Conditions are changing with each wind switch on Lake Michigan, making for an up-and-down bite. Still, charters are into the double digits on many morning and some afternoon/evening trips. A monstrous 17-pound coho and a hefty 25.86-pound chinook were among the trophies taken in the past week. The best depths vary week to week, but […]
Powerton: Smallmouths good in the cool part of the lake, in the back and off of points. Most were caught on crankbaits, some 18 inches and bigger. Channel catfish are excellent in the rocks, hitting crankbaits. Spring Lake: Bass slow. Crappie biting on tube jigs at the south end bays. Channel cats also biting on
CLEAN BOATING ACT. I received an enlightening e-mail as this paper was headed to press from U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-District 10, announcing passage of the Clean Boating Act. Without this federal legislation being passed, recreational boaters and fishermen were facing a potential hornet’s nest of compliance with the federal Clean Waters Act. As reported
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Madison – There remain a couple of steps before the Wisconsin duck-hunting season is set Aug. 13 by the Natural Resources Board, but federal officials last week dealt the state the hand with which it will play as it considers the possibilities for duck hunt ’08. Among the key offerings announced by the U.S. Fish
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Trolling is well into summer patterns. Fishing has been good one day, slow the next, depending mostly on the weather. Stable high pressure has brought the best action. Fish are scattered about – tight to structure, suspended just off it, or right on the bottom in places for the bigger lake trout. Many tactics are
In Sheboygan, trollers have had decent success in 50 to 150 feet of water, with rainbows and chinooks favoring spoons run off downriggers. Some of the best action has been off of Cleveland. Shore fishing success has been slow. At Port Washington, fishing was good last week, with decent catches of kings and rainbows in
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Madison – Developing rules for access to land bought with public funds from the reauthorized Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship Program began with the first meeting of the Stewardship Fund Citizens Advisory Committee on July 24. The 29-member committee represents various interests from around the state that will help the DNR develop rule proposals that will
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The perch are hitting like crazy on Beaver Dam Lake, and most of the perch are running 10 to 14 inches. Fishermen also are getting bluegills along with the perch, but most of the focus has been on the outstanding perch fishing. Anglers are catching walleyes and bluegills on Fox Lake. Phil & Sons Tackle,
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