Ashland Area Fishing Report for May 29, 2015
~ Fishing guides Roger LaPenter and Luke Kavajecz from Anglers All, 715/682-5754 (http://www.anglersallwisconsin.com), report the following:
This report is about the Ashland side of Chequamegon Bay. The water is warming up and the fish are on the move, folks!
The smallmouth bass are starting to move back in to shore and can be found in the shallows, primarily at the east end of the bay. They are making beds, though some are still in pre-spawn mode.
Most of the smallie fishing is occurring in 1 to 5 foot of water, according to Carolyn Swartz, co-owner of Anglers All in Ashland.
Walleyes remain active both at the head of the bay and around Brush Point and Kakagon Slough. Carolyn said most people after walleye are trolling with crawler harnesses in the shallows and using stickbaits in the deeper water in the drop-offs into the channel. (This type of fishing is most productive during lowlight hours, she noted.)
Ron Syztndor, co-owner of Stagecoach Bar & Grill in Ashland, went on a scouting mission for smallies earlier this week on Chequamegon Bay with Nate Baron, owner of Up North Guide Service. (Photo courtesy of Nate Baron)
The weather was gorgeous on May 21, making for “an awesome trip” out on Chequamegon Bay for Boone from Florida who caught this beautiful smallmouth bass, according to Nate Baron of Up North Guide Service. (Photo courtesy of Nate Baron)
She said that people also have been trolling and casting for some walleye at the mouth of Fish Creek slough during the low-light hours using shallow-running stickbaits and that jigging with leeches has been working, too.
The same spots where the walleye and bass are hanging out are the locations where anglers have been catching a good number of northerns. The northern pike are hanging around in the shallows and for those who like to fish from shore there has been perch and northern activity off the old ore dock.
“A good number of brown trout are being caught out in the bay in the evenings,” Carolyn said, citing a 38-inch brown hauled in earlier this week. “They could be anywhere throughout the bay right now – off the first breaks, out in the islands, all over the place. Everything is in transition with the water temperatures starting to change.”
She said anglers have found a few splake up along the Bayfield shoreline. “And if they’re interested in lake trout, they need to follow the water temperatures as the trout like it cool,” Carolyn noted.
Carolyn says those targeting trout and salmon should start in Washburn and work their way north along the shoreline, trolling with flatlines “unless you start marking them in a little deeper water. People are starting to use spoons off of downriggers in deeper water along with dipsy divers.”
“The best fishing is yet to come,” commented Anglers All fishing guide Luke Kavajecz recently.
For the most complete and up-to-date fishing report, just give them a call at Anglers All and they will gladly keep you informed!
~ The Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce, www.visitashland.com, 1-800-284-9484, reports:
Fishing is always a thrilling adventure in the Ashland area! Chequamegon Bay is famous for its world-class smallmouth bass fishing.
ABC Raceway will have their Season Opener of stock car racing this Saturday, May 30, with Armed Services Night – sponsored by the Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce and Stagecoach Bar & Grill. Grandstands open at 5 p.m., hot laps are at 6:15, and racing begins at 7 p.m. The popular racing venue located just south of Ashland will once again be home to WISSOTA-sanctioned Modifieds, Super Stocks and Midwest Mods, as well as the track’s own Six-Cylinders and Pure Stocks, for exciting heat-race and feature action on the semi-banked three-eighths-mile red-clay oval. For more information, visit www.abcraceway.com, or call 715/682-4237. ABC Raceway is located at 2187 Butterworth Road, Ashland.
Ron Syztndor, co-owner of Stagecoach Bar & Grill in Ashland, went on a scouting mission for smallies earlier this week on Chequamegon Bay with Nate Baron, owner of Up North Guide Service. (Photo courtesy of Nate Baron)
The weather was gorgeous on May 21, making for “an awesome trip” out on Chequamegon Bay for Boone from Florida who caught this beautiful smallmouth bass, according to Nate Baron of Up North Guide Service. (Photo courtesy of Nate Baron)