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Fishing Reports |
Bass
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Wausau
Area Fishing Report
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7/8/11 |
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Without
a doubt, the heat
of summer is here
in full effect! I
must admit, I was
one of those questioning
whether or not we’d
see true summer-like
temperatures in the
recent past –
guess I was wrong!
With the warm sultry
days, the muskies
have been quite active,
especially during
the low-light periods
of early morning and
evening. There has
been an excellent
bucktail and surface
bait bite on the lakes
of North-Central Wisconsin
for muskies the past
2 weeks, including
the waters of Marathon,
Lincoln, Oneida, and
Vilas counties. While
smaller bucktails
have been more productive
for most of the summer,
the larger “double-ten”
models have been really
starting to produce
of late. Double-ten
bucktails such as
the Mepps H210 worked
over weeds and shallow
rocks are producing
fish consistently;
a medium to fast retrieve
has been best. Surface
baits have also been
working well, including
at night on the clearer
lakes to our north.
Prop-style or creeper
baits like the Tyrant
Crusader and Dictator
are all accounting
for fish.
In addition, large
rubber or hybrid jerkbait-style
lures such as Mag
and Super Mag Bulldawgs
and Tyrants have been
working well, with
brighter colors producing
the best due to the
stained water conditions.
Crankbaits offering
large silhouettes
such as 9” Shallow
Czars have also been
working very well;
again, brighter patterns
have been the most
productive.
Our resident smallmouth
bass population has
been active, with
good numbers of fish
currently being found
amongst the shallow
wood and rocks. The
morning and evening
periods have held
good action on buzzbaits
or chugger-style surface
lures, while numbers
of fish are being
caught during the
day on both in-line
spinners and crankbaits.
Both the Mepps Aglia
and Aglia Long have
been the hottest in-line
spinner presentation
for smallies lately,
with the top colors
being gold or copper
with a dark dressing,
or a bright body and
dressing combination
such as orange or
chartreuse. Crankbait
fishermen should use
bright crayfish patterns,
chromes, and firetiger
as they have been
tops. Look for structure
such as rock/sand
bars, downed trees,
and bridge pilings
that create current
breaks; then work
your presentation
from shallow to deep
until you find the
depth holding the
most active fish.
Walleyes locally
are being found in
deeper more typical
summer haunts. Look
for deep holes and
flats as well as seams
in the current and
present crankbaits
or jig-and-livebait
offerings along them.
While the best bite
has been in deeper
water, there does
continue to be some
fish using the shallows,
so don’t overlook
the “skinny”
water, even during
mid-day hours if there
is good flow, cover,
and structure present.
Panfish remain available
to anglers using small
jigs or hooks tipped
with livebait. Where
present, lily pad
beds and the deep
edges of submergent
vegetation are holding
panfish, and should
be fished thoroughly.
Likewise, stump fields,
blow-downs, and snags
are also holding ample
numbers of panfish;
again, small plain
hooks or jigs tipped
with a piece of nightcrawler
or a small leech have
been working well.
Fly-fishing in the
morning and evening
with tiny poppers
and dry flies has
also been an effective
and entertaining manner
in which to catch
panfish. I’ll
see you on the water…
Wisconsin Angling
Adventures
http://www.wisconsinanglingadventures.com
715-297-7573
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our business…
and business is good!”
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business...
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Chequamegon
Bay |
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| 4/20/07 |
*PLEASE
NOTE Lake levels are
approximately 3 feet
low, and approaching
record low levels.
Some landings are
un useable. Use caution
launching and retrieving
your boat and use
extreme caution in
the sloughs when Bass
season opens. >
*ICE
OUT!. All ice is finally
gone from Chequamegon
Bay. Trolling north
and south of Washburn
has been good for
Browns, Splake, and
a few Steelhead, Coho,
and Lakers. Shallow
running stickbaits
fished right along
the shorelines have
been the ticket. Find
the pods of fish and
re-work that area
for multiple bites.
Off the Coal Dock,
Marinas, and in the
Hot Pond, there have
been some Splake,
Browns, Coho, and
Walleyes caught along
with an occasional
Northern. Please remember
to keep a few fish
for dinner and let
a the rest go to put
on some size and to
be caught another
day.
