
Wisconsin Fishing Report – November 5, 2020
If you’re not heading to the deer stand, it should be an excellent weekend of late fall, open-water fishing opportunities.

If you’re not heading to the deer stand, it should be an excellent weekend of late fall, open-water fishing opportunities.

Walleyes remain at low densities, but provide another option for anglers.

The bite should pick up as water temperatures continue to fall.

Few anglers had been out, as strong, gusty winds coupled with rain and snow over the last week kept anglers off the big waters and most of the inland lakes. Water levels were low and

And don’t disregard the lake’s whitefish. It’s a fishable population, rarely tapped, with good-sized fish.

Windy weather has put a damper on hunting and fishing across many areas of the state. But when the wind settles down, the action has been pretty good.

A few lake trout were showing up near shore on Lake Michigan and being caught in Michigan City Harbor by trollers and casters but not many were out fishing.

“What attracted me to this stretch of the river was the smallmouth bass fishing.”

The largemouth bass population is high, but fish are slow-growing and generally small, with 6-10 inches being the most common length range. But, for catches per unit of effort, Delta No. 1 at one point
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