Lake Lookout Shoals

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Jul 4, 2026

Species

Catfish

Season

Summer (Current)

7 Fishing Reports

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Largemouth Bass2 Reports
Walleye1 Report

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Fishing Reports

7 Reports on Lake Lookout Shoals

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Tin Ngou
Gold Ambassador
7/21/23
- Species
  Catfish
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Live Bait Rigs
- Structure
  Boulders
- Water Temperature
  82°
On a hot summer day, I decided to go out to the river where there is some moving water and bait running to fish. This particular part of the river I’m fishing is relatively shallow with some deep holes. I went out early in the morning and threw the cast net around to get some live shad to use. The shad I got was about 4-6 inches long. I would free line these shad out into those deep pockets for whatever bites. I was free lining these big shad on my st croix mojo bass spinning 7’1 MH with a shimano vanford 4000. I had 20ln braid with a 20lb mono leader for abrasion against rocks in the river. I was using a size 1 mosquito hook to hook these shad. I like using a smaller hook with this technique because the smaller hook allows the bait to swim more naturally. The deep hole I was fishing was about 10-20ft deep. In one of those holes, I was able to get a big flat head catfish to bite my free swimming shad. When it’s dead of summer, the best technique is to find moving cooler water and live bait.
Capt. Will Price
Silver Ambassador
7/15/21
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Carolina Rigs
- Structure
  Rock Pile
This is my favorite time of the year to fish this lake not to mention it has a lot of quality bites to offer. Start early at sunrise covering as much water as possible by paralleling the shoreline with a buzzbait or most moving topwaters. Alot of bites should come early. By mid morning move up river and look for rock piles and use a natural presentation such as a carolina rig and drag it slow. Then as the sun gets up higher target some docks near the lower end as they should generate a few bites. Always be ready when setting the hook as it could be a 5+ pounder on any bite because this lake holds big fish!
Tin Ngou
Gold Ambassador
7/27/23
- Species
  Catfish
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Live Bait Rigs
- Structure
  Boulders
- Water Temperature
  82°
During the dead of summer, I went out to the river to see if I can even catch anything. Usually during this time of year, it’s so hot nothing really wants to eat. The best way to catch any fish during this time of year when it’s so hot is to use live bait. Today I used a cast net and caught some shad and use them as bait. I was free lining the live shad on my megabass orochii enforcer spinning rod with a vanford 4000. I had 20lb braid to 20lb mono leader. I was using a size 1 hook for free lining because the smaller hooks allows the bait to swim more freely. I casted the bait out into deepest areas that was atleast 10 ft deep and let the bait swim around until it got bit. I was able to get a couple big blue catfish using this method. This technique allows me to catch almost any species in the river. But this day, only catfish was biting the live bait.