MN (Carver)
Lake Waconia
Type: Lake/Pond
Size: 3068.71 acres
Avg. Depth: 13ft.
Water Clarity: Clear (3/10)
Species:Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Muskie, Crappie, Panfish / Bluegill, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Common Carp, Drum
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6th Sense Cloud 9 C25 Crankbait Tilapia / 3 3/4"
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Reported by Joe HobbsDeep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)
Keitech Model 1 Tungsten Casting Jig 3/8 oz / Green Pumpkin Chartreuse
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Reported by Alec OlsonGrass Jigs
Berkley PowerBait Power Worm 8 1/2" / Red Shad
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Reported by Omnia Community MemberTexas Rigs (Worming)
Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver Green Pumpkin / 4 1/5"
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Reported by Erik GaffronTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Top Techniques Reported On Lake Waconia
Species: Largemouth Bass
Season: Summer
- 24% Ned Rigs
- 18% Drop Shots
- 18% Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
- 12% Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)
- 12% Neko Rigs
- 6% Grass Jigs
- 6% Shakey Heads
- 6% Texas Rigs (Worming)
Lake Waconia Fishing Reports
34 Fishing Reports
17 Fishing Reports for Largemouth Bass in Summer
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Reported by Joe Hobbs
Fishing deep cranks on the outside of weedy points produced many fish in the 2.5-3.5lb range
Season:Summer
Structure:Humps
Species:Largemouth Bass
Technique:Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)
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Reported by Malachai Her
The fish were keying onto bluegill beds next to submerged milfoil close to hard bottom, the bass were in a power fishing finesse mood. Dragging or hopping the neko rig... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Submerged Vegetation
Species:Largemouth Bass
Forage: Bluegill
Technique:Neko Rigs
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Reported by Omnia Community Member
Hit the north reef on the weed edge ,14’ of water had a lot of small ones mixed in the a few 3+ pounders . Twitching the bait seem... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Reef
Species:Largemouth Bass
Forage: Bluegill
Technique:Ned Rigs
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Reported by Alec Olson
Was out on Waconia on 07/21, water temps were low 80s. Caught bass off weedlines in 12-16ft. I would drag the jig through the weeds and along the weed edge... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Submerged Vegetation
Species:Largemouth Bass
Forage: Bluegill
Technique:Grass Jigs
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Reported by Lonnie Bloom
Sometimes bigger is better. The 3/4oz football head jig coupled up with a bulky 6"+ GP worm worked well to get decent sized fish to eat. Dragging it up the... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Reef
Species:Largemouth Bass
Technique:Shakey Heads
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Reported by Brett Guba
Warm, sunny day with pretty much no wind. Stuck with the flipping bite all day and found good success. Covered a lot of water on west side of lake looking... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Matted Grass
Species:Largemouth Bass
Technique:Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
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Reported by Tyler Darrow
The Berkley Ca$h Out was a bait I started using this year and has really built up confidence in my dropshot game. They just really seem the have great action... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Points
Species:Largemouth Bass
Forage: Shad
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Brad Novak
Focus on the sparse vegetation on the outside weed edges around 15' deep.
Season:Summer
Structure:Points
Species:Largemouth Bass
Forage: Bluegill
Technique:Ned Rigs
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Reported by Omnia Community Member
Hitting Big LM on 10 inch Berkley power worm in Red Shad on isolated weed clumps in 8 foot water
Season:Summer
Structure:Submerged Vegetation
Species:Largemouth Bass
Forage:Crawfish
Technique:Texas Rigs (Worming)
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Reported by Jeff Simison
Power shot creature baits shallow throwing at the points in the reeds. Fish have been under extreme pressure off-shore and have moved shallow.
Season:Summer
Structure:Reeds
Species:Largemouth Bass
Forage: Bluegill
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Seth Akenson
Bass can be found schooled up on the edge most reefs on where weeds are adjacent to hard bottom. Most fish were caught on a ned jig with a senko... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Ledges
Species:Largemouth Bass
Forage: Bluegill
Technique:Ned Rigs
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Reported by Joe Ponessa
Fish defined weed edges or areas with hard bottom adjacent to weedlines
Season:Summer
Structure:Submerged Vegetation
Species:Largemouth Bass
Forage: Bluegill
Technique:Neko Rigs
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Reported by Harrison Dau
I would look for schools of bluegills and cast my drop shot into the middle of them. I would let it sink and then dead stick it and wait for... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Rock Pile
Species:Largemouth Bass
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Erik Gaffron
Coontail and Milfoil Rule the game on this lake for the most part from early to late summer. Targeting patchy and matted vegetation with a Texas rig weedless craw tube,... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Submerged Vegetation
Species:Largemouth Bass
Technique:Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
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Reported by Tyler Trabant
Deeper crank baits (DT 16 or 6XD in light colors, eg. sexy shad or bluegill) across or parallel to underwater points, the closer to a strong weed line the better.... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Points
Species:Largemouth Bass
Technique:Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)
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Reported by Jeff
Flipping jigs or you favorite texas rigged punch bait in the milfoil can be a productive way to catching bigger bass. Lots of numbers can be caught by throwing... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Submerged Vegetation
Species:Largemouth Bass
Technique:Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
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Reported by Brandon Garrett
Season:Summer
Structure:Submerged Vegetation
Species:Largemouth Bass
Technique:Ned Rigs
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1 Fishing Reports for Other Species in Summer
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Reported by Lonnie Bloom
Last week of June, out bass fishing but ended up with 3 muskies over 36" boated in under an hour, multiple follows, and a few bites that didn't get hooks... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Reef
Species:Muskie
Technique:Soft Body Swimbaits (Large)
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