Buckeye Lake Largemouth Bass Tips: [ Add Tip ]

Largemouth bass fishing is going to be slow with the water temperature at 42 degrees. If you have a chance to get out on the water, you are going to have to fish deep and slow. Jig fishing and Plastic baits may be your best bet this time of year for largemouth bass. You may also try fishing some sinking jerk baits.

Buckeye Lake Smallmouth Bass Tips: [ Add Tip ]

- The smallmouth bass are hitting on bubble gum pink colored lures like soft plasics and spinnerbaits

Smallmouth bass fishing is going to be slow with the water temperature at 42 degrees. It's time to fish deep and slow. Try some deep primary points, drop offs, and old river channels with rocks. Jigs, plastics and deep jerk baits will be your best bet to boat a smallmouth.

Buckeye Lake Crappie Tips: [ Add Tip ]

- Crappie are starting to bite a lot more, the last few weeks have been pretty slow in the channels. But since the water is warming up, chartreuse 1/8 oz jigs under docks are working great and are producing big slab crappie. Best time of the day is in the mid afternoon when the sun is highest in the sky.
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Crappie fishing is sometimes at its best with the water temperature down this low. Crappie will be in large schools and follow the large shad schools around in extremely deep water. Find the deepest parts of your lake in old river channels and scan your graph for schooling shad. When you find the school, drop your plastics or live bait down to the bottom of the shad and get ready. Many crappie fishermen will be catching awesome numbers and size of fish this time of year. If you are brave enough to get out on the water this time when the water temperature is this cold, it can really pay off. Be careful out there, remember to boat safely. Never take any chances at these temperatures.

Buckeye Lake Walleye Tips: [ Add Tip ]

- The Saugeye, not walleye, are starting to move up into the channels along with the crappie. Size hasn't been the greatest but they seem pretty hungry. Fishing under docks with 1/8 oz chartreuse jigs have been producing good results, still somewhat slow from past years but things may change soon.
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Walleye function very well in the colder water temperatures. Try fishing some open flats and definitely use live bait when the water temperature is this low. Plastics with scent added will also produce results, but nothing beats live bait for walleye.

Buckeye Lake Catfish Tips: [ Add Tip ]

- The best bait for catfish seems to be either fresh chicken liver or fresh caught shad. Dough baits and stink baits don't appear to be producing much. Liebs Island location having some success.
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The catfish family comprises of blue catfish, flathead catfish and channel catfish. Since catfish are warm water fish, they aren’t going to be very active in this water temperature. They will still be feeding, but catfish will only be found very deep and feeding very slowly. Your best bet is give some of the more active fish species in your lake a shot until the cats are active again.

Buckeye Lake Spotted Bass Tips: [ Add Tip ]

Spotted bass fishing is going to be slow with the water temperature down this low. It's time to fish deep and slow. Try some deep primary points, drop offs, and old river channels with rocks. Jigs, plastics and deep jerk baits will be your best bet to boat a Spotted.

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