Merrill Creek Reservoir
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructurePointsSlow bite today. Largest fish was 14 1/2" Fish came on a Sammy's Baits vision 110 style in rainbow trout pattern.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureRock Pile
Fishing shallow I found quite a few smallmouth spawning. Using a dropshot I was able to cast onto the bed and let the bait do the work!
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TroutTechniqueLipless CrankbaitsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureBaitfishA 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!
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructurePoints
Texas rigged over rocks. Twitching back to the yak
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureRock 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.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueStructure JigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureRock Pile
I fished rock piles and rip rap shallow dragging a jig and was able to catch a lot of smallmouth bass.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureBoulders
Hit rocks between 15-25 feet work from shore line.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureBouldersMy 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.
