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Deer Creek Reservoir

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Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Fall (Current)
12 Fishing Reports
82 Followers

Deer Creek Reservoir Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Fall

Hard Jerkbaits
  1. Hard Jerkbaits
    1
Total Fishing Reports
12
Top Species Reported for Fall
  1. Largemouth Bass1 Report
  2. Smallmouth Bass1 Report

Fishing Reports

12 Reports on Deer Creek Reservoir

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  • TJ_Bassin

    Gold Ambassador

    10/7/22

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Fall

    • Technique

      Crankbaits 0-6'

    • Structure

      Rock Pile

    • Forage

      Bluegill

    The lake is cooling rapidly. The fall transition is nearing its end. Largemouth can be found in coves and flats that have green sunfish and bluegill. If you find the bait, the Largemouth are likely close by. Smallmouth can be caught on more finesse techniques: dropshot, 1/16-1/4 oz jigs with 2.8-3.3 Keitech swimbaits, lightly weighted flukes, and jerkbaits. Walleye are also feeding up and we're catching quite a few on slow moving jerkbaits. Twitch, twitch, pause for 4-5 seconds. Make sure your jerkbait is tuned to suspend perfectly. Add a small lead strip if it's floating. Cover water if you don't find fish.
  • TJ_Bassin

    Gold Ambassador

    9/2/22

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Crankbaits 0-6'

    • Structure

      Boulders

    • Forage

      Bluegill

    Evenings are starting to get cooler. On windy days, the fish move into the shallows and are pretty aggressive. Shallow to medium diving crankbaits have been effective when there is a clear mud line. Fish can be as shallow as a foot or two, but most are 5-15 feet. When the power fishing slows or isn't effective, drop shotting has been effective for smallmouth. There are some really nice Largemouth mixed in with the smallmouth. An occasional walleye or rainbow trout are also caught on bass techniques. There are a ton of small fish so if you aren't getting anything, switch up techniques often and let the fish tell you what they want.
  • Norm

    Silver Ambassador

    9/1/22

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Fall

    • Technique

      Hard Jerkbaits

    • Structure

      Boulders

    Slayin smallies with the flatworms. Dropshot ¼oz with an owner sniper finesse #1 hook. Nose hooked with a 4.5" nat shad flatworm was the trick In 5-15" of water. 2022 daiwa XT 7'3 M Fast. Shimano Nasci 3000 Suffix 832 15# hi Viz yellow FC Sniper 10# leader.
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