Green Lake - June 4 & 5, 2022
This past weekend was our annual trip to Green Lake. Thirteen club members fished the outing in less-than-ideal conditions. Friday was very windy, Saturday was only slightly less windy, and Sunday it rained. There was a bass tournament at Green Lake on Saturday, and many of the tournament anglers also pre-fished on Friday. It was crowded out there!
This has historically been a good outing for us, but the fishing was tough this year. During the official outing times on Saturday and Sunday we caught the following fish that scored club points: 15 smallmouth bass, 9 largemouth bass, 1 walleye, 3 northern pike, 78 rock bass, 2 perch, and a giant 16” white bass. We caught a total of 240 points.
A jig tipped with a minnow was the most effective bait under the tough fishing conditions. Some fish were taken on plastics as well. One of our boats found a rock pile holding lots of big rock bass (10-11”) and spent all of Friday and Saturday fishing there. The rest of us covered a lot of water looking for smallmouth, but it was a real grind.
It was raining pretty steadily when we got up Sunday morning, and since the fishing had been so slow most of us decided to go home without fishing. Only one boat went out in the rain—new members Terry and Justin Ocheltree toughed it out and were rewarded with Justin catching a 17.5" smallmouth to win the big fish contest. Congratulations Justin!
Our next outing is June 18 at a private bass lake.
