LakeTrout Closes September 30th

68 degree surface water
18 Ft visibility
40 Ft thermocline

• Bluegills are the best bite by far right now. The water is finally cooling down enough to bring the big gills into the shallows. The mill pond has been good with some nice fish showing up now. The Heidel Bar gave up some beautiful gills this week and some of the big weed beds on the lake produced action as well. Black ants or ice jigs baited with waxworms and fished under a bobber is the best bet for action. When the sun hits the trees is the best time for large fish.
• Lake Trout action is good anywhere from 60-120 Ft of water. Friday is the last day for lakers until they reopen the first Saturday in January.
• Northern Pike are due to arrive in the weeds now that the gills have moved in. Some really nice pike can still be caught in 35-44 Ft of water. Spinner baits over the weeds and large chubs in deep water are the top baits.
• Smallmouth action is slow to start but should pick up this week with the cool rain bringing water temperatures more typical of fall. Minnows and minnow imitations are the best bait. Look for the fish on drop offs and weed edges.