Lake Jennings Fishing Report

If you’re chasing bass at Jennings, now’s the time to lean into that post-spawn bite. Fish are sliding out from beds and beginning to feed more consistently now, especially around rocky structure and drop-offs. Shadow Cove, Eagle Point, and Sentry Point are holding decent numbers. Morning dawn worms on a drop shot are a go-to, but Senkos and small swimbaits are working too. Morning and evening have been the best.

Trout action is hanging on, but it's heading deep. The surface bite’s fading fast with warming water, but folks are still getting fish 20-30 feet down near the dam or along the western shore. Trollers are getting the most action, but shore casters throwing PowerBait with garlic, or an inflated nightcrawler are getting fish as well.

On the stocking front, catfish season has kicked off... 1,500 pounds already dropped, with more coming mid-June. Night sessions are back. The lake’s open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, which is prime time if you’re hunting for whiskerfish or big largemouth.

i and friend were there on march 20th and the lake was closed , are first time there and it stated open 7 days a week, till we got there monday thru thurs its closed and fishing is only on nthe campground side , down the hill from the BIG GREEN CHAIR, ? if you out of shape dont try the hill both down hill or up , VERY STEEP. ! when down to the location on the water no bites till 8:30am started at 7;00, 1 trout on corn powerbait, i was hoping to rent a boat but oh well. stocking happen that day at, 4:45 am not on the posted 17th of the month, but OF THE 17TH OF THE MONTH?dale at the gate is a great guy thank you. , but if you open 7 days , let it be 7 days not 3 days, !

Lake Jennings is delivering very good fishing across the board right now, but big bass stole the show last weekend. Pre-spawn females have been spotted cruising the shallows, and at least a couple of double-digit bass were caught out of Half Moon Cove on swimbaits. Now’s the time to throw something big for a pre-spawn giant.

The trout bite hasn’t disappointed either. Anglers have been limiting out using Rapalas, PowerBait, and inflated nightcrawlers, but the key is finding them deep—40 to 50 feet down. The lake just got another 1,500-pound trout stocking last week, and another load is coming the week of March 3rd. With over 13,000 pounds of Idaho trout stocked so far, the bite should stay solid through April.

Night fishing lit up the catfish bite on Saturday, with fish coming in from all over the lake. One angler landed a 10-pounder from a boat using mackerel.