*Smelters
have started catching
some fish this past
weekend. No reports
of huge numbers, people
have been working
for a few gallons,
but the numbers should
get better through
the week before they
start tapering off.
My best guess would
put peak run at the
middle or end of this
week.
*The
warmer weather and
heavy rain on Sunday
should improve the
bite on the steelhead
rivers. There have
been plenty of fish
in; widely scattered
through the streams.
Cover ground until
you find a pod of
fish then work the
run meticulously and
you will catch fish.
There have been lots
of 22-24 inch males
around. A few hens
have been caught but
I believe the bulk
of the females are
waiting for this rain
and runoff to head
up. This should be
a good week. GOOD
FISHING
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Stevens
Point Area |
9/1/06 |
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The
Weather these past
several weeks has
been pretty stable,
but of course with
those mixed summer
days of Rain and Thunderstorms.
Cool nights and pleasant
Daytime temp’s
makes fishing more
enjoyable. Water Temps
are in the mid 70’s
on the Stevens Point
Flowage.
Smallmouth
Bass continues to
be “HOT”
with 3 to 4lb Smallies
is common along with
a lot of Smaller Fish.
Pound for Pound, this
is an excellent way
to introduce a Young
or Novice person to
Fishing. We are catching
the Smallmouth Bass
on Crankbaits,Spinnerbaits,Topwater,and
3” Tubes are
working the best for
my clients. Rocks
are a key by deep
water but we have
been also catching
our Smallies also
in the wood.
Walleye
action continues to
be good as we are
catching legal fish
using 1/8 oz and 1/4
oz weed less jig’s
tipped with minnows,
crawlers and leeches
in the wood. Another
presentation we had
success with is spinner
rigs and crawlers.
With September just
around the corner
I expect the Walleye
fishing to get better
as they will start
staging in there fall
areas.
If
you want to have some
Great fun, the Bluegill
action continues to
be Excellent on the
Stevens Point Flowage.
Fish any wood or downed
tree’s in the
water with a slip
bobber rig along with
Worms, night crawlers
and small leeches,
but remember to take
only enough for a
fish fry and release
the rest for another
day. Another great
way to introduce a
young fisherperson
to fishing because
the Slab Gill action
is HOT. Don’t
be surprised to catch
other Game fish in
the wood, from Bass,Walleye,Northerns,
Catfish and even Muskies.
If
you see me on the
water or boat launch,
feel free to stop
and say HI for a daily
fishing report, till
then Good Fishing
and practice Catch,
Release and Photo.
Kenny
Wallock can be reached
at (715-321-0038)
or check out his website
www.kennywallocksguiding.com
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Lake
Geneva Fishing Report |
8/08/06 |
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Aug
4th Fished Friday
with Glen Gast. Glen
has his own boat,
but decided this year
that he needed a little
help on spots and
techniques. He booked
a June trip in the
Spring and an August
Summer outing for
yesterday. He's also
going out with me
again in October for
some Fall fishing
tips and tactics.
Friday was a sunny
day, but we got lucky
with a west wind changing
to N/W and once more
to N/E.
Smallmouth Bass was
what we were targeting
fishing in 27 to 37
fow. Carolina Rigs
were working well
along with dead sticking
producing equally
as well. We managed
to boat 23 smallies
and had our share
of break offs. Anchoring
was the way to go
for us. Glen has been
an excellent pupil
and has improved on
his fishing skills
this year. Looking
forward to hooking
up again with him
in October.
August
5th Fished today with
a father and son team
Ron and Jeff Ocherlund
along with their friend
Frank Zummo. We were
out from 5:15 am till
12:30 pm. Even though
we weren’t targeting
pike it was hard to
get the message across
to the pike. Every
spot we fished the
pike seemed to show
up and put a temporary
halt the the smallie
action. Normally they
cruse in and raise
a little havoc and
cruse on down the
road with the smallie
action returning to
normal. Today they
were hungry and decided
to pick on us. Several
of today's pike were
ripped up pretty good
from prior hooking
and we also saw 3
others swimming the
surface having lost
the ability to stay
submerged.
We
did very well on the
smallies today using
the same tactics as
yesterday's approach.
Two of our spots today
were completely dead,
but we were able to
land on our feet working
other spots. Lost
count on the smallies
today, but I'm sure
were in the mid 20's
REMEMBER:
"Knowledge is
the key to successful
fishing."
