Lake Geneva Fishing Report 9/7/15 through 9/13/15
Overall, the fishing on Lake Geneva remains a bit slow. The extreme heat of this past week has messed with the late summer pattern a bit. The best bite remains the deep water bluegills or smallmouth bass.
The smallmouth bass fishing has been hit or miss. If you find an actively feeding school of fish, you will catch a bunch but if you don’t find an active school it’s tough. The fish are scattered by deep water structure associating with pods of bait fish. The fish have been in 25-50 ft of water. The fish I’ve been catching have been by Conference Point or in front of Yerkes Observatory. The best presentation a split shot rigged nightcrawler or a split shot rigged extra large fat head minnow. I’ve been slowly moving around deep water structure looking for the fish on my Hummingbird depth finder. Once I find the fish I stop and present live bait to them.
Northern Pike fishing has been okay. The fish have been in 30-35 ft of water. The best location has been by the boat launch in Fontana or just east of Cedar Point. The fish are biting on lindy rigged suckers and chubs fished right on the bottom. I’m using a standard lindy rig with a ¾ oz sinker and a 24 inch leader.
Largemouth bass fishing has been good in the deep water haunts. Look for the fish by Trinkes. The best approach is either Carolina rigging green pumpkin lizards or dragging ¾ oz football head jigs. The best water depth is 22-24 ft of water. As the water temperature starts to cool the fish will start to move off the deep water structure and toward shore. This should happen in the next week or so as the weather breaks.
Bluegill fishing has been very good in the 22-24 foot depth range. The best approach has been leaf worms fished on a split shot rig underneath an anchored boat. The fish are tight to the bottom or about 6 inches above. Look for the fish by Trinkes or in front of Gage Marine boat dock.
Walleye action has been good. Fish are being caught on crawler harnesses above the weeds in 15-17 ft of water. The best location has been by Trinkes or in Williams Bay. You want to slowly troll the crawler harnesses as 1.2 mph. The best time for them is of course from midnight to 2 a.m. when there is a nice breeze.
Good luck and I hope to see you on the water. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 608-883-2050