Pool 7 Lake Onalaska
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Pool 7 Lake Onalaska Fishing Reports
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueUmbrella RigsSeasonFallStructureBaitfishFish were chasing bait hard. Bait was blowing up everywhere. The key was to find areas where the big shad were. Smallmouth were using wingdams and laydowns to corral bait. Bladed jig caught a few but the main ticket was the A-Rig ran just sub surface where bait was present. Was throwing the arig on 7'4' bassX with a 8.8:1 piscifun alijoz 300 reel.
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Largemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonFallStructureLaydownsThe bass are pushing bait back into the backwaters. Slack water areas off the main channels are key. Short casts/pitches with a 4ct pause seem to be working best to elicit strikes. The biggest fish are coming when you work the bait through the heart of the laydown out to the tip or working the bait parallel to the deep side of the laydown. This technique also works for large crappies, perch, and pike.
Bryce LeisBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonFallStructureBouldersvery slow walks with a decent amount of dead stick time
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonFallStructurePoints
Fish were using wing dams and points to chase and coral Shad. Top water didn’t seem yo get the action like rotating between a blades jig and umbrella rig. Fish were definitely on the hunt and filling up! Just look for the boiling water and you should find catchable fish.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureMatted Grass
Fishing was super slow wouldn't reccomend making a trip down their any time soon. Caught a few on a frog and one on an A rig off a wing dam way down south. (Lake Onalaska)
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonFallStructureBrush Piles
Seemed to be decent amount of shad piled up on logs and rock. Caught a decent amount on a chatterbait whenever I could find bait.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Late summer early fall, largies are leaving grass but can still.be frogged, and both species are moving to current and sand and rocks. Cover water with walking topwaters and slow down with c rig to clean up good areas.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonFallStructureOpen Water/Basin
Day 1 of the Badger State Kayak Championship. Fish out of Fred Funk landing and went up into the grass fields .fished finesse jigs on the weed edges and open water basins. Also fished wacky with green pumpkin. Caught several fish. Weather was sunny and water was stained. Also water level was lower than normal.
