a bite going. I had a range of success, but wanted to highlight the Heddon Super Spook, just because it's so fun to get those top water bites. I think tomorrow, I'm going to concentrate on using a jig. But today, it was throw the kitchen sink and explore day! Water temps were all over the place, depending on where you were on the lake.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Chased a punch bite all afternoon without any success. Threw a spinnerbait and Senko around without any luck in the tulles as well. It wasn’t until we started burning a red squarebill against the riprap that we started catching fish. You really had to reel as fast as you could and we caught over 30 fish in about an hour and a half before dark.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
74°
The crankbait bite was definitely on today. And when they hit, there's just no doubt. The KVD 2.5 Squarebill was perfect for the situation...and the Fire Craw pattern is always a good bet! I would line up about 10 feet off shore and cast laterally to the shoreline. As soon as that crankbait started bouncing on the rip rap, hold on! I was also having some great success with a Texas Rig in slightly deeper water. (10-15 feet)
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
78°
Hard structure away from dying grass is where I was able to pull most of my bites from. Mostly in cleaner, deeper water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Flooded Brush
Water Temperature
62°
Got out at dawn and just crushed with the Heddon Super Spook. They were definitely triggered with the Bone finish. It was fish on just about every other cast. The top water bite fell off at about 8:30 am, so off we went dropping a senko just off the bank, focusing on rocks and brush piles. It was beautiful day on the river.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Water Temperature
68°
I wanted to get on the water at dawn to hit the top water action...but things happened and my time on the water got started at noon...Ugh. However, regardless of what time you're out on the Sacramento River, if you want to catch some fish, you can always count on a wacky rig. The most action came at about 10 ft of water, with some slow twitching a Yamamoto Senko. I've always found that watermelon with black and/or red flake does the trick. Largest one was 2 pounds, but they're all fun to catch.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
72°
Lipless and square bills on rock. Fishing was great and should only get better. Best 5 went 31# with a 8.15# kicker.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Tapping the rock bottom to get them in a frenzy and a nice 6.2 to take it🎣
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Reef
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
75°
All fish came on the LV and Texas rigged craws. Zero top water bite for us. Lake was busy, lots of pleasure boats and a couple tournaments. Numbers were down but got a few of the right bites up to 6.2#’s. Never left the Redbud arm.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Bait fish everywhere...busters were a little out of reach so I just fished the funnelling of two points and managed to get a few to nab the z man ....also got two on the t rig incredicraw ...good times I was only out about two hrs
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
70°
Tried top water with no success. Ended up getting them spinnerbaits, cranks and senkos. Biggest 4.6#, 8-10 bites a day. Stayed do we n south but think the north end would have been better.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
71°
Fishing near hard seawalls and docks early in the morning.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
72°
The silversides were running the shoreline thru out the lake Caught lots of smaller Fish drop shorting 4.5” robo worms in the top 10’ also caught fish on a Norman deep little N . The bigger bass I caught were on a Gika rig Yamamoto hula grub on main lake points in the top 15’
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
75°
Rocky main lake points on a cool, sunny, windy afternoon. Air temp was 75, clarity was 5 feet with a green tinge (typical). Pic is of a 4 pounder caught. Brought in 8 for the afternoon, best 5 totaling 11 lbs. 11 oz.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
71°
Went out to San Vicente for an afternoon trip. Overall the bite was tough. My better quality fish came on a hard jerkbait around the grass and flooded brush. Smaller fish came on a drop shot using the glitch worm. Using 10lb test on the jerkbait was key. There was shallow tiny bait in some of the small pockets. I imagine in the morning there’s schooling fish, but there was a fair amount of wind this afternoon so that pushed the schooling fish sun surface.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
8-10" long dropshot with small bait. Most strikes came on the fall. Fish were in 15-20' depth range just off the creek channel.
