Mountain Island Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: May 17, 2026

Species

Spotted Bass

Season

Summer (Current)

27 Fishing Reports

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Largemouth Bass4 Reports
Spotted Bass4 Reports
Striped Bass1 Report

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27 Reports on Mountain Island Lake

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Tin Ngou
Gold Ambassador
6/27/23
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Hard Jerkbaits
- Structure
  Boulders
- Forage
  Shad
- Water Temperature
  77°
Today was hot, sunny, and clear skies. Luckily I went out around sunrise before it got too hot. When I first got there I saw some shad being chased around some boulders that were in 6-9ft of water. For most of the morning, I targeted these boulders with the megabass vision 110 in matt shad. I like the matt shad early in the morning and in clear water. I was throwing this jerkbait on my st croix mojo bass 7’1 mh spinning with a shimano stradic 4000. I had 15lb braid to 12lb mono leader. I also used a snap for jerkbait fishing because it allows the bait to move more freely and it’s easier to change colors when I need to. With the water being so warm, the fish were very active in the morning so I was working the jerkbait really fast. I had little to no pauses in between every jerk. As the day went on, the bite got slower because it got hotter and windier. Also I didn’t see any more shad being chase after around 9:30am.
Tin Ngou
Gold Ambassador
6/14/23
- Species
  Striped Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Hard Jerkbaits
- Structure
  Dam
- Forage
  Shad
- Water Temperature
  73°
I went out to a local dam early in the morning targeting stripers, hybrids and bass. I had most of my success throwing the Megabass Vision 110 jerkbait in Mat Shad because the water was fairly clear. I was throwing this on a 7’1" St. Croix Mojo Bass MH spinning rod with a 4000 Shimano Stradic spooled with 15lb braid. I caught most of my fish working the jerkbait really fast. There is almost no pause to the jerking action. The wind was blowing around 10mph which is fairly high there. After around 10am the bit really slowed down.
GTFISHING
Gold Ambassador
7/2/21
- Species
  Spotted Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Topwater Walking
- Structure
  Laydowns
- Forage
  Shad
Topwater bites are happening all day long on Mt. Island, twitching a hard walking bait around/over the laydowns will produce some vicious topwater strikes. Once the sun tops the trees, small swimbaits on deep water main lake points & humps will fire up the school long enough to catch a few on topwater.