O'Dowd Lake
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O'Dowd Lake Fishing Reports
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Largemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureLily PadsI fished anywhere around the lilipads in 2 to 5 feet of water pitch/flippin craw tubes. Making purposeful casts into the pockets of lilipads produced quality bites when letting your bait sit for a few seconds.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Was fishing 10 to 14ft feet of water on the patches of weeds and letting the bait sit for a while. Small twitches every once and while and bouncing it out of the weeds. Using Billy Rub craw rub to give some xtra flavor
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Fishing 10 to 15ft of water with speractic weeds. Key is letting the lure to sit for 10 sec then slowly popping it out of the weeds.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Dragging a ned rig on points and weed flats adjacent to deep water produced a decent quantity of largemouth, with occasional large crappie and bluegill.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureLily Pads
We targeted lily pads, mil-foil, docks, and trees. Spro frogs got bit all day.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueLarge Hair Jigs (Preacher)SeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
The grass is really growing in the lake this year, I was able to find some rock piles hidden in the grass and those seemed to be my best areas. I was swimming a hair jig over the top of the grass and that produced some good fish.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueGrass JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
We had a couple of hours to fish and I hadn't fished the lake since opener. We quickly scanned the weedline and found an inside turn where the fish were schooled up. Slowly pulling the jig through the weededge got bites but the fish seemed to be more aggressive with the 7" power worm
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBobbersSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Fished off of the fishing pier at Lake O’Dowd for about 3 hours. Tons of bites from smaller bluegills but caught 3 small (under 12”) largemouth bass and a 6” crappie.
