Merrill Creek Reservoir
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
60°
Sammy's Baits
Bronze Ambassador
4/20/23
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
52°
Slow bite today. Largest fish was 14 1/2" Fish came on a Sammy's Baits vision 110 style in rainbow trout pattern.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Bass are moving shallow, I target Smallmouth bass using Ned heads with Zman in green pumpkin and black and Berkley small 4" worms in motoroil and black.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
I fished rock piles and rip rap shallow dragging a jig and was able to catch a lot of smallmouth bass.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
68°
Hit rocks between 15-25 feet work from shore line.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
My buddy and I headed out on the kayaks to do some bass fishing. We fished most of the lake and found some areas still had spawning smallmouth bass. We used dropshots and ned rigs. Casting them onto the beds from a ways away. Using an anchor to keep us still and polarized sunglasses so we could see the fish. We would cast repeatedly until you would find the "Hot" spot on the fish's "bed". Sometime they would eat it right away other times you had to let the bait sit and shake the rod to vibrate the bait to get them to eat. A great day with quite a few fish caught some being over 19' all immediately released back to the beds unharmed.
PowerPro Spectra Braid 15lb / Moss Green
Out of Stock
Pflueger Trion Spinning Reel - EOL 30 / 5.2:1
Out of Stock
Species
TroutSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
35°
A buddy and I headed out in our kayaks to go after to lake trout using forward facing sonar (livescope). We found lake trout in 80-120 foot roaming 50-80 foot below the surface using rattletraps and blade baits they would come up and destroy the baits. We hooked up on around 5 each but some came off. Super fun day!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
84°
Caught a 5 lber and a 3 lber on a shakey head today in about 10 feet.
Zach Brodeur
Bronze Ambassador
7/5/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
78°
Had the most success pitching a shakey head in less than 5ft of water around lay downs for largemouth. Was also able to target largemouth in 15ft of water suspending over grass using LiveScope. A lighter presentation got more bites - 1/16 oz jighead worked best. Picked up a few more bites dragging a worm offshore around brush piles. The bite was hot in the morning and slowed down as it heated up.
