Northern PikeÂ
49″ is the mark to beat this year. Â Bill hooked into this monster early in the year on a Mepps Spinner. Â The past week or so, Northern Pike can be found in the cabbage patches and lots of little ones along shore if the kids need to stay busy with action. Â The 40’s are down deeper and can be caught on dropoffs and points. Â Swimbaits and deep trolling plugs. Â Gold, blue, silver and perch colours have been doing great. Â Last week Caden hooked a 40 1/2″ beast!
Smallmouth Bass
Bass have are active and on the bright sunny days we have been finding them right up on top of the rock piles. Â Top water fun with Zara Spooks, ripplin Red Fins and poppers. Â Take your time and cover the area from different angles. Â A few 20″ fish and way too many over 18 to count.
PerchÂ
Have been biting steady since early July. Â A little chunk of crawler on a tiny jig or slip bobber. Â Watch them come up you can be choosy on which ones you let take it. Â Colour does matter.
Lake Trout
The Trout were up shallow well into late June. Â Today they can be caught trolling down 30′ with a crankbait. Â Or jig them up with a white tube. Â 30″ was the largest this past week!
Walleye
Summer bite is happening. Â Lots of fish being caught and sometimes tough to find eaters. Â Minnows, leeches, & crawlers are working well. Â Along weed edges and deeper off rock humps, points & drop offs. Â Spinners, jigs, and crankbaits are catching. Â I was schooled the other day with a lindy rig and a minnow. Â Too stubborn to change and try something different can cost you fish.
The Woman River has low water conditions right now. Â Portage lakes have been fishing really well and the mayfly hatch has past in late June.
It’s a great time to be on the water!