Delavan Lake fishing report 6/26/16 through 7/3/16
Delavan Lake fishing is in the fantastic summer time pattern. It has been awesome for fishing but there is excessive boat traffic, so plant to go early or late. Strong winds this week have also made some locations difficult to fish.
With the warmer weather of late, the northern pike have been pushing to the deep weedlines in 17-19 ft of water. The best locations have been by the gray condos, Browns Channel or the west end by the old Boy Scout camp. The fish have been aggressively hitting medium or large suckers fished a foot above bottom. I’ve been fishing the suckers on a lindy rig with a 24 inch leader and a 1/0 hook.
Walleye action remains consistent. The walleyes are on the weedline in 15-17 ft of water. They can be caught on a split shot rigged leech or nightcrawler. Most of the fish are being caught by Browns Channel or 3 flags. The time of day doesn’t seem to matter. Last week I was able to find them at two in the afternoon.
Largemouth bass are starting in their summer pattern and starting to school. I’m catching them on either a split shot rigged nightcrawler or drop shotting a green pumpkin finesse worm. You want to concentrate on main lake weed points in 15-17 ft of water. It has been typical that if you catch one, you can catch 3 or 4 in one location. The biggest concentration I’ve found with the SW wind has been by Willow Point and the Yacht Club.
The bigger bluegills remain tight to the weedline in 13-15 ft of water. Most of the action has been while casting leaf worms on a split shot rig into the weedline. The best location has been by Browns Channel or by the Village Supper Club.
Good luck and I hope to see you on the water. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 608-883-2050