Lake Geneva Fishing Report 8/20/12 through 8/27/12
Fishing on Lake Geneva continues to be excellent with very light boat traffic in the morning. It certainly isn’t seeing the same amount of fishing pressure that Lake Delavan is experiencing.
Largemouth bass are on the deep weedline in 18-20 ft of water. The fish are being caught using three different methods. The first is Carolina rigging, using a 24 inch leader and a 6 inch green pumpkin lizard. The second is dragging a football head jig with a Arkies Crawlin’ Grub in green pumpkin or root beer color. The third method is lindy rigging nightcrawlers. I’m using a walking sinker as light as possible that still allows you to fish vertical with the bottom. The best locations have been by the old military academy or Trinkes.
Smallmouth bass are biting in 25-28 ft of water. You want to find rock points in the deeper water with scattered weeds. The best location has been by Conference Point or by the Military Academy. The best approach has been drop shotting Yum Houdini worms or Lindy rigging nightcrawlers. It’s been pretty good fishing, once you find one fish you usually can find a bunch.
Bluegill action has been phenomenal in Geneva Bay. The best depth is 12-15 ft of water. They are biting on leaf worms or nightcrawlers that are being drifted on a split shot rig. Another good location has been by Elgin Club or in Williams Bay.
Rock bass fishing has been excellent, but usually always is. The bigger rockies are coming out of 20-25 ft of water. The best approach is lindy rigging nightcrawlers or fishing small hair jigs. There are a bunch of rock bass by the Military Academy and by Knollwood.
Northern Pike action has been good. They are being found in 35 ft of water and are aggressively hitting a lindy rigged sucker. The best location has been in Fontana or just east of Cedar Point. As a rule, during a 4 hour trip, you can expect to catch 6-8 fish, with a really good day being 12 fish. The fish aren’t schooled up as heavy as usual so I’ve been moving around a lot.
Good luck and I hope to see you on the water. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 608-883-2050