Oneida Lake
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Species
Smallmouth Bass9Season
Oneida Lake Overview
Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Spring
- Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)3
- Drop Shot1
- Finesse Jigs1
- Hard Topwater (Popping)1
- Lipless Crankbaits1
- Smallmouth Bass9 Reports
Yellow Perch2 Reports
Largemouth Bass1 Report
Walleye1 Report
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Most Reported Baits for Smallmouth Bass + Spring
Fat Swing Impact 3.8" Smallmouth Magic / 3.8"
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Reported for Finesse Jigs
Flat Worm - PowerBait MaxScent 3 3/4" / Green Pumpkin Party
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Reported for Drop Shot
Tungsten Compound Open Water Sniper Jig 3/8 oz / Stealth PBJ
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Reported for Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Okashira Screwhead 1/8 oz / Tennessee Shad
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Reported for Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
PowerBait The Champ Craw - EOL HD Mean Craw / 3 1/2"
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Reported for Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Dark Sleeper 1/2 oz / 3" / Wakasagi
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Reported for Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Tungsten Ball Jig 1/8 oz / Green Pumpkin / 2/0
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Reported for Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Model II Tungsten Football Jig 3/8 oz / Green Pumpkin Chartreuse
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Reported for Finesse Jigs
PowerBait MaxScent Creature Hawg Green Pumpkin / 4"
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Reported for Texas Rigs (Worming)
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Oneida Lake Fishing Reports
62 Reports on Oneida Lake
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Humps
Water Temperature
52°
HotbaitKeitech Easy Shiner 3 1/2" / Perch
Out of Stock
Daiwa Fuego LT Spinning Reel - EOL 2500 / 6.2:1
Out of Stock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
54°
Started out the day on shallow flats in 4-6ft of water with swimbaits looking for prespawners feeding up like we had found them the past few weeks. Found a few fish that way, but had our best success in about 9ft of water around rock. slowly working jigs and a ned rig. Not a ton of bass (8 total) but the right ones. Finished the day with a 20.1lb bag for the best 5 with everything over 3.2lbs.. After the sun came up we saw at least 15 fish on beds, but that is not my deal so we moved on.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
54°
April 16, 2023 - Sunny with a high of 80 and winds about 5-8mph out of the ESE. Some of the bays had water temps at 60 or so but main lake is mid 50s. A great day in which the smallies had the feedbags on. We found a couple wolf packs in 4-8ft of water in prespawn mode moving along rock. They really jumped on small swimbaits. We also found a limit of largemouth but they seemed to be much closer to spawn as they were not really aggressive. Caught them on the jig and champ craw on a little slack line shake in place. They were also shallower in about 2ft of water and usually near wood or some identifiable unique structure, seemingly setting up their bedding areas.
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