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Madison Area

Bluegills are hitting on Monona Bay and in the Triangles. Perch were hitting, too. Lake Mendota perch have been hit and miss, and bluegill fishing out there has been slow. Lake Waubesa bluegill action has

Finger Lakes/Central NY

Silver Lake: Jigging at the south end just outside of the weedline has been productive for bluegill, perch and a few crappie. Perch pattern jigs with wax worms or spikes work well for keeper size

Upper Peninsula

Pickford Area Walleye fishing has been pretty good in Munuscong Bay and perch are starting to show, up too. The perch bite in Lake Huron at Cedarville has been fair. There is about 30 inches

Northern Lower

Ludington Area Fishing has been good around Ludington. Perch are hitting on Pentwater and Pere Marquette lakes. Wigglers and minnows fished in 25 to 30 feet of water have been producing good results. Anglers fishing

Southcentral Region

Little Juniata River (Blair County) – Low flow was reported Jan. 31, and anglers were fishing streamers and nymphs in the braided water at the head of the pools. Medium-sized streamers, such as size 8

Northcentral Region

Spring Creek (Centre County) – Low flow was reported at the end of January. Green Weenies, scuds, cressbugs, Pheasant Tails, Hare’s Ear and other nymphs were working, as were streamers, such as olive Slump Busters,

Southeast Region

Piedmont Lake (Belmont County) – Anglers have been employing blade baits, particularly Vib-Es in firetiger, over the old road bed west of the marina to pull a few saugeyes through the ice. Ice thickness was

Southwest Region

Bessemer Lake (Lawrence County) – Stocked rainbow trout were being iced at the end of January, with one angler limiting out in half an hour. North Park Lake (Allegheny County) – Steve Visomirski, of Shaler

Lake Erie Region

Check out the Web site of the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (www.glerl.noaa.gov) for satellite images of Lake Erie and all of the Great Lakes. The only thing you can see in the images, which

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