Central Wisconsin Outdoor Report June 6, 2012
With the windy conditions that we have been encountering this past week it has been difficult for boat control but absolutely great for finding fish locations. The walleyes have been holding tight to points on wind blown shores usually in 6 to 10 feet of water. Jigs tipped with minnows has been the best bait but we are seeing a few nice fish coming on crawlers and leeches as the water temperatures are now in the 70's.
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| Phil Schweik with a nice smallmouth bass |
Todd Zakrzewski with a nice walleye | Todd Zakrzewski with a couple of keeper walleyes |
The crappie fishing has been good, we have been finding plenty of them suspended in about 12 to 15 feet of water. Most of the fish are holding 5 to 7 feet down and are being caught on slip bobber rigs baited up with small jigs tipped with tiny minnows or plastics.
Anglers looking for lots of action should target bluegills right now. We are catching a ton of them holding in about 3 to 6 feet of water right in the weeds. Early in the day the gills are hunkered down right in the weeds but as the day progresses you will see the fish move up towards the surface to basically "sun" themselves. All you need is a small hook baited up with a worm. Set this below a bobber at the appropriate depth and get ready for the action to start.
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| Deer I saw crossing the lake we were fishing last week. |
The action for bass has been very good and with the warmer water temperatures we are stating to see the topwater action picking up. Most of the fish have been holding in about 2 to 6 feet of water associated with rocks and wood.
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| Todd Zakrzewski with a couple of nice crappies | Todd Zakrzewski with a nice Wisconsin River musky | Don Pankratz with a nice bluegill |
The spring musky bite has been very good and we are catching quite a few nice fish. Most of the action this past week has been by working shoreline structure along the main river and by working the deeper weeds on the main lake. Medium sized bucktails like the Slowie Slippery Sam in orange or chartreuse are working as well as twitch baits and crankbaits in firetiger and perch patterns.
Have a great week,
Phil Schweik
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