Portage Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Apr 24, 2025

Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)

9 Fishing Reports

24 Followers

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Frogs/Toads
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Hard Jerkbaits
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1
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Fishing Reports

9 Reports on Portage Lake

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Phelptwan
Gold Ambassador
5/22/23
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Spawn)
- Technique
  Hard Jerkbaits
- Structure
  Open Water/Basin
- Forage
  Shad
- Water Temperature
  61°
Had a late start, water temp was around 60-62°F, wind was 3-5 mph. Water was amazingly clear for Portage Lake. Probably a solid 5-6' visibility. Had a hard start getting a pattern going. Early catch on a Ned and then a nice keeper in the shallows on a red Berkley Power Blade. Eventually got further out of the shallows (6-10') of water and got a few short strikes on a Shad Fillet Stunna. The bites were coming when I let the bait sit for 3-4 seconds. After 3 fish on short strikes I switched to a Hankie Pankie and the bass really started to hit that one hard. I had another 20 or so in the next hour with about 2/3 keepers. Pretty much all of them were after a short 3/4 second pause coming out of the shallower water.
Phelptwan
Gold Ambassador
5/6/24
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Spawn)
- Technique
  Frogs/Toads
- Structure
  Submerged Vegetation
- Forage
  Shad
- Water Temperature
  65°
Water temps were sitting around 65° when we hit the water and there was a decently brisk 10-15mph wind coming from the south. We immediately hit the flats on the south end of the lake with poppers/top water and caught several quality fish (for the lake). We continued around the south point and the flats for a while and tried to target some of the spawners as well with no luck. We later moved into the pads on the north end of the lake and caught some better quality bass on frogs. As the wind picked up past 20mph things cooled off pretty significantly. Struck out for a long time while trying to fish the wind and switched over to some spinner baits. We targeted the edge of the drop offs on the south side of the lake and managed to put several more quality bass in the boat.
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
6/14/22
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Post-Spawn)
- Technique
  Wacky Rigs
- Structure
  Docks
- Forage
  Shad
Windy day fishing 5-6 feet