Is there a such thing as a fishing instructor? I’d be interested in learning more about fishing. We have a Crestliner Rampage and live on Lake Marion and I can’t seem to catch anything with lures. Just a bobber and nightcrawler or wax worm. Don’t seem to catch more than Sunnies or Largemouths in Marion.
That would be a fishing guide.
However if you’re talking about Marion in Lakeville, sunnies, largemouth, and northern are mainly of what you’ll catch. Walleye are very few and far between out there, especially in summer. Not a very difficult lake, focus on weedlines and pockets right now.
A bass and pike lake like Marion I’d just get a few little spinners and cast the weed lines. Maybe a couple small swim baits, too. Worm and bobber is the ticket for panfish.
If you want to learn that lake I’d get to know a neighbor that fishes it regularly. These highly pressured metro lakes aren’t easy. If you want to catch fish do it early or late and just work the tops and edges of the weeds. A beetle spin would be my first choice.
Ditto, on the beetle spin, one of the all-time fish catcher.
Is there a such thing as a fishing instructor? I’d be interested in learning more about fishing. We have a Crestliner Rampage and live on Lake Marion and I can’t seem to catch anything with lures. Just a bobber and nightcrawler or wax worm. Don’t seem to catch more than Sunnies or Largemouths in Marion.
Use any search engine and learn everything a guide can tell you, for free….I mean, if your actually interested.
I always saw Lake Marion as a rec lake more than a fishing lake. They are in there. But I would not spend my time fishing that lake. I am also not a bass guy. If you want to catch something there go after bass. For bass on that lake focus on the weed lines in the early morning.
He LIVES on Marion, good to focus on one lake anyway when you are learning.
If it is Marion in Lakeville you are talking about – It can be a real difficult lake at times. I use to fish it for bass a lot when I lived in the cities. It gets a fair amount of fishing pressure so that doesn’t help. I’m not aware of many Walleyes being caught, but I’m sure there are a few of them. For bass I would start fishing the deeper weedlines with a jigworm or a texas rigged worm. There is also a decent frog bite there around this time of the year. There are a few different weekday fishing leagues that fish out there several times each year. Watch for when they are out there and keep a eye where they seem to be fishing. Some of the guys in those leagues have fished Marion ALOT and normally know the best spots. Don’t get to close or bother them while they are fishing – but just note the general areas they are fishing. Maybe go to one of the weigh-ins and see how they did and ask a few questions. Just tell them you are new to bass fishing and would like a little info. to get you going.
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