Central Wisconsin Outdoor Report
It has been an extremely busy past couple of weeks here in Central Wisconsin. With the Bear Season opener and fall fishing in full swing, the action and excitement is beyond belief.
Bear season opened with a bang and Jim Parquette tagged out in the first couple of hours on a very nice boar. A nice clean kill with his bow and arrow over bait was all it took for him to be successful. Ryan Schulta was also another successful hunter for us shooting a trophy boar that tried sneaking in from behind him. The bear was not so lucky!
Along with those success stories we also had a few close encounters with hunters having bears come up close and personal. One hunter had a bear climb up the stairs of his box blind stand and look at him through the door. Another hunter in a ground blind had a sow and three cubs come over to his blind to investigate. The bears literally stuck their heads right in the open window. The hunter told us that he could have easily reached out and tapped the sow on the nose she was so close. All those hunts ended well and the excitement is still in full swing as we still have a few hunters out in the woods looking to fill their tags.
Fishing has been phenomenal this past week with great action from all species. The musky bite has been good with some nice fish being caught on jerkbaits and bucktails. The walleyes have been very aggressive with decent catches in area lakes and the river. Most of the action has been by jigging 1/16th and 1/8th ounce jigs along current edges and break lines. The real key to my success has been having a very sensitive rod like the Elk River ER 1 walleye spinning rod that I have been using, if you want to feel all those “subtle bites” this is definitely the one. This is the most sensitive rod that I have ever used. If you want panfish now is the time to do it. With good numbers in the area lakes this is a great opportunity to introduce kids into fishing.
Archery hunters are taking to the woods now that the 2015 bow season has started. Hunters looking to be successful at this time of the year should concentrate their efforts on travel corridors between bedding areas and feeding grounds.
Have a great week,
Phil Schweik
Licensed Wisconsin Hunting and Fishing Guide
Hooksetters Guide Service www.hooksetters.biz