Bass Lake Blue Gills

[Guest]

Passing through Cohasset on Saturday morning, wondering about the gills on Bass Lake. Where would I start?

[bmc]

Pretty soon, they'll be fishing them on the east side of the lower part of the lake. From Hwy 2 go north on co. road 62 and park on the south shoal lake road, you'll see the lake to the west. Keep in mind you are accessing the lake through private property so tread lightly. Sight fishing at it's best out there. Keep in mind the limit is only 5, but i'll tell ya' from my june experiences out there, it's well worth your time.

Brian

[Guest]

thanks for the tip Brian. One question? What does tread lightly mean?

[bmc]

tread lightly, pick up any garbage, whether it's yours or not, don't chew up the guy's yard, stuff like that. If the property owner prevents access there, it'd be tough to access that part of the lake, as the public access is on the west side of the lake.

Brian

[bmc]

I was out on Bass yesterday and man, what a day! I fished from about 12 till 4:30 and caught 25-30 bluegills, a 18" walleye, a 13" crappie, tons of perch, and a couple 3-4 lb gaotrs. Everything was let go, hopefully that crappie will contribute a few more to the lake, as I believe there's not alot of them out there. I used both small crappie minnows and waxies. All fish were caught in 7-10 feet of water. If I would have brought my portable I coulda' sight fished for sure.....maybe next time, if this snow/rain doesnn't play too much havoc w/ the ice. No problem getting out there from county road 62, but on the way off the lake, the ice near shore got "spongy", I thought I was gonna get wet, but it is real shallow there.

bmc.

[bmc]

It wasn't as good today as it was yesterday, but me and a buddy managed to catch a few bigger gills. Between the two of us we had 6 that were in the 9-10" range. We probably caught a total of 20. Instead of doing the run and gun approach, we camped out on a hole a piece, as the wind was furious out there. Hopefully we'll get a little cold snap to firm up the shorelines as they're getting worse day by day. I just don't wanna quit ice fishing yet!

bmc