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Minocqua Area Fishing ReportSummer isn’t done with us yet according to the forecast.  Highs in the mid to upper-80’s (8/...
09/01/2026

Minocqua Area Fishing Report

Summer isn’t done with us yet according to the forecast. Highs in the mid to upper-80’s (8/31-9/1), following with upper-70’s. So not expected to see surface temps, which dipped into the upper-60’s, drop any further. Actually, may rise a little again. Due to the heat, as usual for this time of year, algae blooms have occurred. Big and Little Arbor Lakes, Big St. Germaine and Bearskin are a few of the recently visited and reported “green” lakes. Fish are being caught, but not an encouraging sight.

Bluegill: Very Good-Good – Strong reports of catches along w**d edges and over cribs and drowned wood. Beaver tails, small leeches, even small crappie minnows below slip floats. Working tiny plastics, such as Mini Mites and 1” tubes are a less messy alternative.

Crappie: Good-Very Good – Look for suspended schools outside w**d lines in 14-20” of water. Hang minnows at depths to entice bites. Vertical jigging, small ultra-light Rip ‘n Raps and #2 jigging Raps scoring on these suspended Crappies. Small bladed under spins. Beetle spins or #1 Mepps spinners also working.

Largemouth Bass: Good-Very Good – Still taking the high road (top-water). Whopper Ploppers, Jitterbugs, Hula Poppers and buzz baits early, and especially late, in the day. Heavy w**d, flat action has slowed, but still out there. Wacky Worms and dropping urchin baits working here.

Smallmouth Bass: Good-Very Good – Gravel/rock bars topping out at 12’, but most deeper, are producing for anglers. Ned rigging or drop-shotting minnow or craw imitations along with urchin baits. A few larger specimens reported by Musky anglers, casting bucktails in shallows. Typical of Smallies…No Fear!

Walleye: Good – Work away from w**d edges out along mud bottoms of 22-25’ using redtails or full crawlers. Always check rock bars as it seems fish on top are ready to eat. Vertical jigging with Raps and Shiver minnows good way to pick up active biters over the mud.

Northern Pike: Good – Spinners, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits – work cabbage flats in 6-12’ of water. Go with jigging chubs or suckers for a slower pace on bright days with little cloud cover and little wind.

Musky: Good - Bucktails over cabbage flats, Wizards and Hunsey’s producing. Top-water will remain a good choice throughout September. With water temperatures remaining high, keep speed up, even when working wood or plastic baits such as gliders and jerks.

Yellow Perch: Good – Better size Perch found outside w**d edges, over mud, taking ½ crawlers, Beaver tails, medium fatheads. Drifting sandgrass flats of 14-18’ with pencil style weights and floating jig heads to keep the bait 1 to 1 ½’ off the bottom effective. Drop-shotting live bait here also producing.

Didn’t see annual flying ant hatch until after last report for you Bluegill anglers asking. Starting to see a little bit of color from a very few Sugar Maples, but will probably stop with warm weather this week. Consistent, yet a little warm, weather should help patterns persist. Forecast for chance of rain on September 4th, but overall, good weather to start the first week of September. Don’t see any real changes until late during the second week of the month.

Pics of the Week
Rory (7 YO) with her mother Becky and her nice Largemouth Bass
Judy Stohlman holds a 37” Musky she caught on a Smity Wizard
Jim Stohlman with aggressive Crappie on his Mepps
Ethan of Lake Tomahawk landed this Northern Pike on the pier at Torpy Park
Asher (10 yo) from Lake Tomahawk caught this 26” Northern from the Torpy Park dock
Rory again with Grandpa Brad and a fat Largemouth Bass
Judy Stohlman holds a nice Crappie
Jesse DeYoung of Lake Tomahawk with a 4 ½ # beaut of a Smallie
Lake Tomahawk’s Jess DeYoung with a huge 5 ½ # Largemouth Bass
Rip ‘n Rap Crappie

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Minocqua Area Fishing Report 8/25A slow roll into the fall season as of August 24th! Mild highs in the mid 70s followed ...
08/25/2026

Minocqua Area Fishing Report 8/25
A slow roll into the fall season as of August 24th! Mild highs in the mid 70s followed by nights in the 50s. Water temps are slowly dropping, with most lakes in the 71-72o range and a few early morning surface temps at 69o. Have not seen much for sugar maples turning, though a few poplar trees are.

