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Below you will see the current fishing report posted on: 10/17/2011
General Conditions
Ice out: April 15. We had a cold May with abundant precipatation. Water levels are on the low end of normal, as it has dropped the past couple of weeks. Water temps are currently around 55 degrees and the lake is rising slightly.
Walleye Report
Walleye fishing has been very good most of the summer with some consistent catches coming in quite regularly. Daytime, fish a jig and leech in deeper water (18- 22') on the drop offs of deep humps; and in the evening cast the shallow shorelines and weed edges with crank baits, spinner baits, or small Mepps lures. Also, fish a jig and twister slowly over the shallow cabbage weeds on the bars during the evening and morning or during the day if it is overcast. This has been working very well lately on the big flats like Church and Cranberry Bars. Nice eating size walleye being caught. One guest consistently caught nice walleyes up to 24" all week by casting a white twister on a jig head towards shore from 16 feet of water and working the bottom back to the boat. One of our guests caught a 6 1/4 # walleye fishing the shallows with a Mepps #3.
Crappie Report
The crappie bite was great this May and lately they have mostly moved to deeper areas, although some are still being caught shallow. Fishing the edges of the deeper bogs, with mini mites during the morning, has been very productive. Try 10' down and if that doesn't work try just off the bottom. The fish cribs, located in 16 to 20 feet of water,have been very productive for crappie and bluegill too. Also, work mini mites or worms in the brush that extends out from down trees in 6 to 10 feet of water during the mid day. For bluegills try a worm about 3 feet below a bobber and work the outer edges of the cabbage weeds in 5 to 6 feet of water. Deep water nearby is good.
Muskie Report
The past 3 weeks has given us fairly consistent in the early evening, with a number of big muskies either caught or seen during this period. In fact, our resort has produced 3 30# plus fish in the past few weeks. Surface baits are pretty much done now and your best bet casting is to use a glider jerk bait or shallow diver on the quick drop offs. Sucker fishing should be starting up good any time now with water temps getting into the low 50s.
Northern/Smallmouth Bass report
Northern are being caught in the weeds, mostly being taken on bucktails, spinner baits, and twitch baits while fishing the weedy shore lines and shallow bars in the weeds. The small mouth bass have been very active this season with many great catches being made in the 16" to 21" range. The hot lure for the week has been the chomping jig, being cast into the weeds and near brush and logs. Great catches have been made this week with smallmouth!! Fishing tight to any shoreline wood (stumps, fallen trees, logs), or on rocky/gravelly shorelines and bars with weeds. Many of the muskie bars are great for smallmouth if they have hard bottom. All day is good, but evening seems to provide a great window of action packed fun!! Use spinner baits, shallow crank baits, rubber sinko worm jigs. Smallmouth hit our muskies lures all the time as well.