{"id":4013,"date":"2026-07-27T20:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T01:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=4013"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T01:32:08","slug":"inks-lake-fishing-report-july-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/07\/27\/inks-lake-fishing-report-july-25-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inks Lake Fishing Report \u2013 Wind-Blown Shallow Cover & Topwater Bite (July 25, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inks Lake is offering stained water with roughly 2\u20134 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 81 degrees, and a water level at normal pool. Bass are relating to shallow cover throughout the lake, including rock, wood, docks, and other available structure, with wind-blown areas continuing to produce the most consistent action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drop-shot rigged finesse worms and Neko-rigged creature baits have been producing the most consistent bites in less than 5 feet of water. Topwater lures have also been generating quality fish during the first hour of daylight and again late in the evening. Overall, the fishing has remained good, with the best success coming from targeting shallow, wind-blown cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Bass Score = 4; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 7<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the highlights from a great day on Inks Lake! My client was pumped after putting together a 24-pound bag, with these two largemouth bass coming on a Neko-rigged creature bait fished around shallow cover.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inks Lake is offering stained water with roughly 2\u20134 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 81 degrees, and a water level at normal pool. Bass are relating to shallow cover throughout the lake, including rock, wood, docks, and other available structure, with wind-blown areas continuing to produce the most consistent action. Drop-shot rigged finesse worms […]<\/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":[157,142,159,144,143,147,193,158,164,201,186,199],"class_list":["post-4013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-inks-lake","tag-dock-fishing-bass","tag-drop-shot-fishing-bass","tag-highland-lakes-fishing","tag-inks-lake","tag-inks-lake-bass-fishing","tag-inks-lake-fishing-report","tag-neko-rig-bass-fishing","tag-rocky-shoreline-bass-fishing","tag-shallow-water-bass-fishing","tag-summer-bass-fishing","tag-topwater-bass-fishing","tag-wind-blown-bass-fishing","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4013","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=4013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4014,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4013\/revisions\/4014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}