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Lake Irene

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Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Summer (Current)
9 Fishing Reports
11 Followers

Lake Irene Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Summer

Shakey HeadsBlade BaitsDrop ShotGrass JigsNed RigsTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
  1. Shakey Heads
    2
  2. Blade Baits
    1
  3. Drop Shot
    1
  4. Grass Jigs
    1
  5. Ned Rigs
    1
Total Fishing Reports
9
Top Species Reported for Summer
  1. Largemouth Bass7 Reports
  2. Panfish / Bluegill1 Report

Fishing Reports

9 Reports on Lake Irene

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  • Matt Kehrer

    Gold Ambassador

    7/18/24

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)

    • Structure

      Docks

    • Forage

      Bluegill

    Sunny day with 7mph steady breeze. Fishing midday, bass were piled up under docks and found some schools chasing bluegill/pumpkinseeds around the bullrush transition/inside weed line on the windy side of the lake. There's patchy weed clumps, some lily pads, and edges along the vallisneria just outside the reeds that bass were holding to. Texas rig here was the ticket. Wacky rig under docks got a ton of bites. Wasn't uncommon to catch 3 or more bass on each dock. Topwater baits did well during lowlight times... buzzbait or sprinker frog in reeds, whopper plopper in open water. Outside weed edge was productive but lower in numbers. Not much vegetation deeper than 6ft, which is uncommon on this lake in my experience. Ned rigs worked well on top of breaks and the mid-lake reef.
  • Joe Hobbs

    Gold Ambassador

    7/3/24

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Shakey Heads

    • Structure

      Reeds

    Fish were caught shallow near reeds, the deep weedline was non existent this year
  • Matt Kehrer

    Gold Ambassador

    8/8/22

    • Species

      Panfish / Bluegill

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Bobbers

    • Structure

      Submerged Vegetation

    • Forage

      Insects

    Spent several days with the family on Lake Irene in early August. Caught bluegill and pumpkinseeds one after another while bobber fishing anywhere in the lake. They were in weeds, on weed lines, and as shallow as a foot of water. Bigger gills 8-9" could be found here and there but they were all over in the thick weeds on the mid-lake hump. It's the obvious spot so there were always boats on it. A small white jig head or hair jig tipped with a wax worm fished 2-3 feet off the bottom under a slip bobber was the preferred bait for the bigger fish. Irene has zebra mussels and the water clarity was around 10' with weed lines around 12-15'. Weeds are thick all around the lake, lots of coon tail... bullrushes are along most of the shoreline as well. Fun times!
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