Any one make it out and do any bass fishing. School tourney starts tomorrow and is the first night fishing. I didn’t pre fish. Any one have any good bites this weekend and if so what worked, and what water temps. Chisago today was 64 but crappies kept us occupied. Bass were hitting our crappie jigs but we didn’t target them
I caught 5 bass yesterday and had a couple more sizable ones jump off. The water temp was 64 by me too in the west metro. The bass I caught were on a gold/black jerk bait. It was cloudy/drizzly out though too. Tomorrow looks bright and sunny if I’m not mistaken.
Should have been pre-fishing.
anyone read the book? I have a test tomorrow & I didn’t read the book.
Lol! Sounds like you’re on your own. For what is worth I caught a couple on an original floating rapala tight to shore while looking for eyes. 62-64 water temp
Chrome and black,blue, or green rattle traps or a black VMC bucktail jig tipped with a gulp leech. Water temp was 56-60 north central mn. Most bites were pretty light.
Caught about 50 bass Saturday. 50/50 mix smallmouth and largemouth. This is not an exaggeration. At one point I went 5 casts, 5 fish. They were hitting anything I was throwing for walleyes. Wind blown flat with scattered rocks and weeds in 4-6 FOW. 58* water temp. Started out pitching jig/minnows, then storm 360 search bait and then they destroyed 2 #5 green perch shad raps by tearing back hook out of them. I’d have moved areas but there were walleyes mixed in. Even got my PB 30” walleye! It was one of those days you dream about!
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That is one hell of an outing there drifter! Congrats on the PB
anyone read the book? I have a test tomorrow & I didn’t read the book.
Well considering I don’t fish In the tourney I’m just a captain I could care less about pre fishing when the 2 boys were at a lacrosse game. I never studied much in school either.
Should have been pre-fishing.
Went out with the intention to bass fish but ended up catching big crappies at a wild rate instead. Boated over 100 crappies.
Crazy good bass bite for my boat over the weekend. Hit a small lake between to larger lakes. Water temps in the low 60s and much warmer than the larger lakes. Small spinner baits and jig,plastic both worked well. Even got a fair amount on a Wake Bull. Just kept working the area from tight to the bog out to the first main break. They where everywhere but if you found some old standing weed or a pocket of warmer water they really stacked up. White was a good color. White,pink very good to. Caught well over 200 bass this weekend. Guessing roughly 150 just yesterday. 19″ was one of the biggest. My thumb is a mess.
Crazy good bass bite for my boat over the weekend. Hit a small lake between to larger lakes. Water temps in the low 60s and much warmer than the larger lakes. Small spinner baits and jig,plastic both worked well. Even got a fair amount on a Wake Bull. Just kept working the area from tight to the bog out to the first main break. They where everywhere but if you found some old standing weed or a pocket of warmer water they really stacked up. White was a good color. White,pink very good to. Caught well over 200 bass this weekend. Guessing roughly 150 just yesterday. 19″ was one of the biggest. My thumb is a mess.
Thanks Mike I appreciate the advice. I have a good feeling where the bass will be, but I just wanted to see what others were seeing.
Smaller lake in the west metro Saturday with water temps 64-65 and they were already making beds up shallow. Mostly solo males up shallow but a few paired up. Dark/natural spinnerbaits got a lot to eat. Anything that wasn’t natural colored they would just follow to the boat. Biggest fish were staging 4’-8’ just off the edge of the bedding areas.
Saturday On a pressured metro lake I caught 68 largemouth largest being 5-4, biggest 6 near 20. I took home 6 eyes, buddy took home 4. Also had 10 crappies each. Went back out yesterday and sat in one spot and got 32 bass but missed 4, on about 42 casts. and got a bunch more in other areas. 64 water.
But Yeah, Minnesota is NOT a destination bass state.
AND THIS from IN Fisherman.
Minnesota has world-class smallmouth fishing in the Mississippi River, Mille Lacs, the St. Croix River, and several other waters. A 4 pounder lifts—no eyebrows here, and catching multiple 5-pound bronzebacks in a day is common for good anglers. Smallies over 7 pounds are caught every yearsometimes an 8. And Minnesota lays claim to over 13,000 natural lakes—more than any other state. Most harbor impressive populations of native largemouths, smallmouths, or both. Since Minnesota is primarily a walleye state, bass remain relatively under pressured—even though popularity of bass fishing continues to rise. Minnesota isn’t the place to find trophy largies over 10 pounds, but it’s a place where catching over 100 per day, with several over 5 pounds, just might be easier than anywhere else. Lake Minnetonka, nestled into the urban outskirts of Minneapolis, is a national treasure. But it’s the smallmouth fishing that sets Minnesota apart. For size and numbers right now, only Great Lakes fisheries surpass the Gopher state.