Largemouth Bass: Good – Action falling off a little. Still good for evening top-water and midday working w**d tops with 3 ½” swimbaits or pre-rigged plastic worms. Sunny days around boat houses with wacky worms and urchins pitched up in the shade.

Bluegill: Good-Very Good – Gills seem to be everywhere! While fishing deep w**d edges using crawlers or leeches for walleyes in 20-24’ of water- you’ll find gills! Up in 7-12’ cabbage, gills are taking small plastics and under spins (Charlie Bees) meant for crappies. Good catches of nice “eaters” 7 ½” plus!

Smallmouth Bass: Good – Key on rock bars in 18-28’ using drop-shot rigs or football jigs dressed with creature plastics. Also along coontail edges of 14-18’ using Ned rigs or more drop-shots with 3” minnow or craw imitations and urchins.

Northern Pike: Good – Bladed spinners and chatter baits as well as 4” swimbaits worked just at w**d top level to a foot or two below. High-pressure days, go with a w**dless jig and a lively black chub of 4-5” to entice strikes.

Yellow Perch: Good-Fair – Still finding some nice perch in 8’ cabbage. Mud flats outside w**d edges in 12-16’ as well as amongst drowned wood. Beavertails, ½ crawlers, or medium leeches and fatheads.

Musky: Good-Fair – Reports improving as more anglers are heading out with waters cooling- Bucktails by far have been the best over and along w**d beds. Rubber for the offshore anglers and a decent topwater bite for the evening thrill seekers!

Walleye: Good-Fair – Had some ups and downs, but the ups were very good working full crawlers or medium redtails outside coontail edges in 20-24’ over mud. Also picking up nice walleyes at same depths over rocks. Bright days and east winds slowed action to just smaller fish. You could mark ‘em, but just couldn’t get ‘em to bite.

Crappie: Good-Fair – Fewer reports with some anglers finding crappies moving out of w**ds and suspending at times along coontail edges of 14-18’. Small plastics (Kalin crappie scrubs, B. Garland Itty Bit, Slab Hunters, and 1 ½” Power Bait tubes) as well as slip floats with small to medium fatheads.

Daily weather seems to have had the most effect on bites. Some days have been way better than others. As water slowly cools, we should see some set-up for better flowage bites. While turn-over is a long way off, change in the amount of light will push some w**ds to start showing signs of dying back. Water levels are low on lakes as well as flowages, so check before launching as some accesses are becoming a bit difficult!
Pic 1 -Logan D.of Minocqua with a HUMONGOUS 7 # Largemouth Bass! Fish of the YEAR!
Pic 2-Pat with a Slab Crappie!
Pic 3-Leo's grandfather John of Grafton, Wi. with a smallerbthan Leo's Largemouth Bass!
Pic 4-Leo of Wilmet, Ill with a dandy Largemouth Bass!
Pic 5-David, all the way from Mexico City Mexico with his first ever Northern Pike!
Pic 6- Pat Schiebel of Wilmet, Ill with a nice eater walleye!

Minocqua Area Fishing ReportA fairly steady week of weather again made for some similar fishing as the week prior.  A fe...
08/18/2026

Minocqua Area Fishing Report

A fairly steady week of weather again made for some similar fishing as the week prior. A few bumps here and there, but overall, cool mornings (mid-40’s – mid-50’s) followed by high in mid-upper 70’s for the most part. Lake surface temps are averaging in the 72-73° marks in the AM but still rising to the 77° mark.

Largemouth Bass: Very Good – Continues to keep the rods bending. Top-water action, especially in late afternoon/evenings when water is warmest has continued to be HOT!!! Zara Spooks, Whopper Ploppers, Jitterbugs, and buzzbaits. Frogs, mice and spiders also pulling big Bass out of lily pads and slop. Subtle plastics such as Urchins, Wacky Worms or 7” Power Worms rigged Carolina for daytime action. Along with spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and 4” swimbaits on bladed jig heads. Check out the photo of 11 yr old, local Bass nut Jordan with his 7 # behemoth from this past weekend.

Bluegill: Very Good – They seem to be everywhere! W**ds of 8-12’, coontail edges of 14-18’ – suspended 4-6’ off bottom, even on rock humps. If you don’t want to catch Bluegills – don’t use worms! Small plastics such as Mini Mites, 1” tubes and 1 ½” Ned worms effective.

