Lake Minnewaska

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Jun 20, 2025

Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Summer (Current)

28 Fishing Reports

158 Followers

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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Summer

Spinnerbaits
2
Texas Rigs (Worming)
2
Drop Shot
1
Frogs/Toads
1
Shakey Heads
1

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Top Species Reported for Summer

Largemouth Bass9 Reports
Walleye4 Reports
Smallmouth Bass3 Reports
Northern Pike1 Report

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Fishing Reports

28 Reports on Lake Minnewaska

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Cody Nielsen
Silver Ambassador
6/29/22
- Species
  Walleye
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Live Bait Rigs
- Structure
  Submerged Vegetation
First off let me say the Berkley maxscent flat worm makes a dynamite spindrift/slow death bait. The maxscent flat nose minnow is also great on a crawler harness. Found the fish in the weeds in 14'-16' and also just on the outside of the weed edge in 18'-20'. Found pulling a hand tied spindrift hook ,northland butterfly blade with about a 3'-4' florocarbon leader was the ticket in the mid depth weeds. The 3/16oz weight seemed about perfect to just touch the weed tops at 1-1.1mph. If looking to just put a bend in the rod or keep your children entertained I would strongly suggest this method. Best part about fishing the weeds is you will catch a bit of everything, from bass, to walleye, to big gills and especially northern pike. Another method we found worked as the day went on was to pull a 1.5oz bottom bouncer and a hand tied spin drift rig with a northland butterfly blade or a standard crawler harness on the outside weed edge in about 18'-20'. Pulling the bouncers at 1.2-1.3 helped cover water at a quicker pace.
Brandon Gesch
Gold Ambassador
7/9/23
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Spinnerbaits
- Structure
  Submerged Vegetation
- Water Temperature
  75°
Great day today! Warm and WINDY. Caught a fair amount of fish under docks. But caught bigger fish drifting in the wind in 7-10 feet of water over grass. Spinnerbait was the key with the white trailer tails painted red with the garlic stick. Caught roughly 40 bass with a few nice smallmouth in the mix. Decent amount of above average size bass.
Jeff Schultz
Silver Ambassador
7/9/23
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Spinnerbaits
- Structure
  Submerged Vegetation
- Water Temperature
  76°
It was extremely windy. 20 mph+ sustained winds all day. We had some good luck early around Docks with a Wacky worm and spinnerbait then drifted the entire shoreline throwing spinnerbait over submerged vegitation and caught alot of quality Largemouth and 2 smallmouth.