Bluegills Are Biting In The Shallows

40 degree surface water
Walleyes will start to spawn this week
Water visibility is less than 5 Ft

• GENERAL FISHING SEASON OPENS SATURDAY MAY 6TH.
• Bluegills have been biting on the Mill Pond and the back water areas of Sunnyside. Beyer's Cove and the channels are starting to produce fish also. I saw some fish in the bay by the park but most of them were small. The larger gills should show up this week. Use waxworms and black ants or ice jigs. Some fishermen are still using plastic.
• Crappies are active in the channels and the inlet bridge. Small minnows are the best bait and late in the day and even into the night are the best time.
• White Bass are schooled up in front of Pilgrim Camp and the Inlet Bridge in 30-50 Ft of water. These fish are a very tough bite right now. Some action should start on the bridge with jigs and twisters.
• Lake Trout action should continue to produce fish. 30-80 Ft of water off the bars should provide action. I fished them Saturday with limited success in 60 Ft of water. They are biting very light on medium size minnows fished very slow. 20,000 Lake Trout fingerlings were planted last week with an average length of 7 inches. These numbers and size are impressive in comparison to other years. Brown Trout stocking will take place at the end of the month.
• Walleyes for Tomorrow will be placing their nets in Woods Bay and Oakwood Point this week. They plan to incubate between 3 and 5 million eggs with the resulting fry being stocked in the backwaters of Sunnyside the first week of May.