Fishing Report For Lake Wawasee, IN

By Rick Seaman

April 20, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Wawasee, IN

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Popular Fish Species Lake Wawasee, IN

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Heavy aquatic vegetation is a part of the reason Lake Wawasee is a good bass factory. Fertile water and plenty of forage keep the lake among the top bass lakes in the state. The lake is loaded with weeds from Buttermilk Point to Johnson's Bay. Vibrating jigs and spinnerbaits, fished along the edges of the weed lines is catching fish, and should continue throughout the Summer and Fall. Any time the bass are finicky, a stick worm, rigged wacky style, often draws bass out of the weeds to strike.

Black Crappie

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Crappie fishing has been quite good here for the last several years. Reports from locals indicate docks and vegetation are producing good crappie. The primary baits are small crappie jigs or live minnows. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move shallow to spawn. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal.

Northern Pike

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

With all the shad, bluegill and sunfish swimming in Lake wawasee, and all the weedy areas as hunting grounds, northern pike are thriving well here. Now that the water is warming, topwater baits, especially noisy ones, are catching eager northerns around the edges of weed lines. Jerkbaits worked outside the weed lines, especially during windy times, is also catching both pike and bass.

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Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, walleye, bluegill, rock bass, yellow perch and northern pike at Lake Wawasee in Indiana.

Lake Wawasee is a 3,000-acre reservoir with 25 miles of shoreline. With a wide variety of fish species to pursue, this is an anglers paradise. The lake is populated with healthy schools of bluegill, sunfish, bass, walleye and northern pike. There are minimal opportunities for shoreline fishing.

Primary fish species to catch

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".