ALBERT LEA AREA Crappies and sunfish are being caught on plastics, waxworms, and minnows on Fountain Lake. Better spots this week have been the cemetery area and Blackmer Bridge in shallow water. Anglers are catching
Lake Michigan: The northern harbors like Waukegan have been hit and miss from Johnson’s and Government piers. The downtown harbors have been producing fish very well this early season. The powerliners have been doing well
Crab Orchard Lake: Crappie action has improved. Many fish have moved shallow and some nice fish have been caught. Minnows are the primary bait. Bluegill anglers are reporting good success around the rip rap and
Sangchris Lake: Bass excellent on spinnerbaits and chatterbaits. Catfish good on worms. Crappies are fair on jigs fairly shallow along rocks near dam. Lake Bloomington: Crappies good near and around brush on minnows and jigs.
Illinois River: The sauger and walleye bite has been ok with recent warm then cold weather patterns. Fish are being caught vertical jigging jigs with minnows or using a floater jig and lindy rigging minnows
LLAKE MICHIGAN/METRO AREA LAKES Surface water temperatures on the area lakes and rivers were in low to upper 40s last week. The Rock River in Fort Atkinson and Jefferson has produced pre- and post-spawn walleyes,
DOOR PENINSULA AND ALGOMA/KEWAUNEE AREA Brown trout fishing has been going quite well along the Lake Michigan shoreline from Bailey’s Harbor all the way south to Algoma. The best depths have been anywhere from
ASHLAND AREA This report is for the Ashland side of Chequamegon Bay. We find ourselves between seasons at the moment, as the remaining ice on the bay is no longer safe, yet there is still
Lake Ontario and tributaries: A fair number of anglers were hitting the streams, the piers and the lake to take advantage of some increased activity of fish. At Burt Dam, some steelhead have started spawning
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