Oneida Lake
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Oneida Lake Overview
Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Summer
- Drop Shot9
- Football Jigs2
- Carolina Rigs1
- Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)1
- Finesse Jigs1
Smallmouth Bass17 Reports
Walleye10 Reports
Largemouth Bass4 Reports
Panfish / Bluegill1 Report
Northern Pike1 Report
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Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Topwater Popping
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
72°
Drag something painfully slow through rocks and boulders around the cleanest grass you can find. I used a small black creature bait style trailer.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
I finished up the BASS Open with another top 10 on my favorite tournament lake! The keys this week were using my Lowrance Active Target to find fish relating to scattered submerged vegetation in 10-14' and pitching a Z-Man Trick Shotz in Goby Bryant to them on a 1/4oz Angler Tungsten weight. I then would take a Bill Lewis MR12 and reel that as fast as I could to generate reaction strikes from the same fish when they turned to a negative mood in the afternoons. The fish were heavily keying in on perch fry during this time of year. I was only getting 7-10 bites a day but averaged about 17.25lbs each day.
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