Delavan Lake Fishing Report 7/2/12 through 7/9/12
Fishing remains excellent. You need to go early to avoid the crowds. Most days there are between 100-150 fishermen out on the lake. The fishing has been awesome for bluegills and largemouth bass.
Largemouth bass fishing has been great. You want to fish underneath the north shore piers or on the deep weed line points. I’ve been fishing mostly with nightcrawlers on a split shot rig. A lot of jig fishermen have been catching as much as I have. Due to the time of year, the largemouth bass have schooled up so if you catch one, wait for another 3 or 4 in the same spot, don’t move too fast. For the docks, I’ve been using 5 inch Yum dingers, Texas rigged, in green pumpkin or green pumpkin metal flake. The best time has been early a.m. or late afternoon.
Bluegill fishing has been outstanding. The bigger bluegills are in 12-15 ft of water. Look for the fish by the Yacht Club or by Willow Point. The best approach is split shot rigging a small leaf worm with a single hook and small split shot. A lot of bluegills we’ve been catching are in excess of 9 inches.
Perch fishing has also been excellent in 8-12 ft of water. The best location has been by Browns channel or by Township Park. They are biting on big green hellgrammites or small leaf worms. They can be caught with a small split shot and a single hook or a Thill slip bobber about 1 ft above the weeds.
Northern Pike fishing has been average. The fish haven’t been biting as well as recent years. The best bite has been lindy rigged bluegills caught in Delavan Lake in 20 ft of water. The suckers haven’t been producing as well as the lake caught bluegills. The best location has been just west of the Yacht Club and by Willow Point.
Walleye fishing has been average. The best presentation has been a lindy rigged nightcrawler or leech in 20 ft of water. Look for the fish by the concrete point or by the Yacht Club. The best time to fish has been early morning or at dusk.
Good luck and I hope to see you on the water. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 608-883-2050
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| Dave Duwe led client Mike Toohill and son Drew to some fine fishing on Delavan Lake for the second consecutive year. See the Duwe fishing reports weekly under Inland Fishing" on this website for contact information and current action on both Delavan and Lake Geneva. | |
Daily Reports
7/1/12 - Lake Geneva, sunny, 75 degrees, no wind, water temp 75 degrees. Caught 3 lake trout, all 3 were legal. Had 3 others on that lost the hook. Fished between Conference Point and Cedar Point. The best depth was 70 ft down in 118 ft of water.
6/30/12 - Delavan Lake, sunny, 80 degrees, SW wind at 5 mph, water temp 75 degrees. Caught 9 largemouth, 5 were legal, 1 smallmouth bass and 1 northern pike. The fish were on main lake point and caught on split shot rigged nightcrawlers. The pike was caught on lindy rigged small bluegills in 19 ft of water.
6/28/12 - Delavan Lake, sunny, 98 degrees, winds SW at 10 mph. Water temp 77 degrees. Caught 12 largemouth, 3 smallmouth and 1 walleye. All the bass were caught on split shot rigged nightcrawlers in 10-12 ft of water. The best location was by Browns Channel.
6/26/12 - Delavan Lake, sunny, 90 degrees, winds S at 5 mph. Water temp 78 degrees. Caught 8 largemouth, 3 were legal, 3 walleyes and 1 northern pike. The bass were caught on main lake points on split shot rigged nightcrawlers. The northern was caught on a lindy rigged sucker.