Delta Reservoir

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Sep 5, 2025

Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Fall (Current)

15 Fishing Reports

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Wacky Rigs
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Smallmouth Bass3 Reports
Walleye1 Report
Yellow Perch1 Report

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Fishing Reports

15 Reports on Delta Reservoir

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The Chub King
Gold Ambassador
9/6/22
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Carolina Rigs
- Structure
  Boulders
- Forage
  Perch
Need to find unique features within the expansive shoals on Oneida. The Carolina Rig allows you to get that constant feedback of the structure and identify bottom transitions and find the honey holes. Vary up leader length, bait selection, and retrieve speed to dial it in. In the summer that extra kick of the speed craw seemed to get more bites and a consistent long sweeping pull along the bottom for retrieve helped. Fish were spitting up little perch, feeding up as the nights and water are cooling off in the end of summer and seemed to take their focus. For baits, retrieves, and leader locating fish the speed craw on 24" was the starting place and a stick bait and dead drag on 40" was my stopping point. A super fluke or SF jr. is a solid bait for when you want that baitfish profile and subtle movement too.
Matt Shene
Gold Ambassador
9/5/22
- Species
  Yellow Perch
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Ned Rigs
- Structure
  Submerged Vegetation
- Forage
  Minnows
In early September, with water temperatures moving into the lower 70s, and a light wind (2-3 mph) from the east, perch of mixed sizes were beginning to school in deeper weeds (10-14'). When the Zman Micro Finesse plastics were fished just into and along weed edges with a pop/drop/pause cadence, perch bit on the pop and pause quite frequently. There were a variety of colors and shapes that produced fish, but the Tiny TicklerZ was by far the most consistent. As the water temperatures continues to drop these baits will likely produce in even greater numbers.
Matt Shene
Gold Ambassador
9/5/22
- Species
  Northern Pike
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Live Bait Rigs
- Structure
  Ledges
- Forage
  Perch
- Water Temperature
  74°
On a late August trip (water temp approx. 74), with moderate wind (5-7 from the NE), I fished ledges just outside of weed beds along the area just north of the state park beach and on the southern side of the river channel. Weeds terminated in roughly 12' of water, and fishing depths from 12-17' produced chasers on Keitech plastics. Live bait spinner rigs, tipped with half a nightcrawler induced bites. The fish weren't trophies, but they were beautiful fish, and provided a great fight.