Fishing Reports
29979 Fishing Reports
Species
Striped BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Trolling 0-9'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Pilings
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
54°
Hitting banks, shallow, this guy was tucked up shallow against steel
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
61°
Casting around and parallel to docks to catch roaming bass. Cold front conditions with high north winds followed a warm sunny day.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Ledges
Dragging along the bottom wasn’t working so I began doing a more aggressive lift and drop. Got a reaction bite from this guy after a big lift.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Hopping along the bottom and pausing. Cut the worm down to about 4-5 inches because the bass in the shallows are a bit smaller.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
54°
Everything is on beds right now so I was popping a ned rig around shallow flats and caught this little bass.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
73°
The Great Lakes Finesse 2.75" Drop Minnow worked really well on a dropshot for me on lake Erie in late July. Caught lots of smallmouth on it and a few big ones too!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
60°
Hopping it along the bottom
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
61°
Had a great day out with the smallest. Water temps hovering right around 61°, air temp a bit cooler. A slight breeze from the North West putting a little motion on the surface. Started the day off pretty quick with a bass on a wacky rig and then another on a t-rigged stick bait. From that point on it was pretty much the Jerkbait for the rest of the day. Every 6-10 minutes I hooked up with another bass on the 110 SR. The jerkbait far exceeded my expectations. I caught 15 total on it during the ~3.5 hours we were out. We caught a few on frogs, ned's, stickbaits as well. And my little angler in the photo managed to outfish my co-angler again.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
61°
Slow rolled with occasional short hops worked best.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
57°
Found smallmouth and largemouth and pike in small slack water bays with laydowns present adjacent to side channels with heavy current current. Fish were in 4 feet or shallower. Lot of different baits produced but a chatterbait was the most consistent.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
55°
River is HIGH. Motor couldn’t beat current through rapids (40 horse net) be careful out there. Caught some walleye and bass fighting the current at breaks.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Windy day, drizzled here and there. Fairly low visibility.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Insects
Caught seven or eight largemouth, broke off three, two decent smallmouth, and a couple perch. Pretty overcast day with a few sunny breaks. Fairly constant breeze. Pretty clear water with a few murky patches from some runoff. Most were pulled up from maybe ten feet or less.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
54°
I was throwing a Wacky rigged around grass and got the bite.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
63°
Smallmouth were scattered all around on beds and were easy targets with a Berkley max scent lil general in coppertruse color. Love how aggressive the bronze backs are. My best was this 4 pounder. So much fun sight fishing them.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Standing Timber
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
63°
The largemouth have begun their move shallow to spawn. After working the spawning areas with reaction baits and not getting many bites, I decided to slow and pitch to visible beds with a strike king rage bug and started to land several fish. Biggest was this 5 pounder who inhaled my bait as soon as it dropped near her. She gave me a nice battle. Love this time of year.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
43°
West side rock pile is a hot spot right now near Highway 1. Bring worms and crankbaits.
