Minocqua Fishing Report 8/26/14
With the water temps stable in the 70-73 degree range, anglers are finding patterns stabilizing for their favorite fish.
Largemouth Bass: Good- Very Good. An early morning start with plastics. Pre-rigged plastic worms, Senkos and Dingers fished wacky style are working well.
Spinnerbaits and crayfish patterned crankbaits along and over weedbeds or wait till evening to use Jitterbugs, Hula Poppers or plastic frogs around lily pads and other emergent vegetation.
Bluegills: Good-Very Good. Small leeches have been tops for nice gills, suspended out along deep weed edges. Fish with leeches below small floats or cast 1/32oz jigs.
Crappies: Good. Work through weed tops in 8-14'. Using small beetle spin type baits to locate then canvas area with small minnows below floats.
Smallmouth Bass: Good. Off-shore humps holding smallies in 18-24'. Tubes and creature baits as well as live leeches and crawlers best. Drop-shotting plastic craws and 2 1/2" minnows also producing good action.
Musky: Good. Some nice fish (tops a 48 1/2") this past week. Bucktails along deep weed edges (where bluegills suspend) and plastic baits such as Medussas and Crazy D's are tops. Some good action towards dusk on top water.
Walleye: Good. Best over hard bottoms using crawlers and leeches on jigs and Lindy rigs.
Northern: Good. Spinnerbaits, Chatterbaits and #4 Mepps Spinners over weeds of 8-12'. Nice fish to 34" reported this past week.
Perch: Fair-Good. Best on crayfish tails (soft shell/frozen) or 1/2 crawlers. Sandgrass flats in 14-22' for fewer but larger fish, weed flats of 8-10' for better numbers.
A threat of rain on Friday looks to be the only glitch on what should be a very good holiday weekend. Some of the best fishing of late has been late in the day, but getting out early will help beat the crowds.
Thanks,
Kurt
Island Sportshop
Minocqua, Wi 54548