Lake Moraine
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer (Current)
Lake Moraine Overview
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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Summer
- Drop Shot1
- Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)1
- Wacky Rigs1
Total Fishing Reports
7
Top Species Reported for Summer
- Largemouth Bass3 Reports
Panfish / Bluegill1 Report
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
79°
Month: August Weather: Partly cloudy, light wind (less than 5 mph), 80s Water Temp: 78-80 Depths: Weed edges/gaps 5-15'. I fished in the late afternoon/evening after launching from the state launch around 4:40 PM. The Eurasian milfoil around the launch area has covered most of the flat at the northernmost shallow bay, making the area almost unfishable and much warmer (at least 2 degrees) than the rest of the lake. Just outside of the milfoil, as the water level increases, there are some excellent submerged weeds that hold nice bass, crappie, perch and pickerel, and countless schools of baitfish. By targeting both internal and external weed edges with small plastics in black/chartreuse panfish of all varieties were enticed to bite. A slow lift and drop, slow straight retrieve, and medium paced erratic reel and pause were all sufficient in producing quality panfish. Crappie, perch, bluegill and pumpkinseeds were all landed, with several bluegill/pumpkinseeds measuring over 8" (quality fish for the lake) caught. If the retrieve was too fast, pickerel joined the mix of fish caught. Of note, crappie and perch were predominately caught on the deeper weed edges (12-15'), and the bluegill/pumpkinseed were caught in shallower edges/weed gaps in 5-10'.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
79°
Month: August Weather: Partly cloudy, light wind (less than 5 mph), 80s Water Temp: 78-80 Depths: Deep weed edges 8-16'. I fished in the late afternoon/evening after launching from the state launch around 4:40 PM. The Eurasian milfoil around the launch area has covered most of the flat at the northernmost shallow bay, making the area almost unfishable and much warmer than the rest of the lake. Just outside of the milfoil, as the water level increases, there are some excellent submerged weeds that hold nice bass, crappie, perch and pickerel, and countless schools of baitfish. Fishing the deeper side of these weeds, I found some nice bass with the drop shot slowly twitched back to the boat during a very slow drift. The Poor Boys Erie Darter in Smoke Purple was the best bait, but the ZMan Trick Shotz in The Deal also produced. Moving much shallower than 10' produced more perch short hits and small pickerel than bass interest, so I hugged the deep weed edge and followed that for the duration of the evening. The ned rig found a couple small fish, but the drop shot in lighter colors was much more effective on this day.
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