Wisconsin Fishing Reports
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5/22/2012 11:10:00 AMWith the warmer weather, fishing on Delavan has been improving every day. Most of the fish species have been very active. Northern pike action remains fair. The fish are located in 6-7 ft of water. The best approach is fishing small or medium suckers beneath a Thill big fish slip bobber. You want to position the bait a foot or tw...
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5/22/2012 11:05:00 AMMinocqua Area Fishing ReportBy Professional Guide Kurt Justice Despite some intense little storms that blew through on Sunday afternoon, the past week has been good if not a little windy. This strange spring continues to have its effect. Looks like in a lot of cases, crappies did not get to spawn. They seem to have missed their window of opportuni...
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5/22/2012 10:50:00 AMPhotos sent from Jeff’s Guide Service in the Boulder Junction area show the fishing is picking up in the North Country. Jeff Winters targets numerous lakes in Vilas, Iron and Oneida Counties. Tim Sipes and Steve Grehn of Batavia, Illinois are showing off a few of the big slab crappies they caught May 20 using a jig-and-minnow w...
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5/18/2012 11:30:00 AMThe Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce report; the local anglers are calling in and letting us know the fishing is good right now in the Bay. Northern’s have been biting along the Shoreline and anglers have been catching them in the shallows. Fishing right off the docks has been good and the Smallies are biting like crazy. Restaurants, Shops, C...
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5/18/2012 11:30:00 AMBy Professional Guide Jeff Winters Hi Folks. Fishing is moving right along and the second week is beginning to show us some distinct patterns. From a physical standpoint, fish seem to be in late-May form, but area lakes are more in line with opening week conditions. Water temps are trying to creep up. I’m seeing 60 in the morning and 65 at...
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5/18/2012 10:35:00 AMBy Frank Zumpf, Local Outdoorsman Can you ask for better weather to go fishing? The last week has been great. The fishing has been good since the opener. The crappies have moved right into the wood and brush to spawn. At one of my favorite spots, if you cast in the shallows next to the brush you’ll catch a bluegill. ...
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5/17/2012 1:10:00 PMBy Professional Guide Kenny Wallock The past couple weeks the game fish have been biting very well on the Stevens Point Flowage and I only expect it to get better. My clients have been catching fish with a 1/8 and 1/4 oz Jig and Minnow combination along with shallow-running crank baits next to new weed growth that came up the past week. With the ...
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5/17/2012 12:30:00 PMWith water temperatures in the mid to upper 60's the bluegills are starting to show up in traditional spawning areas. This is a great way to introduce kids into fishing. When the gills show up at this time of the year and in such an abundance, the action can be non-stop for hours. Most of the gills are holding in shallow water les...
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5/17/2012 11:55:00 AMBy Professional Guide John Carlson Wow! The panfish action has been hot in the Phillips area and it's not limited to one body of water but on almost all area lakes. The Bluegill population seems to be at an all-time high and the size structure is good as well. It's nothing to catch a meal of 8 to 9.5 inch gills in the area right now. The gil...
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5/16/2012 3:10:00 PMBy Professional Guide Jerkbait Hartigan The last few times I have been out on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage in Iron County the wind has made things difficult. Walleyes seemed to have moved a little deeper with fish coming from 12 to 14 feet on river channels and drop offs. Smallmouth have been active along shorelines with many coming on ...
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5/15/2012 11:20:00 AMBy Professional Guide Kurt Justice After an opening weekend of rough weather, the rest of the season has been very nice and stable. Gradually warming temps have been great. The warm water temps does seem to have messed up the spawning cycle of some fish though. Just because the calendar says mid May, your next trip out you might ...
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5/15/2012 11:05:00 AMBy Wayne Morgenthaler I am starting to get some good fishing reports. The Wisconsin River is still high but the fish are biting. I had a nice report of an 8 pound 2 ounce walleye taken on a live nightcrawler on the river. You need to find where side streams enter into the river and target fish holding out of the strong current.&n...