See
you on the water,
Lee Borgersen
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Chippewa
Flowage Fishing Report |
7/10/06 |
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Talk
about a recipe for
good fishing...and
it kinda worked! While
the walleye are still
inactive to say the
least, we went out
and had fun with crappie
tonite. Fishing the
Birch Bog was kinda
fun, but we wanted
to see if we could
have something of
a chance at getting
anything else at the
same time. So we headed
o'er just east of
Eagle Island and drifted
the length of it (MAP
H5) in about 20-25
ft. Had plenty of
action in our one
pass, dragging minnows
on a quarter ounce.
Got enough (pic) and
lost some as well.
The bites of some
of the lost ones also
felt like possible
walleye; I think we'll
try the same thing
again over the weekend.
Most
of the action was
on the northern portion
of the drift, where
we found a very very
nice hump...from 20
ft to 9 ft. This was
pretty much at the
northern tip of the
island - toward the
middle, but closer
to Eagle than Ciscos
or the Herman's Island.
Nice weeds as well
all throughout...just
thin enough to drag
through
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Lake
Michigan Milwaukee |
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6/05/06 |
By
Capt. Jim Hirt
Fishing report for Lake
Michigan Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. East wind
and clear skies has
slowed the midday action.
First light and the
last light of the day
are the best times to
catch Coho on flashers
and flies. The surface
temperature has warmed
up to 62 degrees and
the fish are moving
down. We’re taking
a mixed bag of 80% Coho,
20% Chinooks and a few
Browns and Lake Trout.
There are a few fish
on top with most of
our action on downriggers
20-70 down in 50 to
120 feet of water. Look
for the huge schools
of baitfish for the
best action. Peanut
flies in green or purple
are best for hammering
the Coho tied 13 inches
behind a 6 inch orange
flasher. There are also
Chinooks around between
10 and 12 pounds. Big
spoons are working for
the Chin's on downriggers
presented from 25 feet
to the bottom. The best
spoon for us is the
Vulcan #3 Fire Tiger
or Monkey Puke glow
at first or last light.
Slide Divers are also
producing fish 30-40
feet down with spoons
or flasher flies. Jim
charters out of Milwaukee,
WI. with Blue Max Charters.
He can be reached at
414-828-1094 or visit
his web site at http://www.bluemaxcharters.com
Copyright© 2006,
James J. Hirt, All Rights
Reserved
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Sheboygan
/ Lake Michigan Spring
Report |
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5/11/06 |
Friday's
charter only one coho
salmon. Saturday 7 for
12 with a mixed bag
of lake trout, rainbow
trout, a coho salmon
and a king salmon. Today
a couple kings with
one being a nice four
year old aboard the
Dumper Dan II. Water
depths of 120 to 160
seem to hold the most
fish right now as they
were coming on small
dodger fly combinations
on the planner boards
and spoons on the dipsys
and down riggers as
deep as 100 feet down.
It is sure nice to find
some fish out in the
deeper water this early
in the season as the
shoreline fishing has
been really hit and
miss lately...
Good luck fishing this
season from all of us
here at Dumper Dan's
Charter Fishing Fleet
of Sheboygan, Wisconsin's
Proven Charter Fishing
leader!
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Sheboygan,
Wisconsin |
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4/15/06 |
Spring
is here and another
season has begun for
us at Last Chance Charters.
We took the Last Chance
out for the first time
this year Saturday morning
for a 3 hour trip. The
weather was just perfect,
the lake was flat calm,
no wind and comfortable
temperatures and some
great fishing to add
to it. We fished north
of town in 10-15 fow
from the Pigeon River
to the golf course.
Ski-boards with blk/slv
Bombers were our best
setups although we did
have 2 bites off divers
with org/grn spoons.
We ended up with 7 fish,
6 Browns and a bonus
King that pushed the
scale at 20 lbs. With
the warm spring we have
had the water temp is
ahead of schedule with
temps from 47 to 49
degress. With some more
warm weather, our fishing
should keep getting
better this spring.
If you’re interested
in booking a charter
with us let us know
as were are ready for
the season. Good luck
and good fishing!
Captain
Brad Myer
Last Chance Charters
LLC
Office: 920-686-0829
Mobile: 920-860-0117
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