Delavan Lake Fishing Reports May 6 through May 13
The largemouth bass have been in pre-spawn and spawn patterns for the past week. They can be caught while sight fishing or casting the shallow flats where there is a hard sand bottom. A lot of the fish are being caught on tube baits or All Terrain Sticks. The best location has been by the outlet or on the west end by the island. Many of the pre-spawn fish are over five pounds.
The crappie fishing has been excellent. Most of the fish are caught pre-spawn on the first weedline break. The best bet is 12-15 ft of water. I’ve been catching most of my fish on small plastics, either yellow or purple. Yellow has been out-producing the other colors. Look for the crappies by the no wake buoys by the island or just off the gray condos.
Northern Pike fishing has been great in the shallow weed flats. Trolling large spinner baits or shallow diving crank baits has been producing most of the action. Fire Tiger crank baits or white spinner baits are the best option. I work a depth between 8 and 10 ft of water.
Bluegills are in a water depth of 4-5 ft. They are biting on wax worms or leaf worms. Try fishing them with an ice jig with a bobber. The best location is by the gray condos or Browns Channel.
Walleyes are biting in the 8-12 ft depth range due to the water temperature. The water temperature is 50 degrees and they haven’t become uncomfortable so they’ve staying in the shallows. Slip bobbers fished with fat head minnows are the best bet.
Good Luck and I hope to see you on the water. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 608-883-2050.
Daily Fishing Reports
5/5/13-Whitwater Lake- Sunny, 75 degrees, Southwest winds at 10 mph- Fished Largemouth bass in 3-5 feet of water. Fished green Pumpkin Senkos with great success in 2 hours of fishing we boated 10 nice bass. Best location was by the bogs.
5/4/13- Turtle Lake- Opening Day- Partly cloudy,70 degrees, Southwest winds 10mph- Trolled crankbaits along the drop-off in 12-15 feet, Silver and Black produced two largemouth and on northern pike. Went to the shallows and caught 15 bluegills on red worms fished beneath a bobber.
5/2/13- Delavan Lake- sunny, 78 degrees, winds light east, water temp 49 degrees- Fished panfish in the shallows by the outlet in 3 to 4 feet of water. Caught about 30-40 bluegills on waxworms and red worms. Bobber and an ice jig worked the best. Fished crappies in the main lake caught 15 on small plastics fished on a 1/32oz jig, purple was the best color.