ALEXANDRIA AREA Work the shallow bays of lakes Miltona, Ida, Darling, Le Homme Dieu, Geneva, and Carlos for crappies. A few walleyes are hitting minnows in less than 10 feet on Lake Mary and Geneva
Lake Michigan The smallmouth bass have started to feed in the warmer water areas. The best producers are larger profile shad color jigs worked slowly or dropshot rigs with 4-inch minnow style plastics. Goby imitating
Crab Orchard Lake Fishing is good across the board. Crappies have moved to the banks. Anglers are taking fish on minnows and jigs. Bass have also moved into shallow areas and around the points. Fish
Lake Taylorville The crappie bite is picking up on minnows. Bass fishing is slow. Water conditions are murky. Newton Lake Bass good. Crappies are a big question mark after a poor fall and few reports
BEAVER DAM / FOX LAKE AREA The main lake has not seen much pressure, although it has been open for a few weeks. Most anglers are having good catches from shore off Hwy. A and
DOOR PENINSULA AND KEWAUNEE AREA Bass fishermen found good action on the opener in Door County. Finding warmer pockets was the key. Grubs, tubes, hair jigs, and suspending plastic baits fished extremely slowly were the
ASHLAND AREA Most area launches were open as of May 2, with people reporting good catches of cohos and browns. A few splake were caught, too. The best method has been trolling around the mouths
The water temperature has risen several degrees, significantly improving the freshwater fishing throughout the Island and city lakes and ponds. The largemouth bass fishing has been excellent, with largemouth in the three-pound class caught on
Trout anglers were focusing on the region’s waters (Kayderosseras, Mettawee, Battenkill), while crappie action was decent on Saratoga Lake. Not hearing a lot on Lake George, but lakers and landlocks should be a good option.
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