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Planning to visit Broken Bow next week to do some fishing with the family. I’ve never fished the lake and am hoping to get a few recommendations on where to fish and what bait to use. From other posts, it looks like the lake has very clear water, something we don’t have where I live. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
I have fished it, yes it is really clear.
If I was going back there. I’d hire a guide one morning to get some good advice.
I wish I had coordinates... to offer but I’ve only been there once.
We ended up going to pine creek, which we are more familiar with. It’s close and has some nice fish.
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Fished the lake Sept 10-14. Found crappie up in Otter Creek and Bear Creek. I just looked for submerged timber that was holding fish. Cedars to be the best this trip. Crappie were from 15-25' deep. I tried every jig under the sun it seemed, being it plastic or hair and on;y caught 1. Minnows were the best bet. you had to really watch your line because they never hit it they just lifted up on the the bait. Would get about 1 1/2" of slack in the line and that when you better be setting the hook. Water temp 85 on first 2 days then down to 83 by end of trip. With these cooler nights and days the bite should pick up even more.
The lake was 6' below normal about 5 days before I left to head down and came up to 6' above in 3 days. 12' swing which I'm sure slowed the bite as well. Lake started falling while I was there to the tone of about 2.5'. Only fished from 7am - noon and 4pm - 7pm each day. Bite wasn't great, but cleaned about 7 fish per outing.
If your willing to work hard in finding them you'll catch some fish. Now in another note the smaller bass are a dime a dozen.