
Wisconsin Lake Profile – Mosinee Flowage, Marathon County
In surveys of the fishery, the biggest walleye went about 28 inches and the biggest muskie went about 48 inches.

In surveys of the fishery, the biggest walleye went about 28 inches and the biggest muskie went about 48 inches.

Yes, it’s very early, but anglers are starting to catch crappies and panfish from boats and from shore.

Water temperatures continue to warm, along with the fishing bite for everything from perch, to crappies, to walleyes.

Right now, there are hundreds of anglers with freezers full of black crappies and yellow perch following another productive ice fishing season.

Mid-April should find trout anglers in all their glory. A few exceptions may be at higher elevations where ice-out tends to come later than other parts of the state. Trout stocking should also be intensifying

It’s early, but anglers are starting to catch crappies and sunfish in boats and from shore.

With a healthy walleye population, nice panfish, good numbers of largemouth bass, and a pike population that has improved in size structure in recent years, Minnie Belle is one of the county’s destination fishing lakes.

Breaking down everything you need to know to catch walleyes, perch, crappies and sunfish just after ice-out in early spring while going in-depth on fish location and movement, as well as tactics you can use

The crappie bite is picking up. Here’s what we’re finding this week …
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