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Paw Paw Lake

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Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Summer (Current)
23 Fishing Reports
56 Followers

Paw Paw Lake Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Summer

Wacky RigsDrop ShotGrass JigsHard JerkbaitsNed RigsShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')Soft Jerkbaits
  1. Wacky Rigs
    2
  2. Drop Shot
    1
  3. Grass Jigs
    1
  4. Hard Jerkbaits
    1
  5. Ned Rigs
    1
Total Fishing Reports
23
Top Species Reported for Summer
  1. Largemouth Bass8 Reports
  2. Smallmouth Bass3 Reports
  3. Crappie1 Report
  4. Northern Pike1 Report

Fishing Reports

23 Reports on Paw Paw Lake

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  • Greg Thomas

    Gold Ambassador

    8/3/25

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Wacky Rigs

    • Structure

      Standing Timber

    Late summer morning and the bite was tough offshore. Found some largemouth on tree stumps close to deep water. Caught a warmouth as well. I was pleasantly surprised at how well this bait performed let it jsink shake the rod, lift and drop, then watch your line. You can see the line jump when they took it. Definitely recommend braid to leader as it will help when watching line. Stay fishy and tight lines!
  • Greg Thomas

    Gold Ambassador

    7/4/25

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Soft Jerkbaits

    • Structure

      Submerged Vegetation

    • Forage

      Bluegill

    Michigan lakes are choked with vegetation in the summer and that’s where the fish are. Fishing that submerged grass can be challenging. I like to stay on top of it by fishing a lightly weighted weedless fluke. The Houdini color from Zoom imitates bluegill perfectly and the twist lock hook from owner helps me not tear up the nose on flukes with every fish. If you like to fish flukes you need to try this combo out. Tight lines!
  • Omnia Community Member

    Gold Ambassador

    8/16/23

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Wacky Rigs

    • Structure

      Submerged Vegetation

    • Forage

      Perch

    • Water Temperature

      75°

    Not much action. only 3 largemouth a smallmouth and a perch were caught. the smallmouth came in 15 feet of water the rest came in 4ft or less. The smallie came on a drop shot rigged with a d-worm wacky hooked. The first largemouth was on a d-worm on a weighted wacky hook and the second largemouth was on a Manns wake bait, chrome and blue. My buddy caught the last largemouth on a twin tail Yamamoto skipped under a dock. His perch also was on a drop shot black flat worm. We fished from 7:30 to 1:30.
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