{"id":3740,"date":"2026-01-12T13:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:07:05","slug":"inks-lake-fishing-report-january-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/01\/12\/inks-lake-fishing-report-january-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inks Lake Fishing Report \u2013 January 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inks Lake is sitting at a normal level with stained water and 2\u20134 ft visibility. Water temperatures are around 58\u00b0, and unseasonably warm conditions have kept the lake from settling into a typical winter pattern.

The most consistent bite has come from fishing drop-shot rigged finesse worms, crankbaits, and jigs in 8\u201312 feet of water. Focus on rocky areas and remaining submerged vegetation, where large numbers of bass appear to be stacking up in predictable pre-spawn staging areas. These fish are grouped up and catchable if you slow down and work the right zones.

Big Bass Score = 4; Numbers Score = 4; Total = 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Client with a double-digit largemouth bass from Inks Lake, caught in a pre-spawn staging area during early January conditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inks Lake is sitting at a normal level with stained water and 2\u20134 ft visibility. Water temperatures are around 58\u00b0, and unseasonably warm conditions have kept the lake from settling into a typical winter pattern. The most consistent bite has come from fishing drop-shot rigged finesse worms, crankbaits, and jigs in 8\u201312 feet of water. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[38,39,117,115,116,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-3740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-inks-lake","7":"tag-crankbait","8":"tag-drop-shot","9":"tag-jig","10":"tag-pre-spawn-fishing","11":"tag-staging-areas","12":"tag-stained-water","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3741,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3740\/revisions\/3741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}