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Morton Fishing Reports

Posted: 4/17/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
went out lake morton this morning with my brother got there at 6am and left at 7am with 10 trout all about ten inches.
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By: pothierj
Posted: 10/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My dad, brother and I went out to the lake early (630am ish) and had no luck until we started fishing the bottom. My dad swears by a garlic marshmellow and 2 balls of fire....he caught what I am assu...
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By: stevenjf3
Posted: 9/15/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Morton for the second time this year with pretty much the same story as the first report I posted back in July. However, this time I landed 25+ bass in 4 hours, and all fish were caught on...
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Posted: 7/24/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well after reading other reports of the bass at morton me and a buddy went. i dont know where you guys were gettin these bass from cuz we only managed two 5 inchers and millions of little bites. fishe...
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Posted: 7/23/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Thought the lake would be on right now, and was right. Plenty of small lure sized fish available for the catching. Fished mostly weightless plastics to make the fall appealing while skipping docks a...
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By: stevenjf3
Posted: 7/23/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
First, I want to thank Rob G. for the report he summited yesterday on Lake Morton. I haven't fished this lake in 5 years, however, decided to give it a try after reading his report. Yes, the bass were...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/22/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I'm a trout guy...I've got it down...if there's trout in the water, I'm taking some home to eat. I've tried bass from time to time and usually come up short. That is until today! I was a camp counselo...
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Posted: 7/6/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hi hit morton three days in a row with my buddy. Our first two days we caught fish and the third we got skunked. Our first day I caught a 4lb and my buddy caught a 2lb largemoth bass. We caught the fo...
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Posted: 6/30/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
OK, this time (I was out last week in the rain) I was focused and hoepful to catch a decent bass. I started fishing at 8am and stop around 11am. Once around the lake, fished a variety of lures (cranks...
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Posted: 6/27/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Morton for the first time from 05:30 to 13:00, in a friend.'s boat Weather was great, a fine morning to be out on the water. The action was nada for until about 08:00 when buddy caught a footlo...
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Posted: 6/21/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Tried this very bassy looking lake as a storm front decided to pass through. My son Matthew was humoring me with an evening of fishing, and actually was pretty OK with the rain. We fished just under t...
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Posted: 6/14/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with a buddy today and i had no luck trolling with the ring. He caught one little rainbow but thats about all we got we fished from 1:30-3:00 pm crappy.
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Posted: 5/28/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Private, clean, quiet, plenty of parking,etc.... Fished Morton from shore and its always enjoyable.... even with no bites.. Amazing to see the bald eagle's steal fish in the morning :) So far most...
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By: tracker44
Posted: 4/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my wife went out to Lake Morton to try out the new fishtv7 underwater camera and catch a few fish. We fished from noon to 4:30 caught 16 rainbows approx 10" on small crankbaits spinners and wor...
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By: FLOTNFLY
Posted: 4/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took the pontoon out to get ready for this weekend. Started at the public access ramp @ 830am. Went to the left side as looking out (N) from ramp working Green Wolly bugger on clear sink line. Within ...
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Posted: 4/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
First time at Lake Morton. Lots of fishermen crowding the launch area. I began slow trolling powereggs and caught a couple right away. I figured I better switch up if I was going to be able to l...
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By: nx7k
Posted: 10/5/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit lake Morton again today at about 1pm and caught 12 Largemouth with 6 being over 1lb. Caught a bunch of dinks also. Fishing with Drop Shot rig and Tiny brush Hog in about ten feet of water. Colo...
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By: nx7k
Posted: 10/1/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Morton this morning with a friend. Tried Senkos, Rattletraps, and Tiny Brush Hog with pretty good success. Tiny Brush Hog was used Dropshotting in about 8 to 12 feet of water. Only fished ...
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By: Cman2007
Posted: 9/8/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/8/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Got to Morton late at 400 started fishing the east end of the lake but decided to go to the west because that's where all the shade was.The first dock we fished i caught a fish that was about 1lb on a...
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By: swifty
Posted: 9/7/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2008
Hot Spots: 3
The wife and I decided to check out lake Morton this afternoon. My only memory of this lake as a kid, was a bad case of swimmer's itch. I was hoping this trip would change that. We launched the boat a...
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Posted: 7/19/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son fishing and had fun like always. He caught his first bass and his first lunker bass. I don't have a scale yet , but the big one is somewhere around 4.5 to 5.5lb .
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By: Cman2007
Posted: 7/18/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2008
Hot Spots: 1
Got to the buddies house around 1200 was on the the water by 1210 started catching lots of dinks on my drop shot with a watermelon/red flake senko on the shady parts of docks i piched my drop shot rig...
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Posted: 6/24/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Caught my first Largemouth bass ever... and then a bigger version later off of a bed with a Senko. I must have made him mad enough to finally bite. Also my first fish on a crank bait, although I thi...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/23/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2008
Hot Spots: 0
started with two buddies at 6:30 in the morning went to the left of the boat launch 30 yards out and hit a 3 pound rainbow almost instantly trolling perch pattern hotshot!!original floater f-5 rapala'...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/1/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2007
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My biggest LMB but only been fishing bass for about a year anyways my friends were on the neighbor's dock and started yelling big bass coming your way. IT was a nice day temp 76 i was drop shoting a r...
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