Fall River Reservoir Fishing Report - Updated: 4/11/24

Species Rating Size Baits, Method, Location
channel catfish fair

3% 11"-16"

19% 16"-24"

41% 24"-28"

38% 28"-36"

 Use a worm or shad sides below riffles and windy shoreline.
crappie fair

85% 5"- 8"

13% 8"-10"

1% 10"-12"

1% 12"-15"

<1% 15"+

 Use a jig or minnow around brush piles, below riffles, and shallow gravel beds.  Fish are beginning to move into shallow water to spawn.
       
white bass fair

4% 6"- 9"

31% 9"-12"

46% 12"-15"

19% 15"-18"

 Use plastic jig or spinner below riffles in river and Otter Creek.
General Comments:

Link to USACE reservoir water level: http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/FALL.lakepage.html

Size structures listed are from 2023 October test netting and 2021 spring electrofishing for largemouth bass. 

To view a map of brush piles in Fall River Reservoir and the old sunken Ladd Bridge in the river, copy this file into Google Earth and zoom into the reservoir.

FLRR brush piles 1.52 kB

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