Smallmouth Bass: Very Good-Good – Gravel/rock bars and humps holding good #’s. Drop-shotting 2 ½ - 3” plastic craws, Gulp-alive Minnows, 3” Wacky Worms. Football jig and creature combos also working. Some reports from top-water angler catching big Smallies in shallows on Whopper Ploppers. Ned rigs and Urchin rigs also producing.

Northern Pike: Good – Spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and square billed cranks (but not without a wire leader) worked over cabbage flats of 5-10’. Live baiting a 4-6” chub or sucker also producing some nice Pike.

Yellow Perch: Good – Mud flats on dark water Flowages in 12-14’ on ½ crawlers. On lakes use a medium fathead or medium leech to get down in cabbage flats. Go slightly heavy (1/8 oz jig) and don’t use crawlers here a small Gills will tear them apart.

Musky: Good-Fair Bucktails over w**d flats and edges during day. Top-water action at dusk.

Walleye: Good-Fair – Action on some lakes slowed, could have bee the east by southeast wind on Saturday (never good), or just poor lake choice. Some reports from several guides experiencing same thing. Could see them on locators, couldn’t get to bite. Overall, not bad. W**d bite backing off on some lakes, picking up on others. Redtails, large leeches and crawlers all good – use first two around w**ds, save crawlers for grave/rocks of 18-28’.

Crappie: Good-Fair - Dropped because of my own personal experiences. My “hot spots” cooled off. Others finding good action along coontail edges or around drowned trees.

Rest of the week looks fairly stable (until Friday). Lows in low 50’s, daytime high in mid-70’s. Lake traffic lighter as kids in many states heading back to school. Nice time to be on the water.

Pics of the Week
Boo Walleye of Madison, showing me how he got his namesake! My Hero!
Cambell (6 YO) from Winnetka, first fish ever. From rookie to BLUEGILL KING in one day!
Caroline (8YO) with her first ever angled fish! A nice Bluegill, but she will forever be known as BASS Queen!
Case (3YO) of Winnetka, teaching an old dog some new tricks!
Jordan of Minocqua with a WHALE of a Largemouth Bass at 7 #’s!
This one’s for the ladies! Mario with a Walleye this past weekend!

Minocqua Area Fishing ReportNice, stable summer weather.  A little cool in the AM, but warm enough in the afternoons.  S...
08/11/2026

Minocqua Area Fishing Report

Nice, stable summer weather. A little cool in the AM, but warm enough in the afternoons. Surface temps hovering around 73° on average. That, and the moon period coming in and should be a good week.

Largemouth Bass: Very Good-Good – Continuing to top the charts as the “green goblins” keep action up for all types of bassin’ tactics. Top-water, buzz, spinnerbaits and chatters for the restless. Wacky, Neds and urchin style baits for the patient. Time of day? Topside dawn and dusk. W**d tops mid-morning and late afternoons. Midday – plunge the w**ds with the soft stuff.

Crappie: Very Good-Good – Lots of great reports from anglers working deep w**d tops of 8-12’ using small plastic minnow imitations by Keitech, Berkley, and twister tails.

Smallmouth Bass: Very Good-Good – Deep w**d edges and gravel/rock bars using drop-shot rigs to present urchins, craw imitations and 3” gulp minnows in 18-28’.

Bluegill: Good-Very Good – Roaming w**d tops, taking small tubes and grubs as well as leafworms and small leeches (their back!)

Northern Pike: Good – Best over heavy cabbage flats casting Boonie Baits, chatterbaits or swimming 4” swimbaits. Spinners, twitchbaits and shallow cranks also working.

Yellow Perch: Good – Heavy cabbage holding some nice Perch. Use medium fatheads to keep smaller Gills away.

Musky: Good-Fair – Improving as anglers getting out and targeting with water temps in low 70’s. Top-water and Bucktails (Hunsey’s, Wizards) as well as fast moving twitch and swimbaits outside and into heavy cabbage.

Walleye: Fair-Good – Strollers reporting good action on cranks over 22-40' of water, fishing 6-20' down. Jig and bait (crawlers, redtails, some leeches) along outside w**d edges in 12-15'. Slip bobbers also effective.

As said earlier, should be a good week with favorable and fairly stable weather.