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5/14/2012 3:45:00 PMBy Professional Guide Jerry “Jerkbait” Hartigan Well, the opener is finally here and beautiful weather has arrived with it. This last week I was out four times and did good most of the time. Opening day we limited out on walleyes on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage with most of the fish coming off edges of the river channel in 7...
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5/14/2012 3:25:00 PMThe Ashland area fishing is very good for multiple species according to anglers. Northerns have been biting along the Ashland shoreline with anglers catching them in the shallows. Bass are also staging in the shallows right now and smallies can be found in Sand Cut as well as other areas in the Bay. River Rock Inn and Bait Shop report the 20...
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5/14/2012 3:10:00 PMWhite bass are biting “GANG BUSTERS” on the Wolf River, according to expert Wisconsin angler John Faucher, owner of Johnny’s Little House of Bait in New London. Also of note is the fabulous catfishing. “They are literally everywhere,” said Faucher. Even behind the bait shop. A number of folks have fished with me here ...
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5/14/2012 2:50:00 PMEven though the spring has been exceptionally warm, the water temperature hasn’t increased yet. Currently the lake is fishing exactly like it would in a normal year, where March wasn’t 70-80 degrees. Rock bass are pretty much everywhere in 6-7 ft of water. The best location is Belvidere Park and by Knollwood. The best...
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5/14/2012 2:40:00 PMWith the cool nights, the water temperature hasn’t come up much. It is very typical for this time of year. The bluegills are shallow and the bass are cruising in 2-3 ft of water. The best bluegill action is in 2-3 ft of water in the channels. They can be caught on slip bobbers with a small ice jig. The best location i...
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5/14/2012 2:30:00 PMBy John Luthens I heard somewhere, or maybe I read it in a DNR publication, that every lake in the state must have at least one point of public access. Being a lazy journalist, I decided to not even check the facts. Because even if it is not true, I think it should be. Every fisherman should have a good boat landing. I’m n...
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5/14/2012 2:15:00 PMBy Professional Guide John Carlson The Crappie action is slowing a little but good numbers are still being found. Bluegill are really turning on with some really nice size fish being caught. The gills are really shallow and hitting just about anything that you throw at them. I have been using Wax worms on a plain hook about a foot under a fl...
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5/9/2012 1:15:00 PMHi Folks, Well we’ve had a wet start to the fishing season and anglers have been reporting mixed success from around the area. With the walleye spawn past us because of the early spring, it has been a learning experience for many anglers. Lake conditions are more in the line with mid to late May and water temps on the lakes I’ve been o...
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5/9/2012 10:55:00 AMBy Steve Suman We have enjoyed better weather for past game fish openers, but we have also had worse – and this year no anglers had to shovel snow from their boats before fishing. This week’s weather forecast is “okay,” with normal seasonal temperatures and maybe some rain. The following week shows a slight warming trend. ...
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5/8/2012 9:50:00 AMBy Professional Guide John Carlson For the most part it was a good opener for most fishermen here in Price County. The weather held off most of the day on Saturday and fish were willing to bite. The Crappie action was hot and a lot of fishermen took advantage of them being shallow and willing to eat. Most of the Crappie were being caught tight to ...
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5/7/2012 11:30:00 AMThe water on Geneva remains very cold for Opening Day. There isn’t much action on the main lake. Rock bass and perch were the only species biting in the cold water of the main lake basin. We tried for smallmouth bass without success. My friends were out there on Saturday as well and no smallies were caught with 8 peopl...
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5/7/2012 11:15:00 AMFishing season is officially open! Now if we could tell the fish that we’d be all set. Fishing is fairly decent but it would have been nice to see a bit more action this past weekend. We have these east wind that we can’t seem to shake. Once we get a more steady wind direction, fishing should improve. Largemouth bass...
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5/7/2012 11:05:00 AMBy Professional Guide Mike Mladenik The water temp on the Menominee River is 59 degrees and smallmouth are active. Smallmouth are cruising the shallows with the best baits being soft plastic jerkbaits and stick baits rigged wacky style. The smallmouth action has also been good on High Falls Flowage. Walleye fishing has been slow. Mike Mladenik h...