{"id":3789,"date":"2026-02-02T12:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=3789"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:36:38","slug":"inks-lake-fishing-report-january-31-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/02\/02\/inks-lake-fishing-report-january-31-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inks Lake Fishing Report \u2013 January 31, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inks Lake is sitting at a normal level with stained water and 2\u20134 ft visibility. Water temperatures have dropped into the&nbsp;<strong>46\u201349\u00b0 range<\/strong>, and the lake is now firmly set up in&nbsp;<strong>full winter patterns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most consistent bite has come from fishing&nbsp;<strong>crankbaits<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>drop-shot rigged finesse worms<\/strong>&nbsp;around&nbsp;<strong>rocky areas and submerged vegetation<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<strong>up to 15 feet of water<\/strong>. The fish are grouped up and relating closely to these areas, so slowing down and thoroughly working productive zones has been key under these colder winter conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Big Bass Score = 5; Numbers Score = 3;&nbsp;<strong>Total = 7<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/inks-lake-winter-bass-jan-31-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/inks-lake-winter-bass-jan-31-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Client holding two largemouth bass caught on Inks Lake in January 2026 during winter fishing conditions.\" class=\"wp-image-3787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/inks-lake-winter-bass-jan-31-2026.jpg 605w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/inks-lake-winter-bass-jan-31-2026-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Client with a solid pair of winter bass from Inks Lake, caught the same day as the report while fish were grouped up in cold-water conditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inks Lake is sitting at a normal level with stained water and 2\u20134 ft visibility. Water temperatures have dropped into the&nbsp;46\u201349\u00b0 range, and the lake is now firmly set up in&nbsp;full winter patterns. The most consistent bite has come from fishing&nbsp;crankbaits&nbsp;and&nbsp;drop-shot rigged finesse worms&nbsp;around&nbsp;rocky areas and submerged vegetation&nbsp;in&nbsp;up to 15 feet of water. The fish [&hellip;]<\/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":[59,125,38,39,89,126,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-3789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-inks-lake","7":"tag-bass","8":"tag-cold-water","9":"tag-crankbait","10":"tag-drop-shot","11":"tag-rocky-structure","12":"tag-submerged-vegetation","13":"tag-winter-fishing","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3789","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=3789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3790,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3789\/revisions\/3790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}