Pics of the Week
Aiden (11 yo) of Edwardsville, IL showing cousins Hudson (10 yo) and Carter (17 yo) of Camdenton, MO how to hold those Crappies
Spencer Cady traveled from Sacramento, CA to catch this dandy 28” Northern Pike, his first.
Mitchell Cady of Sacramento, CA with his first Northern Pike, 24”
Ethan (13 yo) from Lake Tomahawk with a Largemouth Bass caught at Torpy Park on the dock
Tony Stefanski from St Germain caught this 29 ½ Pike in Stacks Bay using a Red River Runner lure purchased at Kurt’s
Tony’s nephew, with a nice 17” Bass caught in the same place using the same lure
Arnie Neubauer of Minocqua with a 21” MONSTER Largemouth Bass

Minocqua Area Fishing ReportHere we are in August, feels like it…warm & sticky!  Fish don’t seem to mind as much as some...
08/04/2026

Minocqua Area Fishing Report

Here we are in August, feels like it…warm & sticky! Fish don’t seem to mind as much as some of us do. Overall, good reports. The Bass, Gill and Crappie bites have remained strong. Walleye and Pike okay, but still good enough to pay some time on. Water temps from earlier last week that fell into the low-70’s are back in the upper-70’s, making most Musky anglers back off once again.

Largemouth Bass: Very Good – The boys (and girls) of summer! Pick your poison chasing Bass up top with frogs, buzzbaits and hard baits such as Whopper Ploppers and jitterbugs. Spinnerbaits and chatterbaits, as well as pre-rigged worms for staying out of the w**ds. Otherwise, plunge into cabbage pockets with anything “Fuzzy” such as Senkos, Neds, Nuts and Silencers. Lots of choices and lots of action.

Smallmouth Bass: Very Good-Good – Deep w**d edges of 14-18’ and gravel/rock humps of 18-28’. Ned rigs and drop-shots. 3” worm or minnow imitations and the hot new “dice” or Fuzzy “things”!

Bluegill: Very Good-Good – Work w**d tops of cabbage flats, but also finding suspended Gills outside coontail edges of 14-18’. If it fits in their mouth (worms, minnows, small plastics) they will try to eat it. Lots of good sized “eaters” in the 7 ½-8 ½” range.

Crappie: Good-Very Good – Nice Crappies cruising the taller w**ds of 9-14’. Jigs of 1/16-1/8 oz tipped with medium fatheads, Keitech worms (2 ½-3”), 2” twister tails or 1/8 oz Beetle spins and the like. Nice “eaters” of 10-12”+ with a few “slabs” of 13-14” thrown in for good “measure”!

Yellow Perch: Good – Liking the heat! Finding nice, but scattered, in 8-12’ along edges of cabbage with mud flats nearby. Feeding on small crayfish and dragon fly larvae. Medium fatheads and ½ crawlers on 1/32-1/16 oz jigs or under slip-floats.

Walleye: Fair-Good – Most reports from anglers either working deeper gravel-rock humps of 20-30’ using crawlers on jigs or Lindy Rigs. Casting searchbaits or Shiver Spoons dressed with a whole or ½ crawler for suspended fish. Some reports of Walleyes being caught along outside w**d edges of 9-14’. These fish showing soft shells in their bellies, so they must be working up into the w**ds. Crawlers, redtails or whatever seems to come out in the Walleye mix, all seem to be working!

Northern Pike: Fair-Good – Some nice fish hitting spinnerbaits (Boonie Baits), chatterbaits and 4” swimbaits. Best in w**d cover of 7-12’.

Musky: ?? – When temps on lakes dropped to 72° early last week, moved some fish on top-water and bucktails. When temps got above 75-76°, they left them alone.

Forecast looks rather stable this coming week with temps of mid-70’s to low-80’s for highs and lows in upper-50’s. Should keep current fish patterns fairly consistent.

