Maple Lake
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer (Current)
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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Summer
- Wacky Rigs2
- Hard Jerkbaits1
- Shallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')1
Total Fishing Reports
9
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
78°
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
By the raw mouths it looked like primary forage for bass right now in Maple is Blueish Craws. Started fishing around 6:40 and had what amounted to a 17lb bag by 11:00am. Water temp was 73-75 for most of the time we were out. Fish were out the middle during the early morning and popping on small baitfish, but couldn't get a lot of top water working. Was able to get a couple on a prop bait and a big popper. Once the sun came out the bass started moving up to the docks/laydowns and fishing got pretty good. Natural cover seemed to work the best with shallow diving crankbaits in blue/silver colors. We managed over 30 fish by the time we went in for the day, with only a few under 14" for the whole day. Target the laydowns with fast moving shallow divers (lipless or squarebills).
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
88°
It was hot, humid and no wind. Water clarity was also terrible (inches, not feet). They have spent a lot of work manually removing weeds from the lake and it's basically barren. There is no grass to work with at all. The only structure in the lake at this point is the downed tree's, seawalls, and docks. It was really hard for us to find quality fish, the good tree's got picked up by the first boats to launch pretty quickly and sat on for the evening. All our fish were basically hugging the seawalls. None of our keepers were more than a few feet from them. Every keeper was on a wacky worm as well. We ended up with 7.5lbs w/ BB of 1.55lbs. Big bass of the night was - 4.6lbs Bags were; 19.10lbs 14.85lbs 12.45lbs
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