Ashland County Fishing Report
Fishing Report July 25, 2019
Anglers All reports: Fishing really has been great! Right now the water temp has moved to the 70's. There are still fish in the upper water column as well as fish on the bottom. There have been Small Mouth being caught out by the Light House using live bait. Trollers are still using stick baits in the shallower water using spoons and spin n glows. Small Mouth Fishing is in full swing in Sandcut, Oak Point, and Brush Point, with some post spawn fish moving all over the Bay where ever there is structure. The flats off of Madeline Island have had reports of anglers catching Lake Trout and Coho's. Anglers have been successful using plastics on light jigs, crank-baits, hair-jigs, and live bait. They worked slowly in 15 feet of water or less. There have been some beautiful Small Mouth being caught. There have been reports of walleyes being caught. There are always Northerns in the mix.
Scott Bretting from River Rock Inn & Bait Shop reports We have good water clarity with water temps in the mid to upper 70's. There are a lot of nice Walleyes being caught in the Chequamegon Bay. A good bait to use there are crawlers, leaches, shad rapps, crawler harnesses, and little cleos. Bass are now in their summer pattern in 15 feet. Trolling has been great out in the flats. With warmer nights and warmer weather, it puts us in the midst of the May Fly (Green Bay Bugs) hatch. The Inlands have been having some really nice Crappies and Pan Fish being caught. A good bait for the Creeks and Streams right now are night crawlers and spinners. Inland Lake Musky fishing is getting better as the temps warm. We have a great Chequamegon Bay Fishing Brochure/Map which shows some of our shoreline fishing spots. Some of these key areas have been catching some nice Northern Pike using larger sucker minnows, spoons and dare devils. Shoreline fishing has been great in some of the local favorite spots to fish listed on the fishing brochure. There have been some nice size Perch being caught at the Ashland Marina and the base of the Oredock.