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Rathbun Lake

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Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Winter (Current)
13 Fishing Reports
136 Followers

Rathbun Lake Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Winter

    Total Fishing Reports
    13
    Top Species Reported for Winter

    0 reports for Winter

    Other Species Reported for Rathbun Lake

    1. Largemouth Bass9 Reports
    2. Walleye3 Reports
    3. Crappie1 Report

    Fishing Reports

    13 Reports on Rathbun Lake

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    • Quentin Jacobsen

      Bronze Ambassador

      11/14/22

      • Species

        Walleye

      • Season

        Fall

      • Technique

        Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)

      • Structure

        Ledges

      • Forage

        Minnows

    • pstrap

      Silver Ambassador

      9/2/23

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Summer

      • Technique

        Bladed Jigs

      • Structure

        Rip Rap

      • Forage

        Crappie

      • Water Temperature

        76°

      Find Rip Rap near the dam and get to work with a chatterbait. They're eating smaller crappie and shad there. I found the green pumpkin original chatterbait with a silver blade really stood out and gave flash in the muddy stained water.
    • Bass Snatcher

      Gold Ambassador

      4/20/24

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Spring (Spawn)

      • Technique

        Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)

      • Structure

        Laydowns

      • Water Temperature

        53°

      Fished on Friday and Saturday and the conditions were not very good. Air temps were in the 30s and the wind was in the 20s. On Friday I fished the lower arm and tried find bass in the channel that runs through. I marked a ton of fish but could only manage one bite. Not sure if they were bass or not. The only one I managed to catch was on a laydown in a little cove flipping a bandito bug. On Saturday I went up the lake and tried the flooded timber. Once again I was marking fish but could not find any bass. All I caught was a big drum. The cold and wind were terrible so I left the water early. Water temps ranged from 51 to 54 degrees and only had less than a foot of visibility.
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