Elkhart Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Aug 2, 2025

Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Summer (Current)

12 Fishing Reports

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Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)
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Ice Fishing Jigs
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Structure Jigs
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Smallmouth Bass3 Reports
Largemouth Bass2 Reports

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12 Reports on Elkhart Lake

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Chris Roerdink
Gold Ambassador
8/13/23
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Structure Jigs
- Structure
  Humps
- Forage
  Bluegill
- Water Temperature
  74°
Morning started off slowly catching a few short bass on finesse baits on weed edges. The bite picked up late morning when some cloud cover worked its way in. Working drop offs in 14-19 feet of water with strike king jigs with rage craw or structure bug trailers worked best. Strike king series 5 crankbait and red eye shad also produced a few fish. Had a large musky grab a nice smallmouth my fishing partner was reeling in until it snapped the line. He also raised a larger musky to the boat side on a football jig, it followed a few figure 8’s before getting spooked.
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
7/27/21
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Ice Fishing Jigs
- Structure
  Submerged Vegetation
- Forage
  Insects
Chris Roerdink
Gold Ambassador
7/23/23
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Crankbaits 13'+
- Structure
  Ledges
- Water Temperature
  74°
tried Big Elkhart in the hopes of finding some of the big Smallmouth bass on Sunday morning. Bite was slow, hooked one nice smallmouth on a sandy weed edge in about 17' of water on a strike king baby z too on a ned head but it got off about 10' from the boat. Then tried a football jig and drop shot on the edge of the main lake sand bar that yielded just a few small largemouth. The excitement for the day came when I tried tossing a Strike King 6XD crankbait in chartruese perch and caught a 24" walleye! Also hooked another sizable fish that shook the hooks before I could get a look at it. Water wasn't as clear as Elkhart usually is, had some color I believe may be due to the storms that passed through the day before.