Central Wisconsin Outdoor Report 5-30-2013
Good walleye bite on the Wisconsin River right now with anglers picking up nice fish in 8 to 12 feet of water associated with current breaks and downed timber. I run Rick Jaroch's weedless Rickee lead head jigs tipped with fathead minnows right on the bottom, and right in the wood for the best action.
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| Nap Pozulp from Chicago with a nice opening day musky | Randy Taylor with a good limit of walleyes |
The Crappie bite has been fantastic with limits of very nice fish being caught. Most of the action is coming from crappies that are holding up in shallow wood cover but a few are now suspended over deeper water in 10 to 15 feet of water. Run slip bobbers with minnows to pick up these feisty fish.
Smallmouth bass action is heating up and we are picking up some nice fish in the 16 to 20 inch range with a few going over 20 inches. just last week we had one come in at over 6 pounds, now that is a whopper anywhere. With the water temperatures now in the 60 degree range a lot of these fish are taking top water baits like Zara Spooks and Chug Bugs but we are also picking up a lot offish on jigs with plastics and some crankbaits too.
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| Don Pankratz with a nice crappie | A nice limit of crappies from this week |
Musky season is off to a good start! Opening weekend produced a few nice fish for us on bucktails but some of the larger fish came on Bulldawgs. For early season success target shallow weeds or weed edges in 3 to 6 feet of water but don't overlook targeting deeper rocks in 8 to 12 feet of water, as the fish are post spawn and are holding on structure that will warm up throughout the daytime. One of the muskies that we picked up on opening day was still spewing eggs indicating a very late spawn. This is the first time in over 40 years I had a musky on opening day still dumping eggs around here.
Have a great week,
Phil Schweik
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