It’s a solid fishery, providing excellent panfish- and largemouth bass-fishing opportunities, and it kicks out enough walleyes to make it a viable option for them as well.
As with the past several weeks, anglers doing best continue to cover water with spinners and crawlers or crankbaits, basically picking off the few aggressive fish that exist.
Use spinnerbaits, small jerk baits, crankbaits and start using plastics, like Medusas and Bulldogs.
Employing an underwater camera will make your angling more efficient in your quest to decipher what’s happening underneath the surface.
The most recent DNR survey of the lake turned up 6,330 fish including 13 species. The survey found very good numbers of perch and rock bass, fair numbers of walleyes and cisco, and light numbers
Anglers from across the state are reporting a mixed bag of results. The bite has slowed in some areas and fishing pressure has dwindled while other areas report good fishing with lots of action.
Despite scorching weather, fishing success on the big rivers in the southeast held up pretty well. Still, overall, the dog days of summer made for light pressure and a slow bite on many fisheries.
It offers pretty good fishing for two species in particular. One you might expect to be thriving there. The presence of the other is, if not shocking, at least a bit remarkable.
Water temperatures are dropping a bit in fisheries across the state. So what will that mean for the fishing bite?
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