Posted on August 12th, 2023
Hi George, great question. My strategy whether I’m fishing Largemouth Bass either from a kayak or a boat is based much on the time of day. Largemouth bass tend to do most of their cruising early and late in the da searching for prey. If I fish early I fish areas just off weeds and fish quickly either casting a spinnerbait, a crankbait, or a twitch-bait. If I am fishing later in the day I know that largemouth’s like to sit under cover to ambush prey. That cover could be “slop” (up-rooted aquatic vegetation), that has been dislodged by the wind/waves and stacked up to form a “matt”, “blow-down” (shoreline trees that have fallen in the water), or dense areas of lily pads, or dense areas of weeds like coontail or milfoil where they are sitting in pockets inside the thick weeds. In that case my go-to presentation is fishing a Texas-rigged plastic worm or a flippin’jig. I fish slower and try and hit any sport where I think a largemouth might be holding under….God bless you.
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Posted on August 1st, 2023
Hi Susan, Upper Buckhorn has some excellent bass fishing. I have only done well fishing Musky around Fox Island. My best bass success has been fishing the docks and shorelines north of Scottsman’s Point on both shorelines. There are several rock shoals that are marked on the eastern shoreline near McIllmoy Point and I have also done well fihsing around docks and concrete wall just south of there at the RV park. I would simply fish a 3″ black twister-tail grub on a 1/4 oz jighead and cast it to open pockets on the rocks in-between the weeds and around docks…God bless you.
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Posted on July 6th, 2023
Hi Alex,
East Cross Creek, the main Scugog River and Mariposa Brook hold good size largemouth (and musky), but they are scattered. In years when water levels are low they will not use those areas and will be in the main lake. I can suggest you drive about 20min further north of Lindsay, ON and fish McClaren’s Creek and Goose Bay in the southern part of Sturgeon Lake. Hopefully water level is better in Sturgeon Lake. You can put-in right in Lindsay at the public boat launch and work your way out to Goose Bay. The submerged trees in the river can hold largemouth bass also and when you get out to Goose Bay there are lots of stumps and cover used both for largemouth, smallmouth bass and even walleye. Once in Goose Bay keep left (west side) and work your way to McClaren’s Creek.
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Posted on July 6th, 2021
One of my favorite areas to send people looking for Largemouth Bass, Walleye & Pike is Prince Edward County, ON. It’s within your 2 hr drive from the GTA and has excellent fishing all summer long. Here are some suggestions for lodging:
All three locations have excellent fishing…God bless you.
Make sure to check the fishing videos on our Italo Labignan YouTube channel and if you have any questions just email them to me at Ask Italo throughout our website.
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Posted on August 15th, 2020
Hi Domenic, if you plan on fishing Cameron Lake I would suggest you fish 1/4 oz black, bucktail hair jigs for walleye jigging the edge and nooks & crannies of the weeds/weedline. For bass you should do well fishing boat docks/boats that are not in use with 7″ Texas rigged plastic worms. You may also want to cast white 3/8 oz. single Colorado blade spinnerbaits to shorelines and around weedbeds and lastly you may want to fish a 1/4 oz black buzz-bait over and around the weeds, especially any lily pad beds…God bless you.
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Posted on July 18th, 2020
Hi James, Largemouth will either relate to weeds or shorelines. If there are largemouth in a lake with few weeds you’ll find them in the shallows around structure and any trees, stumps. If you locate weedbeds anywhere in a largemouth bass lake where the weeds are off-shore i. shallows you will find largemouth bass. They will be in 2-12’ water.
Those types of lakes are best fished with slow moving soft-plastics and especially “wacky-work” rigs.
Fish with a Passion. God bless you,
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Posted on June 30th, 2020
Hi Alex, water levels on Scugog are good. Should be excellent for you to fish frogs under mats, in-between reeds and through lily pads…God bless you.
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Posted on June 9th, 2020
Hi Ryan, I grew up learning to Bass fish on Lake Scugog, ON. Scugog is a relatively shallow lake that can grow heavy weed growth if we have a hot summer. Also, water levels can vary and if the water levels are low, that can also add a challenge. From opening day to late fall largemouth bass in Lake Scugog will live in the same area. They will feed in water from 2-7′ deep in and around weeds, on weedlines, along shorelines that have some depth and they will take cover under floating weed-mats. I have caught them fishing a Johnson Silver Minnow weedless spoon all season long fishing the massive lily pad beds on the south-east side of the lake, in the Scugog River, Mariposa Brook, East Cross Creed and the Nonquon River. Bass move around and all of the above can produce fish and also non of them. Other times I have done well “flipping” the suspended cattails at the mouth of the Scugog River and also on the west side of Scugog Island north of Goreski’s Beach. My top presentation thought the season are:
-weedless spoon over and through thick weed mats, lily pads and arrowhead along the shorelines
-Rapala J11 fished in any of the open pockets in between heavier weeds and on the weed-edges.
-spinnerbaits over weeds
-(when there is enough water) flipping flippin’jigs and 6″ Texas rigged plastic worms in growing cattails, along suspended cattails, through bullrushes (buggy-wips), along docks and shorelines trees in the water
-lastly topwater lures just before dark.
God bless you.
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Posted on April 29th, 2020
Hi Steven, it’s normally due to the fishing line going through the sinker which in many cases is “screwed” into soft-plastic with a built in light wire on the bullet sinker. When a fish is hooked the hook goes through the soft-plastic and usually runs up the line still attached to the weight.,,God bless you.
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Posted on February 27th, 2020
Hi Kai, actually my favourite soft-plastic for wacky-rigging is the Case Wacky Jack in bubblegum colour. Bass can’t resist it. https://fishingcompleteinc.com/products/case-wacky-jack .
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