I guess i wasn’t asking If it was a destination place for bass. That’s a different topic. I can usually catch 50 2 pound bass as well. I was asking what was working. Square bills, spinners, wacky rigs , jerk baits ?
We spent part of yesterday chasing bass. All of our fish came on Chatterbaits or Rattletraps. Most were along the edge of reeds or roaming over shallow new weed growth flats. It was odd but I could not catch a fish on a weighless stickworm. Water temps where we were at ranged from 58-61 Deg. A few warm days and a little higher water temps and I think the bass bite will be on fire. Good luck to the young fishermen !!!
Water temps were the key this weekend for us between the wife and me we boated over 125 bass on 4 trips. Tight to shore mostly male bass if you were not tight to shore zero. As Fishthumper said and surprised us we couldn’t buy a fish on a wacky worm. All caught on a small beetle spin small crappie type plastic natural color with just a hint of green or chartreuse. They were around docks but not holding under the stretches between the docks was the best also seems all fish caught on the west side of lake (warmer). Anything that was around 65 degree water was game on. Did try 4-6 FOW got zero. Good luck Bearcat
It’s a great time to start looking for bed fish too. Those will also be the biggest you will likely find. Some of the most fun fishing you can do if you can sight fish them also Toss a creature bait or weightless wacky rig just past the bed and bring it slowly into the bed. So much fun.
Deadstick a weightless POWER SLUG, the best for beds-now try to find a Power Slug.
All I caught was bass. As soon as it warmed up on Sunday after the cold front the bass went nuts. Fishing for crappie in 54 degrees the smallmouth were after my jig. Fishing for pike in a 60’s pond with a huge chatterbait got the largemouth going. On a clear lake that had major winterkill the bass were chasing shiners in the creek mouth and attacking my bobber on a crappie rig. Caught no crappies, and lots of big bucketmouths and very energetic smallmouth.
Deadstick a weightless POWER SLUG, the best for beds-now try to find a Power Slug.
No power slugs for us. And no dead sticking.
I’m thinking we will be throwing stick baits and spinners tonight. I’ll see what the boys think. I’m only there for the ride.
Fished a lake with shallow, dark bottom bay. 64 degree water. Rat-L—Trap was pretty good. Got a couple smallies on the main lake with pink x-rap. Saw quite a few LMB moving to the shallows. A good few months ahead.
Power Slug for bedding bass, not sure that is happening yet anyway-
1st tournament done. My nephew was down his partner due to baseball but he placed 4th out of 20. If he would have had a partner I bet he would have got first. He missed biggest fish by 1 oz.
1st tournament done. My nephew was down his partner due to baseball but he placed 4th out of 20. If he would have had a partner I bet he would have got first. He missed biggest fish by 1 oz.
Power Slug for bedding bass, not sure that is happening yet anyway-
Wha5 is a power slug ? Type of soft stick bait ? The ticket tonight was wacky rigs. But could only find males up shallow. Bigger females were hard to find. He got 2 off a chatter bait in 12 ft of water. And a handful of smaller males on jerk baits
Power Slug is a stick bait like a Slug-O. Falls a little slower than a wacky worm, sometimes that’s the ticket sometimes not. Big girls are probably staging near spawning areas. Congrats on what you got.
That’s awesome Bearcat! Nice start for your nephew.
That’s awesome Bearcat! Nice start for your nephew.
He was complaining that the first tourney was on Chisago and he hates Chisago there isn’t any nice fish in there.
I told him it’s my favorite lake for a reason, after his 20th bass he was like ” uncle ronny I love this lake.” I was very happy to captain him last night. I gave him all the advice I knew to give. It was awesome watching first hand the advice on what to throw where and not to bail on a spot until he threw everything at it from fast to slow. It payed off to watch his smiles
Way to go. Fantastic start to the season.
We found a decent number of females over the weekend. Time of day and keep moving to find them. Right at dark in the main channel the big gals got going. During the day we would pick one up here and there. Did find one warmer weed bed that had a group of gals hanging on it.
Caught so many bass over the weekend I’m kinda over them. Then again it’s Tuesday and I’m very over this working thing for the week.
Is uncle Ronny anything like uncle Rico. Just curious.
Nice work getting him on some bass.
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