Garnett South Fishing Report -
Species | Rating | Size | Baits, Methods, and Location |
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Current Fishing Opportunity | |||
Largemouth Bass | Fair | up to 5lbs. | Football jigs, spinnerbaits, or swimbaits worked slowly. Rattletraps can be productive as the water continues to warm into the 50s. |
Bluegill | Fair | up to 8 inches | Small jigs or flies, also bobber with a worm. Good numbers of 6-7" fish are available |
Channel Catfish | Fair | 8-24 inches | chicken livers, cut bait or other prepared bait lakewide. |
Crappie | Slow | 6-10 inches | Target crappie in the deeper water near structure using jig and plastics or live bait. |
Trout | Good | varies | The last stocking occurred on Feb. 15th. use small spinners, jigs, or Berkley trout bait. All anglers need a trout permit regardless of what species they are fishing for. |
Comments: This is a Type I water which requires all anglers to posess a trout permit Please remember to CLEAN, DRAIN, and DRY your boats and livewells to help stop the spread of ANS species. For more information on this lake and other lakes in Anderson, Allen, Coffey, and Woodson Counties, click on the link below to subscribe to the New Strawn District Fisheries Newsletter. |