Rainbow Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Sep 28, 2023

Species

Largemouth Bass8

Season

Spring (Current)8

12 Fishing Reports

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Bladed Jigs
3
Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)
1
Medium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')
1
Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
1
Swim Jigs
1

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Largemouth Bass8 Reports
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Nate Hunhoff

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5/1/23

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill

Water temps low 50s with air temps in the low 50s as well. Locked a swim jig in my hand and fished what ever I saw in front of me. Deeper docks and brush got plenty of 2-4lb bites. Best bait of the day was a 3/8 ounce queen tackle swim jig that I trimmed up the skirt on to make it a more compact profile. Even though it’s pretty old school a zoom fat Albert grub is easily my favorite swim jig trailer for this time of year, it doesn’t make the swim jig rise near as much as a craw style trailer and doesn’t get thrown near as much as it should.

Hotbait

Queen Tackle Tungsten Swim Jig 3/8 oz / Green Pumpkin Green

$5.29

Queen Tackle Tungsten Swim Jig 3/8 oz / Black Magic

$5.29

Zoom Fat Albert Grub Green Pumpkin / 3"

$3.29

Zoom Fat Albert Grub Salt & Pepper / 3"

$3.29

Nate Hunhoff

Gold Ambassador

4/30/23

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Bluegill

High 40-low 50 degree water temps, air temp in mid 40s. Caught a ton of quality fish on main lake waupaca chain slow rolling a yum scottsboro swimbait along the deeper breaks adjacent to flats. Key depth was around 15-22ftow and I also picked up a few just pitching a 1/2 ounce queen jig with a chunk on the break line which got a couple of big bites.

Hotbait

Yum Scottsboro Swimbaits - EOL 4" / Sunny Bluegill

Out of Stock

Greenfish Tackle Bryan New Bad Little Shad Swimbait Head 1/4 oz / Tennessee Shad / 1/0

Out of Stock

Greenfish Tackle Bryan New Bad Little Shad Swimbait Head 3/8 oz / Plain / 1/0

Out of Stock

Queen Tackle Tungsten Flipping Jig 1/2 oz / Blue Craw

$5.29

Queen Tackle Tungsten Flipping Jig 1/2 oz / Green Pumpkin Green

$5.29

Zoom Super Chunk Jr. Green Pumpkin Purple / 2"

$3.29

Zoom Super Chunk Green Pumpkin / 3 1/2"

$2.99

Keitech Fat Swing Impact 3.8" Electric Shad / 3.8"

$6.49

Nate Boenning

Gold Ambassador

4/21/23

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
48°

Air temps- 40-50 degrees Winds 10-20 and sunny conditions After a large drop in temperature the last week the fish backed out of the shallow water. Most of the fish came on a jerkbait on the break line with relatively long pauses. The fish on the break were positioned on the color line and would ambush when the jerkbait came over the break. Also caught a few on a minimax up shallow in wind blown dirty water on a small secondary pattern I found.