Wolf lake was surface temperature was running 49 to 53 degrees. This was about a 15 degree cool down in the water in one week's time. Quite the shock I'm sure and I wasn't sure what to expect. This chain of lakes has several smaller lakes with Wolf on one end of the chain and Center lake on the other end of the chain. Long navigatable channel allows you to get from one lake to another. This was a hard one to crack and really had to work hard to get some bites. I managed to get into double digits on the counter by using a swim jig to get the bass to bite, and jerkbait to get the smallmouth to bite. The smallouth was hanging on a long baron point with a quick drop off. The largemouth mostly came out of the channels and had one spot on Center that they were holding in some really thick wood. I used a belly weighted 4" swimbait to work slowly over the wood and not get hooked into it. It was paired with a flipping stick and 30 lb. braid which helped me get a good hookset and pull them out of the cover. Winds were pretty stiff for the day which made using slow moving soft plastics almost impossible.
This was our first fishing trip of 2023. Strong winds and storms the day prior led into our bluebird fishing day. Come along to see how we stringed some bites together on a tough fishing condition day. Thanks for being part of our community and stayed tuned for more exclusive content from R & J Bass Fishing. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them below and we'll answer them.
I went Wamplers lake in Irish Hills this past Sunday. Let me start by saying what. a circus on the water by the time afternoon rolled around. I had two goals for my fishing for the day. I wanted to catch some bass for a few hours and I also wanted to come home with a mess of bluegill or redear sunfish for dinner. I had a decent few hours bass fishing in the morning catching 7 of them. The bluegill fishing was actually more challenging because trying to find quality fish was a bit difficult. I caught too many to count, but only brought home a dozen that were big enough to filet up. Water temperature was 70 when I got there, and 72 when I left. Water temperature down at 14 feet was also 70 according to my underwater camera. I did use the underwater camera a bit trying to locate some bigger bluegill. Short video of the some of the underwater footage and one bass catch below.
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I don't know how many of you fish inland bodies of water where bluegill/bream are the main forage for bass. We have lot of natural lakes in this general area where being successful at catching bass depends on finding the bluegill. Do you notice the correlation between the two during the year? I had a recent trip on a lower Michigan lake where I ended up finding the bluegill deep because of the heat wave. They were running 15 to 20 feet deep in this clear lake. Once I picked up a drop shot and dropped down I noticed something I hadn't been aware of before. Check out the underwater footage of when the drop shot goes down where the bluegill are.
