Lake Delavan Largies and Pike

Made it out to my favorite multispecie lake with clients chasing some big bass and pike. After a brutual cold front that came through I figured the fish would be burried in the weeds. So we started throwing 1/2 ounce rock stalker jigs and 1/2 swim stalker jigs in the weeds. It did not take too long, after my clients first cast and a nice 4 lber I knew the fish were going to be snapping.

Crazy thing is I always here and read at times how horrible fishing is supposed to be after big cold fronts, and that typically the bite should be better the day before or a few hours before the storm or front pass through. Spending over 300 days on the water for the past 8 years I have noticed that some of my best days of fishing have been after we get the north or east winds and blue bird ski’s. This is not always the case but looking back at some of my biggest ski’s, bass, and pike and many have been taken after a major cold snap, followed with good action. So I guess my point is typically I do very well after cold fronts. I have also done well before the fronts come through as the barmetric pressure is rising, but I prefer after the front in most cases.

The other thing on this particular lake is that it is one of the best lakes for schooling bass, so if these fish are not on the edges of the weeds or at times suspened out off the edges busting on bait they will be in the weeds, and still typically in schools. Most of the bass are following the gills, and crappies back into the weeds so we fished certain area’s slowly and thoroughly which worked best for us this day.

We landed 5 bass over 18 inches 2 over 20 inches, and about a dozen bass total along with about 10 pike. So overall for cold front conditions I was pleased with how we did!