Oneida Lake Fishing Reports

Gold Ambassador

4/16/23

Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
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.

Hotbait

Megabass Spark Shad Swimbait 3" / Real

$8.99

Beast Coast Hand-Tied Tungsten Compound Open Water Sniper Jig 3/8 oz / Stealth PBJ

$8.99

Megabass Okashira Screwhead 1/8 oz / Tennessee Shad

$7.99

NetBait Tiny Paca Chunk - EOL Black Blue Flake / 2"

Out of Stock

Berkley PowerBait The Champ Craw - EOL HD Mean Craw / 3 1/2"

Out of Stock

Megabass Dark Sleeper 1/2 oz / 3" / Wakasagi

$8.99

Gamakatsu Ringed Superline EWG Hook 2/0

$5.99

Swagger Tungsten Vader No Chip Flipping Weight - EOL 3/8 oz / No-Chip Black

Out of Stock

PowerPro Spectra Braid 40lb / Moss Green

$18.50

Sunline SX1 Braided Line 12lb / Deep Green / 125 Yards

$25.99

Sunline Super FC Sniper 8lb / 200 Yards

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Sunline Super FC Sniper 16lb / 165 Yards

$30.99

Sunline Super FC Sniper 12lb / 200 Yards

Out of Stock

Shimano Curado MGL 70K Casting Reel Right / 7.4:1

$274.99

Daiwa Zillion SV TW Casting Reel Right / 7.1:1

$449.99

Daiwa BG Spinning Reel - EOL 3000 / 5.6:1

Out of Stock

G. Loomis NRX+ Casting Rods 7'3" / Medium-Heavy / Fast - 873C CRR

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G. Loomis NRX+ Casting Rods 7'5" / Heavy / Fast - 894C JWR

$650.00

Daiwa Tatula Elite Spinning Rods 7'6" / Medium-Light/Medium / Fast - Chris Johnston Hair Jig/Neko

$219.99

Patrick Owens

Gold Ambassador

4/16/23

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Water Temperature
60°

Flipping lay downs, reeds, under cut banks out closer to the middle of a creek channel has produced great numbers and size.

Hotbait

Buckeye G-Man Ballin' Out Jig 3/8 oz / Black/Blue

$4.69

Uncle Josh Pork Frog - EOL Black/Blue / 2 1/2"

Out of Stock

Omnia Fishing

Bronze Ambassador

2/24/21

Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Humps
Forage
Shad

Fish the edge of the shoals for post spawn smallies. I did best staying on top of the shoal and casting the swimbait off the edge. Key was letting the swimbait sink to the bottom or close and swimming it up the edge.