My fishing buddy and I went for some fall bass in Balsam lake on Sept 29th. It is known to hold SM, LM, Muskie, and panfish of course! The driving from Toronto was about 2 hours in a weekday.
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Balsam lake map
With a bit of overcast, it was 17 C mid-day with water temperature being 11 C. We started casting near the south west side of the lake where there was still plenty of weeds (Zone 1 on the map below). With small plastic worms, I caught a perch and that was it for 1 hour. No indication of any bass in the weeds. Then we started going near the tiny Greeny island (Zone 2). And with the first cast, I caught a SM on a green and red small cranckbait. Immediately after, my buddy hooked into a larger SM on a spinnerbait but lost it when pulling up. We circled around the island for another hour and my buddy caught another SM, the same size as the one I had caught. It seemed SM were concentrated in this shallow part of the lake with rocky bottom.
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Fished areas
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My SM Bass
Then we moved to the north east, near the Hogg island and fished for another two hours but no luck. Overall, we did not had a luck with LM bass but it was a nice fall day on water.
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Balsam lake map
With a bit of overcast, it was 17 C mid-day with water temperature being 11 C. We started casting near the south west side of the lake where there was still plenty of weeds (Zone 1 on the map below). With small plastic worms, I caught a perch and that was it for 1 hour. No indication of any bass in the weeds. Then we started going near the tiny Greeny island (Zone 2). And with the first cast, I caught a SM on a green and red small cranckbait. Immediately after, my buddy hooked into a larger SM on a spinnerbait but lost it when pulling up. We circled around the island for another hour and my buddy caught another SM, the same size as the one I had caught. It seemed SM were concentrated in this shallow part of the lake with rocky bottom.
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Fished areas
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My SM Bass
Then we moved to the north east, near the Hogg island and fished for another two hours but no luck. Overall, we did not had a luck with LM bass but it was a nice fall day on water.
