O'Dowd Lake
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O'Dowd Lake Fishing Reports
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Largemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLily PadsFound many fish in 1-3' in the developing pad beds which are in most of the lake. Most were smaller but a few good ones. They bit on a variety of shallow water baits.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureSubmerged Vegetation
Bass ranged from near shore to >6" water. All bass were caught around emergent vegetation. The area where it transitions from shade to sun seemed to be a hot spot. I slowly hopped the tube over the vegetation.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLily Pads
Quantity over quality. Lots of bass were caught, mostly in the 12 to 14" range. A few smaller as well. In 3 hours well over 20 fish caught. Interesting lake. So many hooks and crannies to fish. Good lake for fishing with kayak. A lot of places to get away from winds for a bit.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueLipless CrankbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLedges
Largemouth bass could be found early on secondary point weed edges. Most efficient technique was using a lipless crankbait (6th Sense quake 70 in natural colors for me specifically). As the sun got higher, fish moved into shallow areas with rocks, sand, gravel, etc.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureSubmerged Vegetation
The water varied between 66-70F. Most of the bass were in 1-5' water. Even with all the rain we received recently the lake is still very low. O'Dowd has a good ramp that was re-paved several years ago. There's only a handful of trailer spots, however; you can also park at Thole just down the road as that lake is rarely busy.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLily Pads
Lake is weedy. Found some sandy spots between weeds and shoreline
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLaydownsWe got out for the MN fishing opener and it was rainy and windy! We looked for cover/rocks in shallow areas on the north side of the lake where the water was 67 degrees. It looked males were guarding beds and females were off. Most fish were small that we caught close to cover but the few better ones were caught tight to cover under laydowns.throwing a green pumpkin bang stickz with a 3/8oz tungsten got bigger bites. Ned rigs and a swim jig also got bites
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureReeds
Hot and windy day out on the kayak. Started the day throwing a swim jig, then switched to a chatter bait, but caught most of the fish in a Rapala DT 6 fire craw crank bait. Slowly cruised it next to the reeds up shallow near the islands.
