how long until bass.....

[HandGunner]

Been out on crooked lake Andover last saturday, nothing on sonar and no bass except one random dink. Was out on Minnitonka sunday before sunrise some bass were biting for other people except me. Was throwing everything until I figured they were biting on reaction and was biting my lipless crank. Caught 2 for the day. All other lures and senkos they would stare swim up and lose intrest. What does this mean for the bass? Spawning?

How long until they all just go into summer mode? Bite anything that comes their way? 2 weeks?

[M1dwestF1sh]

It all depends on the weather we get. I would say about two weeks sounds right before I'd start throwing senkos. I found so far this year they are all shallow. In some metro lakes I fished it seemed like they had just spawned over the weekend. I live right next to crooked but never fish it really. Do you do good there?

[HandGunner]

I do amazing at Crooked sometimes it all depends on traffic. Its is a catch and release lake so expect alot of 4-5 pounders, just have to know were they are and I know alot of the spots were their's one I can usually sink a hook into. Im always on my kayak out there fishing now before I would be at the beach. Two years ago I was on the beach and it was a rain storm calm rain storm calm type day and I just kept fishing when it rained and stopped and everything became calm, then head to the car during the storm part. I caught alot of bass at the beach that day alot of 2-3 pounders. During the day time I notice most of the bigger bass are under docks just depends who is tearing up the water in their speedboat and you must know about that, sometimes theirs 4-5 speed boats out there on this tiny lake going ham. Early morning before sunrise and before sunset is when alot of bite comes in and you can catch them mostly anywhere.

[HandGunner]

Crooked lake should seriously have a hp limit or just be a non motorized lake

[M1dwestF1sh]

It is such a small lake its hard to believe people would even have fun out there on a speed boat. I've fished off the peer at night (past the park curfew) and managed to catch some big cats but that's all I've fished it for. I'll have to try it out this year. I normally go to turtle lake in shoreview for metro bass but crooked is a 2 minute drive for me.

[Juan Grande]

Be prepared to fish thick milfoil if you go out there mid-summer.

[HandGunner]

I usualy toss wacky rig or t rig worms craws lizards. Few kno the lake like me meaning sometimes I show off at the beach with a 4 or 5 pound bass and let a kid at the beach release it other than that the traffic of speed boaters is too much for a tiny lake ppl just boat around and fishermen/women are stranded at the beach and dock, fishing. I punch myself in the face alot wondering why I risk getting ran over in my yak their but those big girls there always cheer me up if I land them.

[HandGunner]

Be prepared to fish thick milfoil if you go out there mid-summer.

yup tons at the beach but the bass love hiding in them, lures weedless or not love em too lol. Ill get lucky and cast into a small opening but it sucks when I land a 3lb bass in their but have another 3lb worth of milfoil on 10lb mono, believe me I literaly went swimming for a 4lb bass that wanted to bring me cabbage with it. Guy at the beach with his son thaught I was crazy until I surfaced with the fish and he simply shouted to me yup defenatley worth it.

[Nick Kuhn]

Still close to spawn. Bass get into midsummer patterns generally after the lily-pads are up and the curly-leaf pondweed has died off. Until then, you have to be willing to try a lot of different things to find where the fish are and what they want. Lately in Wisconsin they've actually wanted fast and erratic baits off the seldom used inside weed edge.

[M1dwestF1sh]

Might go over there tomorrow morning. Trying to think where to go. I just got in from fishing. Needless to say I'm soaking wet but the fishing was pretty good. Nobody else on the metro lakes.

[HandGunner]

beach is the only shore fishing their is for crooked but hand on the far right side away from dock

[M1dwestF1sh]

I brought my boat out in the rain thinking the fish would be active and I only caught one. Tried everything and everywhere but one small bass on a crank bait for me. Tried ham lake later in the day.