Delavan Lake 4/1/12 through 4/8/12
The cold weather has put a damper on the boat traffic. There are still bluegills and crappies to be had. Most of the fish are in 2-3 ft of water. You need to keep moving to find the bigger fish.
Bluegill fishing is good in 2 ft of water. The best success is in the boat channels. Look for the fish in Viewcrest Channel, Browns Channel or the Highlands Channel. The fish are really aggressive if there is very little boat traffic. Sunday when I was fishing there were very few people out due to the temps and we caught a load of fish. The best presentation is the Thill slip bobber fished with a Genz bug. I tipped mine with a red worm it seemed to produce the bigger fish but the wax worms also worked fine.
Crappie fishing seemed to be slow this week due to the cooler temps. Most of the action was in Viewcrest Bay and Highlands Bay in 6-8 ft of water. Most people were catching them on purple plastic or on a slip bobber rigged minnow. Position the minnow about 1 ft above the weeds. You need to keep moving to find the aggressive fish. There are a lot of people anchoring. I use the trolling motor to find the fish and then I will anchor.
Good luck and I hope to see you on the water. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 608-883-2050
Daily Reports
4/1/12 - Delavan lake, 50 degrees, winds out of the East at 10 mph. Water temp 45 degrees. Caught a boat load of bluegills in the channels. Kept about 20, the best presentation was the Thill slip bobber fished with a Genz bug. It didn't matter whether you used wax worms or red worms, both were producing well. It was too cold to fish the main lake, speaking with others who had it was slower on the main lake than in the channels.
3/31/12 - Lake Geneva, 45 degrees, cloudy, winds NE at 15 mph. Water temp 43 degrees. Caught a few small bluegills, nothing major happening. Fished in Abbey Harbor in 3-4 ft of water. Fished waxworms on ice fishing jigs. The weather was cold and windy.