Hey guys,
I’d like to do some shore fishing, thinking of trying Lake City. I usually fish the floats in the area but wanted to try something different. You think with the recent weather it’s worth trying – I’d take perch if I could find them. Any spot in Lake City you’d recommend?
Jay
Thanks Tyler, I’ll definitely take walleye but will settle for some perch 
Hey guys,
I’d like to do some shore fishing, thinking of trying Lake City. I usually fish the floats in the area but wanted to try something different. You think with the recent weather it’s worth trying – I’d take perch if I could find them. Any spot in Lake City you’d recommend?
Jay
Fish the breakwater in Lake City that creates the safe harbor for sailboats. Its the breakwater that runs at a 90 degree angle to the end of the big concrete pier. There are 3 fishing stations on the lake side. Walleye, sauger, northern, crappie, sunfish, lm and sm bass, catfish….they all come to anglers on this structure. Jigs/minnows or jigs/plastics.
This early in the season you can get on the docks inside the harbor too. Fish the pilings for panfish and crappies.
Tom,
Thanks! I found the breakwater and fished all three stations, throwing jigs with minnows and some plastics. Didn’t have any luck but it was sure nice to get out. I can see how it would be productive later in the season.
Jay
The breakwater is actually very productive but it is just a hair early. The higher water levels can come into play as can the weather on any given day. The station with the wheelchair ramp, the first one, is a great walleye/sauger spot. Take up a position on the corner nearest to the marina chute and cast straight for the No Wake sign seen on the side near the trailers. Left the jig sink until the line goes slack then work it back until you tick the first rock, then crank like crazy. Doing just that has provided the wife and I with an awful lot of walleye dinners over the years….another couple weeks bud!
If you return before the boats go back into the harbor fish the dock closest to the breakwater at each piling after you cross the metal joint plate. A 1/32 head [no paint needed] and a crappie-sized plastic or a 1″ Gulp Minnow in lumaglow or chartreuse shad or smelt.
Tom is the guy when it comes to Lake City area fishing.
Hey Tom,
Thanks a lot! I fished the wheelchair ramp last and did toss a few in the direction you mention but I was just guessing and time was running out. I’ll definitely give it a try again in a week or two using your method. I also fished the dock closest to the breakwater but was using heavier jigs tipped with fatheads, was thinking of changing it up – will try lighter jigs and gulp minnows. Thanks again for all the help.
Jay
The station with the ramp is a walleye/sauger spot. The middle ramp will hold a few crappies and sunfish but the walleyes are scattered there as a rule. The furthest r station holds the best crappie fishing. Down the steps and the corner to your right. Light jig [under 1/8] and a plastic of the Gulp under a float set at about 8 feet and you’ll be in the zone. When the jigs starts to knock rocks recast. From that corner cast at about a 45 degree angle towards the end of the concrete pier. 
If the wind bites you on the lake side of the breakwater, fish the last 100 feet on the harbor side. Pick a rock and have at it.
Being able to use two rods I like to float a jig/plastic under a cork and cast something similar but without a float and retrieve. Between the rock and the ends of the slips the water out that way is fairly deep….15-18 feet. Bouncing a jig at the bottom of the rip-rap and sort of swimming it up can get some real good action. Often you’ll see other crappies come in with one on a hook so I have begun to bring hooked fish in along side the rod with the cork and often will get hit on it while taking the other fish off. And being able to stay deep with the cork-free line will maybe get you a waldo.
You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
