Chippewa Flowage
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Largemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureSubmerged VegetationSpent the week camping and fishing on the Chippewa Flowage. Tough fishing in the heat. Most success covering a lot of water on grassy shorelines throwing shallow for the reaction bite. Had one nice 16' 2.2lb largie doing so. Chucking the flashy swimmer with a paddletail through the grass was very effective in covering water. Extremely weedless. Also had success fishing smallies on grasslines and submerged wood with jerkbaits. My advice if you want to fish largies: take the boat ride to Crane Lake and you won't be disappointed. Much clearer and much less tannic water up there. Great vegetation and laydowns.
FishermanFredBronze AmbassadorSpecies
Smallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBouldersFish current breaks and eddies
- Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpecies
CrappieTechniqueVertical Jigging Shallow (0-9')SeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureSubmerged VegetationCasting weed lines with finesse jigs/plastics. Vertical jigging when jig got closer.
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Panfish / BluegillTechniqueLive Bait RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureStumpsCrappie were up on shore near stumps and weeds. We were throwing a small jig head with live crappie minnows right on top of their beds. Before the minnows we used the same jigs with an artificial grub on it. Caught about 40 crappie over 2 days
- Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureRock Pile
- Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
The Keitech baits add the extra attraction needed for a tremendous bite. Added as a tail to a spinner bait the fish loved it! Didn't even matter if the paddle tail was bit off - the pearlessence does the trick!
- BDRBronze AmbassadorSpeciesPanfish / BluegillTechniqueVertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19')SeasonSummerStructureBrush Piles
Fishing the East side today and had an excellent day. Put a 10 fish limit in the boat in an hour. All were between 11” and 12-1/2”. Vertical jigging with 12’ Wally Marshall Pro Tour jigging rods. Fishing cribs in 18’ of water.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureLedges
Casted up shallow in about 3-4ft water and worked it out towards 7ft of water. Tend to get a lot of my bites when my plastic was flapping in the water with its claws.
