{"id":4027,"date":"2026-08-06T09:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=4027"},"modified":"2026-08-06T09:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:03:21","slug":"inks-lake-fishing-report-august-4-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/08\/06\/inks-lake-fishing-report-august-4-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inks Lake Fishing Report \u2013 Shallow Rock & Baitfish Pattern Producing Bass (August 4, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inks Lake is offering clear water with roughly 4\u20136 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 84 degrees, and a water level approximately 9 inches below full pool. Bass are holding in relatively shallow, rocky areas from just inches of water out to about 6\u20137 feet deep, with the best concentrations of fish found where baitfish are abundant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neko-rigged creature baits and drop-shot rigged finesse worms have been producing the most consistent action. Locating areas with large schools of baitfish has been the key to finding active bass, as these fish are using the shallow rock to ambush forage. Overall, the fishing has been good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Bass Score = 3; Numbers Score = 3; Total = 6<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A special day on Inks Lake! My client displays two quality largemouth bass after we intercepted schools of bass chasing giant gizzard shad. These fish fell for a mix of large swimbaits and topwater lures during an unforgettable guided fishing trip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inks Lake is offering clear water with roughly 4\u20136 feet of visibility, water temperatures around 84 degrees, and a water level approximately 9 inches below full pool. Bass are holding in relatively shallow, rocky areas from just inches of water out to about 6\u20137 feet deep, with the best concentrations of fish found where baitfish […]<\/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":[238,142,159,144,143,147,193,225,201],"class_list":["post-4027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-inks-lake","tag-baitfish-pattern-bass-fishing","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-shallow-rock-bass-fishing","tag-summer-bass-fishing","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027","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=4027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4028,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027\/revisions\/4028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}