David Vance's Lake Fork Report
The bass fishing here on Lake Fork this week has been good for big fish and numbers. With the last few days of warm weather, the bass have made a major move to the shallows to spawn. The spawn has started hear on Lake Fork and there was a bass over 13 caught this week. Most of the bass we are c...
March River Bassen
Hello everyone. My name is Kris Brantner. This is my first report for IDO but I am sure many of you have seen me around both sites for some time. I have been fishing since as long as I can remember, but specifically bass fishing for about the last 7 or 8 years. Only the last couple of years I h...
Lake Fork Report & Pics—March 13, 2010
An extended period of warm and sunny days has a lot of bass actively roaming up shallow at Lake Fork. Male bass are showing up en masse in the back of creeks, a sure sign that the females aren’t far behind. With the new moon on Monday and more nice days in the forecast, I expect our first majo...
Lake Fork Prespawn Bassin'
After a brutally cold start to 2010 at Lake Fork, we’ve had over a week of very mild weather, including a couple nights in the 60s and some warm sunny days in the 70s. Water temps have risen steadily and there are even a few fish in the very backs of the creeks. I’ve fished Fork the last 6 day...
Lake Fork Report—December 21, 2009
Happy Holidays to everyone. Thanks to all of my friends, family, sponsors, and customers for a fabulous 2009 and I hope everyone has a year of great catches in 2010. 2009 was a big year for me, with lots of good bass caught on Fork, plus my rookie year as a Pro on the FLW Tour. Next year, I’ll be...
West Metro Fishing Report.
If you like the thrill of catching sumo almost football like fish, then this report is something to read. I am just like any fisher person in the world; I will fish for anything that will give me a hard fought battle. Today we stumbled across some fish that gave us the battles we were looking ...
Pool 5 Bass & Multi Species
With the amazing weather we've been having in November, I have had the itch real bad to get out one last time in 2009 to tangle with some bass. Today, I was able to get out on pool 5 with fellow IDO Staffer John Stears. I have gone on several trips with John before and every time is an enjoyab...
Lake Fork Report—November 12, 2009
Lake Fork has finally settled down after repeated flooding rains. Despite the water clearing and the lake level being back at normal pool, the fish seem to be stuck in a late summer malaise with all of the warm days lately. The result has been a pretty slow bite overall this fall. As cold fronts ...
Lake Fork Report & Fall Fishing Article
Today’s morning of cold rain, north winds, and dropping temperatures reinforced that fall fishing is on its way. Even though we’re approaching mid-October, water temps are still sitting in the mid-70s and our best fall bite is yet to come. As cold fronts roll through regularly and the water temps ...
Good week of KS/NE fishing
Since I had 7 days off from the job, I decided it would be a good time to get out and get some fall fishing done. The weather was less than nice, most of the time, but we still managed to get some fish in the boat. We'll start with the best day first, which was yesterday, Wednesday, which found ...
Nephew Hammers the Smallmouth on the Mississippi
The Mississippi continues to put out some amazing fish. The Smallmouth are well rounded now and are having no problem with the very large baits we’ve been throwing at em. I’m using baits that are anywhere from 4”-10” long, depending on the mood and size of the fish we’re on at the time. The r...
Raccoon River Smallies, Panora Iowa
Decided to take a trip up to the Raccoon River at Lenon Mills outside of Panora Iowa. Morning temps were in the upper 50's as I arrived in the parking area. There were several folks out trying there luck at the dam, one guy brought up a nice walleye, measured to 18", which he released. I lo...
Incredible Smallmouth action on the Mississippi
Even with the warmer than average weather we've been having, the Mississippi River isn't far from being right on schedule. The weeds are dying off and floating down river in huge piles. The fish are grouped up and hunting furiously. These “smallie hunting packs” can be found cruising the rock...
Fall Bassin
I started my fall fishing trip at the cabin on Friday and was greeted with tough fishing and only boated 5 bass all day. I spent most of my time focusing on areas that would be considered traditional summer haunts for largemouth and got the cold shoulder.Saturday I re-thought my plan of attack ...
More Mississippi Smallmouth
Not a lot has changed since last week’s report, other than the fish are getting fatter by the day. About every fourth or fifth fish will be stuffed to the gills. When you hook into one of these fish you can usually tell, because they’ll have a trail of purged minnows behind them. Those bait f...
