Lake George (33)
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
With the smallmouth transitioning through the spawning stage, they can be targeted effectively by casting jerkbaits along sand flats making casts specifically at large boulders and wood that can be seen by the eye or with forward facing sonar.
casualbassguy
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5/20/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
51°
Working a deep diving Jerkbait with quick twitches, switching up the cadence often but majority of bites came on the pause. Suspended fish working 5-15 FOW around the bridges and piping’s. Definitely had little bite windows when I’d get bit cast after cast. But they are definitely chasing and fat, healthy fishing moving into the shallow bays. After about 20-30 minutes of not getting but I occasionally got bit on a ned rig in the same areas. Bridge near Norowal Marina
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
The Shadow Rap Deep Jerkbait in Ghost Shiner color was the ticket to a successful day on Lake George, NY. Largemouth, Smallmouth, and a Lake Trout were caught in 58-60 degree water temperature with a slight breeze from the Southeast. The most consistent bite pattern came from casting the jerkbait outside shallow water markers towards the main lake in 12-15 fow and near points from the main lake to the bays. Look for rock flats and boulders near drop offs and cast from shallow to deep for a bigger Bass bite. Smaller Black bass were caught in 4-6 fow using a Charlie Brewer Slider Grub with 1/8 oz Keitech tungsten jig head.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
50°
Started on deep humps 15 -25’ and caught a bunch of smallmouth on a drop shot and hair jig including a couple of 4 pounders. Moved to the front 1/3 of points near spawn areas with good drop offs and caught small and largemouths on a Yo-Zuri jerkbait in elegy bone. Then we moved to the back of some bays and flipped up a bunch of small male largemouth on both finesse and regular jigs. Great day overall with over 50 fish but only a few nice ones
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
69°
Got a couple of nice smallies on top water then my best bass came the juvy craw and a drop shot. Best was a 4.3 smallmouth. Caught all bass in 8’ or less
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Forage
Crawfish
Have also caught some nice lake trout on a vibrating pink jig with fishing guide at Silver Bay in 70-100 ft
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Humps
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
75°
On my way home from the MLF Pro Circuit even on Champlain I stopped with my wife at Lake George for the first time ever. This lake is absolutely loaded with fish! In 4 hours of fishing we caught over 50 largemouth and smallmouth bass. She had the biggest one pushing 4lbs, a largemouth bass. The water temp was in the mid 70's and had these fish offshore in 20-40' of water eating alewives and perch. We keyed in on them using a dropshot with a Z-Man Trick Shotz as our bait of choice and a 1/2oz Angler Tungsten weight. Elaztech baits were key when catching these fish with us only going through one pack!
