{"id":3796,"date":"2026-02-11T09:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=3796"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:36:49","slug":"inks-lake-fishing-report-february-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/02\/11\/inks-lake-fishing-report-february-9-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inks Lake Fishing Report \u2013 February 9, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inks Lake is sitting at a normal level with stained water and 2\u20134 ft visibility. Water temperatures are around&nbsp;<strong>56\u00b0<\/strong>, and as the lake warms back up following the recent freeze, bass are beginning to shift into more&nbsp;<strong>pre-spawn patterns<\/strong>, with the primary spawning push likely only a few short weeks away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most consistent bite has come from fishing&nbsp;<strong>crankbaits around rocky areas<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>shaky head rigged finesse worms around docks<\/strong>, primarily in&nbsp;<strong>5\u201312 feet of water<\/strong>. The bass are grouped up, and when you find one, it\u2019s common to catch multiple fish in a very small area by slowing down and thoroughly working productive spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Big Bass Score = 3; Numbers Score = 3;&nbsp;<strong>Total = 6<\/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-bassquatch-pair-feb-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/inks-lake-bassquatch-pair-feb-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Fishing guide holding two largemouth bass over five pounds caught on Inks Lake in February 2026 using crankbaits around rocky structure.\" class=\"wp-image-3792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/inks-lake-bassquatch-pair-feb-2026.jpg 437w, https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/inks-lake-bassquatch-pair-feb-2026-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pair of Inks Lake bassquatches caught on crankbaits around rocky areas during unseasonably warm winter 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 are around&nbsp;56\u00b0, and as the lake warms back up following the recent freeze, bass are beginning to shift into more&nbsp;pre-spawn patterns, with the primary spawning push likely only a few short weeks away. The most consistent bite has [&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":[59,38,113,115,89,71,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-3796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-inks-lake","7":"tag-bass","8":"tag-crankbait","9":"tag-dock-fishing","10":"tag-pre-spawn-fishing","11":"tag-rocky-structure","12":"tag-shaky-head","13":"tag-stained-water","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796","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=3796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3798,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796\/revisions\/3798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}