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Deer Creek Reservoir

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Smallmouth Bass1

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Spring (Current)
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11 Fishing Reports
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Hard Jerkbaits
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Top Species Reported for Spring
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  2. Largemouth Bass1 Report
  3. Smallmouth Bass1 Report

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  • TJ_Bassin

    Gold Ambassador

    4/2/22

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Pre-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Hard Jerkbaits

    • Structure

      Rock Pile

    • Forage

      Minnows

    Been fishing Deer Creek about once a week since Januray. It's now April 2nd and ice came off about 2 and a half weeks ago. I primarily fish Deer Creek for smallmouth, largemouth, and walleye but during the early months of the year, I catch a lot of trout on bass and walleye techniques. Fishing for brown trout and rainbow trout between 15-20 inches has been good with Keitech swimbaits, drop shot, and moving baits like jerkbaits and lipless crankbaits. Over the last week I've started finding smallmouth bass moving up on to steep ledges and points. They're sluggish but they'll hit a slowly retrieved jerkbait with a slow cadence. Deer Creek has a lot of small smallmouth and early spring is a good time to find some of the bigger ones before the little guys rule the shallows. Water is cold in the low 40s.
  • Russell Cranney

    Bronze Ambassador

    8/5/23

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Drop Shot

    • Structure

      Rock Pile

    • Water Temperature

      72°

    not huge but big enough to win big fish for that tournament.
  • TJ_Bassin

    Gold Ambassador

    11/19/22

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Winter

    • Technique

      Drop Shot

    • Structure

      Ledges

    We found a few nice smallmouth on deep drop offs using a Zman TRD micro finesse bait on a dropshot. It seems like a strange combo, but the floating bait keeps it up off the bottom and has a very subtle action. Whatever approach you take needs to be extremely slow. Slow drag or slow handle turn and then a pause and let the bait marinate for a bit before repeating. For us reaction bait guys, it's a brutal way to fish, but it generated the few bites we needed to catch some November smallies. Best luck came on green pumpkin. If you're a trout fisherman, they seem to be very active and are willing to chase down jerkbaits, swimbaits, and the occasional dropshot. Most are cookie cutter sized rainbows between 14-17 inches.

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