Lake Leelanau

Omnia Community Member

Bronze Ambassador

6/13/22

Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows

First time fishing Lake Leelanau. Fished seemed to be mostly post-spawn. Fished June 9th-11th, 2022. Did find one fish on a bed. Throughout all 3 days the bite window seemed to be extremely small. Morning bite seemed to hit from 5-6 a.m. Fishing top water we had success with a sexy dawg jr. We tried buzz baits and poppers as well and had little to zero bites. Fish really seemed to love that erractic action. Throughout the rest of the day until the evening we would try 5xd cranks, tubes on the bottom, and flukes high in the water column. We had some success with these baits. The evening bite seemed to turn on around 9p.m. until 10. We even had walleye hitting the sexy dawg jr, which I did not think was possible. Haha. Fish would hit the top water in 2ft to 10ft of water. It was really hard to figure out a pattern but this is what we had success on. Biggest bass of the trip was a 5.5 lb smallie caught on a sexy dawg jr on that morning bite. Most bass were in that 2 to 3.5 lb range. Good luck and tightlines!

Omnia Community Member

Silver Ambassador

9/27/22

Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Crawfish

I was getting nothing working the ledges with crank baits and drop shotting. In an effort to get some fish in the kayak I switched to the Ned rig and went shallow. After getting some monster perch around the reeds, I got a few small smallies. I ended up working some of the stumps with a coppertuese Ned rig with a chartreuse head and got a fair amount of smallmouth in the boat. I should point out the weather was consistent over a few days. It was pretty sunny and fairly windy the entire time. The lake was new to me but I only worked the middle of the lake on the west shore. I think I would’ve had better luck on the south end of the lake but pedaling down there wasn’t in the cards for me this time.

Hotbait

Z-Man Finesse TRD Coppertreuse / 2 3/4"

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Dominik Delgado

Bronze Ambassador

10/4/24

Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
70°

Smallies were cruising the flats in the morning till around 10am then they would push out a roam the 16-18 foot drop. That’s when the live scope with umbrella rig and drop shot really shined