Fishing Reports
30544 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
69°
Fishing were near the shore off of the deep water of the main lake. All were caught on the western side of the lake relating to the warmer water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
69°
Fished a memorial day tournament out of Osborne Landing and practiced for a few hours the day before. Bite wasn't lights out, but when you did get a bite, it was a decent fish. While practicing, I caught them on laydowns, docks, points with hard spots and in the backs of pockets. Fish came on the Bucca Brand Trick Shad, swimjig and jackhammer—somewhat junk fishing, but I knew they wanted moving baits. Nigh before the tournament, air temps dropped and on the morning of, the water temp dropped 3-4 degrees. I expected a morning buzzbait bite with the rain and gloomy weather, but to my surprise, no takers. Went back to the glidebait and this time, picked up the Raid Osakana Slide and quickly rounded up two solid fish for the bag: a 3 1/2 & 2 1/2 pounder. Bite slowed for a while and then all the sudden, it was like a light switch—was casting around with a swimjig and BOOM, an easily 7 pounder eats, I set the hook poorly, she runs right at me, jumps and spits the jig... The next 15 minutes was rough mentally, but I kept casting the swimjig in the same area and filled out my limit with a couple 2 quality fish and a squeaker. After getting that big bite and the many that came after, I decided to stick out the hour left in the derb in this area, but to no luck. One rat in the bag and total weight ended up at 12.43. Unfortunate to have the kicker come unbuttoned, but a fun day of learning. Even caught one with a tag in it from the VDWR and the fish was SUPER healthy!
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
70°
Slow rolling this on boulders, 14ft of water!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
64°
The fish were very active today and ate really well. I caught the majority of my fish on the wacky and the fluke. Throwing the fluke close the shore and working it back to me and throwing the wacky around cover like docks and lay downs produced a ton. I caught a few on the swim jig and the paddle tail but not a whole lot. Hope this helps.
6th Sense Bongo Craw 4K Bluegill / 3.7"
Out of Stock
6th Sense Bongo Craw Crawfish Crunch / 3.7"
Out of Stock
6th Sense Flush 5.2" / Green Pumpkin Juice
Out of Stock
6th Sense Divine Swimbait 3.8" / Pro Shad
Out of Stock
Yum Dinger Worm 5" Green Pumpkin / 5"
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
74°
Main lake grass, ripping it through!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
82°
Running down the bank, chucking and winding a chatter jig!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
67°
Early in the morning the bass were chewing bluegill up shallow in 1-7 feet of water. As the sun got higher and the water warmed up the fish shut down. We switched to fishing thick cover and lily pads. We were instantly rewarded on the jig punching through pads. We then caught a few on the frog. The key was letting them eat the frog for at least 3 seconds before setting the hook. Often they would miss it and eat it again or not have the bait fully. Using 4 strand braid was also key. The 4 strand is a lot rougher and really cuts thorough vegetation. Texas rigs and wacky around the thick over worked well. Another rig that caught them good was a weightless Texas rigged senkos that I twitched over the pads and let fall into gaps in the pads. Hope this helps and good luck fishing.
Yum Dinger Worm 5" Watermelon/Red Flake / 5"
Out of Stock
Yum Dinger Worm 5" Green Pumpkin / 5"
Out of Stock
6th Sense Vega Frog Black Magic / 2 3/4"
Out of Stock
6th Sense Vega Frog Frogville / 2 3/4"
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
The bass were feeding heavily on bluegill up shallow around bluegill beds. The wacky produced around the beds well but the jig produced a lot bigger bites. I threw a few swim-bait and glide bait style baits in a bluegill pattern but didn’t have a ton of luck. Finding bluegill beds is key right now as bass are terrorizing the bluegill. Throwing bigger baits and jigs off the beds towards deeper water and throwing wackys directly on the beds worked the best. The bluegill spawn is one of the best times here in Minnesota to catch giant bass as they are feeding extremely heavily to make up all the weight they lost during spawn. Hope this helps and good luck fishing.
- Hotbait
Yum Dinger Worm 5" Green Pumpkin / 5"
Out of Stock
Yum Dinger Worm 5" Watermelon/Red Flake / 5"
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Standing Timber
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
71°
Wonderful fishing day for kayak fishing. Low wind out of the west partly cloudy. Pitched a Crush City Janitor (Sprayed Grass color) Texas rigged with Woo Tungsten 5/16. Let it drop near the trunk. Twitch a few times. Several bites felt like I got a little hung up but then my line jumped and I set the hook. Caught a 3.5lb and 4lb using this technique. Lost what could have been my PB when taken under a limb. The risks of fishing trees. All in all a great day. Kill Creek Lake is a wonderful small lake to fish.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Underspins
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
72°
Looking for bass chasing bait. Using forward facing sonar to target them.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Boulders
Marked a bunch of beds using FFS and visually using a raised platform. Had a flogger handy for the deeper bed. Grab you favorite ned head and a finess TRD. I used the coppertreuse but if you have trouble seeing pink also caught a bunch. Have a drop shot on deck, some fish wanted them higher and some would only go on the bed itself. But I really was a one rod day!! Biggest 5 were just under 19lbs.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
75°
Found them in about 8 foot of submerged grass. USE that Duckett sway minnow as a trailer on bladed jig and hang on! Make sure you are clipping the grass
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
60°
Was able to find a few hitting the edges of hard bottom to grass transitions
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
88°
Reeling it at a moderate pace and bouncing off riprap got me 3 fish on it before the tail was ripped too much and it began to run untrue.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
70°
Letting the RkCrawler do what it does, different casting angles on 45 degree banks.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
58°
Shaking a minnow over submerged vegetation got it done today.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
65°
Summer is heating up and the black bass can’t resist the gold shiner! :)
