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Balsam Lake

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Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Ice (Current)
20 Fishing Reports
64 Followers

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    Total Fishing Reports
    20
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    Other Species Reported for Balsam Lake

    1. Largemouth Bass17 Reports
    2. Panfish / Bluegill2 Reports
    3. Northern Pike1 Report
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    Fishing Reports

    20 Reports on Balsam Lake

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    • Omnia Community Member

      Bronze Ambassador

      1/31/22

      • Species

        Panfish / Bluegill

      • Season

        Winter

      • Technique

        Vertical Jigging 10-19'

      • Structure

        Ledges

    • M T

      Gold Ambassador

      4/6/24

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Spring (Pre-Spawn)

      • Technique

        Structure Jigs

      • Structure

        Rock Pile

      • Forage

        Crawfish

      • Water Temperature

        43°

      Outing date 04/06/2024, fished from 8am to 230pm. Cool morning, clear skies, warming up. Wind was light to begin and picked up throughout the day, to end quite breezy. Water temps ranged from about 41 to 47 at the warmest. Saw largemouth and pike and panfish up shallow in the warmest water, but no interest in baits. Tried drop off near rocky point and caught two sow bellies in about 9 to 10 feet of water flipping and dragging an All Terrain jig with Yamamotocraw on back. 19.5 and 18 inches within 5 minutes at about 1pm. Had another biggie follow to the boat in the same location, about same size or bigger. Tried the Mastiff line but didn't notice much difference over my typical Invisx and Spro Gouken fluorocarbon lines, more time needed to see if it is better or not. Overall a good day with the two big fish.

    • pstrap

      Silver Ambassador

      4/12/25

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Spring (Pre-Spawn)

      • Technique

        Neko Rigs

      • Structure

        Docks

      • Forage

        Minnows

      • Water Temperature

        41°

      Tough day! Water temps still pretty low. Find warmer water and you'll find the fish whether or not they bite anything is the question!
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