Lake Geneva Fishing Report 6/14/15 through 6/21/15
Fishing on Lake Geneva has been fantastic. Both largemouth and smallmouth bass are in the shallows and biting aggressively. When you include the pan fish, it has been fairly common to catch over 100 fish in a 4 hour trip. This is the time of year where going through 10 dozen nightcrawlers in a trip occurs frequently.
Smallmouth bass fishing has been great. The fish are done spawning and aggressively feeding. They remain on their spawning flats and are just starting to move deeper. The best location last week was by Linn Pier and Knollwood working depths of 10-12 ft of water. They can be caught drop shotting a small 4 inch finesse worm in green pumpkin or dragging a nightcrawler fished on a split shot rig. Over the next week with the warmer water temperatures, the fish will move deeper so watch for the fish to be sliding down the break line as the days go on.
Perch fishing has been good. The bigger perch have been in 8-10 ft of water by Knollwood and Belvidere Park. They can be caught on split shot rigged leaf worms or using Thill slip bobber rigs. You want to position the bait about 1 foot off bottom.
Largemouth bass fishing has been excellent. The fish are currently spawning in 6-12 ft of water. The best locations I’ve found are in Williams Bay and Trinkes. The best approach is either a green pumpkin Senko or a Texas rigged plastic worm, preferably black in color. This action should be consistent over the next week.
Rock bass fishing has been unbelievably good. You can literally catch rock bass every cast. I’ve been finding most of them in 10-12 ft of water. They will bite on almost anything you throw. Most of my success has come on split shot rigged nightcrawlers.
Bluegills and Sun fish are very close to their spawn. The biggest fish I’ve been catching is in 8-10 ft of water. The larger fish I’ve been catching has been by Trinkes and by the South Shore club. They are biting on a slip bobber rig or a small split shot rigged nightcrawler.
Lake Trout fishing has started for the year. The best time to catch them is at first light. They have been 5 ft off bottom in the main lake basin. The best depth seems to be about 130 ft of water. Most of the fish are coming off of chrome Doctor spoons.
Good luck and I hope to see you on the water. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 608-883-2050