Panfish Are On The Cribs

77 degree surface temperature
15 Ft visibility
33-37 Ft thermocline

• Bluegills have moved to the cribs and are easy to catch using waxworms or small trout worms. Crappies are on the weed edges or suspended over the crib and can be caught using small minnows.
• Smallmouth can be found anywhere from 6-20 Ft of water. Leeches, crawlers, and plastics have produced fish this week. Some of the smallies have started to relate to the cribs with the panfish.
• Northern Pike fishing has been very good for the last two weeks and should continue to stay hot. Fish chubs along the thermocline and weed edges for good action.
• Lake Trout have moved over deep water. Try suspended fish over 120-140 Ft of water. The white bass are down 20-28 Ft and will hit spinners and small minnows. Some fisherman have started to power jig the white bass in 40-60 Ft of water with fair success.
• Walleyes have started to move to the outer edges of the weeds. The big fish have dropped over the edge and can be targeted at this time. Remember these big fish can't last very long out of the water this time of year, so work fast and get a picture and put her back.

Bluegills Are On The Move

78 degree water temperature
16 Ft visibility
31-34 Ft thermocline

• Bluegills have started to make their move to the outside edge of the weeds and the shallow cribs. Small worms are the best bait for these willing feeders. Their are over 100 cribs on the lake so no one needs to 'bump boats' to have a good time catching these fish.
• Crappies are still biting on the weed edges and will take a small minnow or a jig with a twistertail.
• Smallmouth are still providing good action on the rocky drop offs and weed edges. Leeches and crawlers are working very well and hellgrammites should become available with the recent rains.
• Walleyes are moving to the outside edges of the weeds in 18-24 Ft of water. Crawler harnesses are still a very good bait. Jumbo leeches work on lindy rigs in the deeper water but are getting hard to find this late in the season.
• Northern Pike can be found anywhere from the shallow weeds to 40 Ft of water. The bigger pike will consistently be in the deeper water. Big chubs or suckers on quick strike rigs have produced some 10+ pound fish this week.
• Lake Trout are biting in 120-140 Ft of water on minnows or spoons. Move west to the deeper water for good action and try some suspended lines 80-90 Ft down over the deep water. White Bass are suspending 18-24 Ft down over the trout waters and will bite on spinners or small minnows. Calm evenings have brought small schools of white bass to the top chasing minnows this week. Cast to these fish and try to stay with the school for some fast action.

''Weed Walleyes'' Are Biting Crawler Harnesses.

77 degree surface temperature
12-14 Ft of visibility
28-30 Ft thermocline

• Bluegills and Crappies have been very active over the weed edges. Worms and small crawlers for the 'gills' and any small minnows or jigs and twisters for the 'papermouths'. Net the bigger crappies or they'll drop off at the boat.
• Smallmouth action has been good but you must start looking for them in a little deeper water. Early and late in the day they will move shallow but in the heat of the day fish as deep as 18-20 Ft of water.
• Walleyes are biting as good as we have seen in a few years. Reports of fisherman catching 2 or 3 legals a night are becoming more common. Most of the action has been in 12-18 Ft of water over the weed tops using spinners and nightcrawlers. Large leeches have been hard to find due to the high temperatures but the crawlers have really done well.
• Northern Pike are active on the weed edges and the 'big boys' are starting to show up in 28-40 Ft of water. Use stinger rigs on the big fish if you are going to try to release them. The high surface temperatures are already very hard on the larger pike. Take a quick picture and help them out on their way back down to the cool water.
• Lake Trout have moved deep for the trollers. Start in 90 Ft of water and don't be afraid to move as deep as 130 Ft of water. There is a lot of fish 18-24 Ft down over the deep water, which could be Browns or White Bass. One ounce of weight should get a spinner down to that depth for some exciting action.
• Walleyes for Tomorrow and DNR are putting in approximately 300 walleye fingerlings a day this week. Totals posted at the end of the month.

Fishermen Are Back After The 4Th

74-76 degree surface water
Thermocline at 24-28 Ft of water
3-6 Ft of visibility

• Bluegills, perch, and crappies are on the weed edges and will provide good action in 8-14 Ft of water using worms, waxworms, and minnows.
• Smallmouth are getting a little finicky due to the high pressure June brought. A 'change up' of baits will produce very good action. Nightcrawlers, leeches, and minnows during the high sun periods will produce but don't forget about the 'top water' bite on the calm evenings.
• Walleyes are in the weeds and will bite on crawler harnesses and leeches. We are seeing a number of 13''-15'' fish which certainly looks good for our future. If you don't want to troll, try slip bobbers in 14-18 Ft of water with leeches.
• Northern Pike action is minnow and weed oriented. The larger pike have started to move over the edge into deeper water. We definitely are in the transition period of the summer where it seems these bigger fish have disappeared for a short period of time only to resurface on the drop offs next week.
• Lake Trout action is a little slower with the warm weather. Don't be afraid to change up and fish shallower than normal or deeper than normal. One group of fisherman caught their trout in 55 Ft of water when the next were in 120 Ft of water. If action is slow change depths. Minnows still seem to be the bait of choice. Don't forget to run your high lines for White Bass and Brown Trout. Small spinners and small minnows trolled 18-22 Ft down will keep things interesting.