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Raystown Lake Fishing Reports
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureLaydownsFishing Laydowns and Wood cover with deeper water near by produced fish early mornings. Leaving a longer pause with the jerkbait after two jerks on slack line seemed to be ideal.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDamiki RigSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureBrush Piles
Finding isolated brush piles and holding a Hot Shot Minnow Damiki style over fish Livescopeing in 15-25 feet of water
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureBoulders
Slow rolling this swimbait in the upper water column for bait feeders after ice out. Catches 3-4 pound nice smallmouth with ease.
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MuskieTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureLaydownsCaught this large Muskie off of a shallow laydown on this Jerkbait. North end of lake back of a cove
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureBrush Piles
Tiny cove off the main body, five feet deep or less with some grass out from the bank. Bunch of floating logs and brush toward the back where the biggest of the three bit.
Brian TBronze AmbassadorSpecies
TroutTechniqueBobbersSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureBaitfishWhere's all the other species that are there like,Pike,Lake Trout,Striper,White Bass,Channel Cat,etc...... Lg/Sm Mouth Bass are easy to catch,they're a reaction striker,they'll hit anything that moves whether they're hungry or not so not so interested in them.Only thing easier to catch than a Bass is Sunnies and Bluegills. Why leave out the all the tougher fish??? This page knows nothing about the lake from what answers there is to pick from....
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLaydowns
Pretty murky water, couple feet of visibility where I was. Water was still chilly, caught him on the shady side of the cove. Came off some fallen tree tops at the the of my retrieve, maybe five to seven feet of water.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDamiki RigSeasonWinterStructureBrush Piles
Held a Xzone Hot Shot Minnow over brush piles and enticed smallmouth to come up a foot or two out of the brush pile and eat a damiki rig.
