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Deer Creek Reservoir

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Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)
12 Fishing Reports
80 Followers

Deer Creek Reservoir Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Spring

Hard Jerkbaits
  1. Hard Jerkbaits
    1
Total Fishing Reports
12
Top Species Reported for Spring
  1. Largemouth Bass2 Reports
  2. Yellow Perch2 Reports
  3. Smallmouth Bass1 Report

Fishing Reports

12 Reports on Deer Creek Reservoir

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  • Kraken Bass

    Blue Ambassador

    5/21/20

    • Species

      Yellow Perch

    • Season

      Spring (Pre-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Texas Rigs (Worming)

    • Structure

      Rock Pile

    Smallmouth bass are starting to move up shallow and beginning to spawn. Through tubes, wacky rigged senko's, in the shallow gravel areas in the lake in the coves, and backwater. A ned rig is also a great way to get em.
  • Alex

    Bronze Ambassador

    5/30/24

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Ned Rigs

    • Structure

      Submerged Vegetation

    • Forage

      Crawfish

    • Water Temperature

      55°

    Waded out and first cast. Near the edge in submerged vegetation. Largemouth was still spawning.
  • TJ_Bassin

    Gold Ambassador

    5/7/22

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Pre-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Structure Jigs

    • Structure

      Brush Piles

    • Forage

      Crawfish

    Some largemouth are moving to prespawn locations. A few have already made it to backs of bays on heavy structure. They aren't very noticeable and aren't chasing down spinnerbaits and chatterbaits just yet. Find heavy structure such as dead brush piles and fish right into the deepest junk. I fish a 7'2" heavy with 17-20 fluorocarbon. A variety of baits will work. Standard flipping/pitching jigs in green pumpkins, blues, and blacks work best. 4-5 Yamamoto double tail grubs or similar styled craw trailers. There isn't a ton of heavy structure at deer creek, but the rising water conditions have flooded all of the brush that grew from last years epic low water. If the brush provides visible shade, you should be in business. The smallmouth are still being a bit stingy. I've picked up a few on jerkbaits but fishing isn't consistent just yet.
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