Lake Bruin

That's funny I was literally just there yesterday for the first time. Place is beautiful

Lucky enough to get invited to a friend’s place every now and then, have had some great times up there.

Cypress "island" at top of the horseshoe is a good bream bed.

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Any tips on fishing for bass and sacs there would be appreciated.

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Look for piers with lights. Even if they aren’t on at night there’s a good chance there’s some Xmas trees around. Older the better.

Shiners for perch on the corners. Crank bait for bass.

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why? genuinely curious.

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I don't think they should be outlawed, but I think there needs to be stricter guidelines like you can't leave them unattended and out of sight.

I get pissed when I see old cypress trees covered in rusty yoyos with rusted hooks (obviously abandoned/left), and especially seeing dead perch on yoyos.

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I get pissed when I see old cypress trees covered in rusty yoyos with rusted hooks (obviously abandoned/left), and especially seeing dead perch on yoyos.

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gotcha, that makes sense. Make people tag them could help. I thought you meant ban them off of docks and such. Now that you mention it i remember seeing tons of them on trees at lake bruin.

double tap

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It’s not like it’s life or death to catch a fish

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Jesus how about just for funnsies?!

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Yo-yo’s should be banned from docks, also

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Damn comrade. Slow down.


I grew up on Bruin all the time. Things have changed I am sure as I have not fished it in a while.

Things to do from here to the spawn based upon weather:

Flip trees on the outside if cold, dont have to worry too much about depth, just not too shallow.

Big old wobbly cranks on the outside as well as slow rolling spinner baits. When I say slow roll, I am meaning drag it across the bottom.

If a little warmer you can go to the inside and throw just about anything on the shallower banks. A little secret is a red rattle trap off those banks. You also do well with any type of weightless worm set up. Wobble heads work well, I have never done it but would love to throw a chatter bait over there as well on the right days. I always loved the bank between the island and the Golf course.


But know this, Bruin is as hot and cold as any lake you can fish. Some days you just cant buy a bite. If you are catching a bunch of little ones, do something different..there should be a bunch of 3 pound fish in there that will be biting something.

Perch, end of docks is all I would do at this time. I know nothing else. There are some wonderful brush piles out there, but you may spend a long time finding them.

In the spring you can jig on the shallow trees. Dont be afraid to take a bucket of shiners up into Brushly, I chased a bunch of stories about shallow white perch into that thing over the years and only caught them once, but damn it was good.