{"id":4069,"date":"2026-09-07T20:11:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2026-09-07T20:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:11:07","slug":"inks-lake-fishing-report-september-5-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/2026\/09\/07\/inks-lake-fishing-report-september-5-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inks Lake Fishing Report \u2013 Shallow Cover & Offshore Gizzard Shad Schools (September 5, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inks Lake is offering water temperatures around 83 degrees, with clarity varying from 2\u20135 feet and a water level approximately 0.75 feet below full pool. Urchin style baits and drop-shot rigged finesse worms have been producing around shallow cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offshore schools of bass chasing large gizzard shad are also providing opportunities for quality fish. Large swimbaits and big topwater baits have been the most effective presentations when targeting these feeding schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Bass Score = 2; Numbers Score = 2; Total = 4<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A couple of solid Inks Lake bass caught on an urchin style bait while targeting shallow cover. These fish were caught using the new Ardent Summit Falcon reel paired with an Ardent Tournament Pro casting rod.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inks Lake is offering water temperatures around 83 degrees, with clarity varying from 2\u20135 feet and a water level approximately 0.75 feet below full pool. Urchin style baits and drop-shot rigged finesse worms have been producing around shallow cover. Offshore schools of bass chasing large gizzard shad are also providing opportunities for quality fish. Large […]<\/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":[142,242,159,144,143,147,252,191,204,253,174,186,240],"class_list":["post-4069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-inks-lake","tag-drop-shot-fishing-bass","tag-gizzard-shad-bass-fishing","tag-highland-lakes-fishing","tag-inks-lake","tag-inks-lake-bass-fishing","tag-inks-lake-fishing-report","tag-late-summer-bass-fishing","tag-offshore-bass-fishing","tag-schooling-bass-fishing","tag-shallow-cover-bass-fishing","tag-swimbait-fishing-bass","tag-topwater-bass-fishing","tag-urchin-style-bait","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069","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=4069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4070,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions\/4070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andermeine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}