Pics of the Week
Abbey Ferree’? (used to be?) with a fat 28” Northern Pike caught on a Boonie Bait
Maggie Ferree’ with a 30” Pike caught on her new rod and reel (bought at Kurt’s) on a Boonie Bait
Anakin (5 yo) of Kingston, Ontario with the 20” Smallmouth his Grandpa Steve is holding for him
Mark, Erin, Paul and John with some of their nice Crappies on a trip to the Northwoods
Paul, of Greendale, WI with a healthy 16 ½” Walleye
Jake Straks with a beautiful high-sky 26” Walleye

Minocqua Fishing Report July 27th, 2026Weather cool enough to get our local surface temps back down to the 72 to 73° mar...
07/28/2026

Minocqua Fishing Report July 27th, 2026
Weather cool enough to get our local surface temps back down to the 72 to 73° mark last week. Enough for some musky angling. But warm weather has temps back into the 77 to 78° mark as of today. Now a cool down on Friday may ease some of the temps, but forecast has most days back into the mid 80s this week and next.

Largemouth bass; Very good
Scourge of the Northwoods to some anglers, but keeping the rods bending! Top water action still ‘tops’ (see how I did that)? for early morning and late in the day. Pre-rigged plastic worms, wacky worms, amoeba/silencer/ uni thingamabobs still the rage. Spinner baits, chatter baits, square billed cranks, you name it, they want to try to eat it and I get it!

Bluegill; good to very good
Hovering around your favorite cabbage, patch, docks, boathouse, swim rafts, even down along deep Coontail edges. If they can get it in their tiny little mouth, they’ll grab it.

Smallmouth bass; good to very good

Reports of some very nice bass this week in the 17 to 21 1/2 inch range on Ned rigs and drop shot rigs over rocks, sand grass, Flats and cribs of 16 to 28 feet.

Crappie; Good-VeryGood
Anglers casting small bladed grub combos through top 2 feet of tall, narrow leaf cabbage scoring good catches of 10 to 12 inch fish with some slabs of 15 inches this past week. Crappie minnows under small floats won’t be passed up either!

Northern Pike; good
Action picked up with a cooler water. Spinners, chatters, and under spins with plastic swim tails working best.

Yellow perch; good
Found scattered amongst 8 to 12 foot cabbage edges taking half inch crawlers or medium fat heads. One group reporting success on mini 1 1/2”Ned worm rigs.

Walleye ;fair to good
Depending on the source, most bites, tough, but a few anglers picking up suspended fish On crawler harness rigs trolled and (remember one line per person not more than three lines trolled per boat) 20 to 24 feet down over 24 to 32 foot of water

Musky; fair
Not a lot of reports as anglers just starting to target. Buck tails best over w**ds but mostly sub 36 inch fish being caught.

With surface temps likely to remain high upper 70s to low 80s top water. Bass action should remain hot! Pan fishing should stay steady with best times around any cloud cover. This is the middle of the summer season patterns should remain steady. They’ll probably best during low light periods.
If you can find leeches, pick them up if they look healthy. The heat has brought about an early end to leech season, sadly!

It's time to clean out the old bait shop closet!
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Lots of deals on Name Brand
Rods, St Croix Triumph Rods, Reels, Overstock Tackle, Bulk Line, Boots & Water Shoes,
Ice Electronics, Ice Augers, Clothing, Ice Float Suits,
Shanties (both flip and hub style)
Lots of new inventory at SALE PRICES TO MOVE ON OUT!
Pole Building Site located:
9238 Co Hwy J Woodruff Next to Hoggie Doggies

It's time to clean out the old bait shop closet
07/25/2026

It's time to clean out the old bait shop closet

Minocqua Fishing Report 7-21-26Given a few cooler mornings, but the heat just hasn’t let up quite enough to get surface ...
07/21/2026

Minocqua Fishing Report 7-21-26
Given a few cooler mornings, but the heat just hasn’t let up quite enough to get surface temperatures much below 80°. Thanks to that, I’ve personally canceled some musky trips and there won’t be a musky report till water temps drop.
Other species have done well, though taking care of the fish after catching and getting back in the water is key.

Largemouth bass; very good
Early mornings and evening using top water lures such as Clap Tails, Choppo’s, Whopper Ploppers, Dinner Bells, Hula Poppers, frogs, or spiders. Something about this heat makes largemouth bass Hangry. If they’ll hit top water, why fish, anyway else! But if you’re a late riser or go to bed early then spinner baits, jerkbaits wackyworms, pre-rigged worms and fuzzy ‘things’ will work. Work inside w**d edge early such as dawn and late such as dusk. Stick to 7-12 foot cabbage beds the rest of the day.

Yellow perch; very good to good
In heavy cabbage fish,in 6 to 12 feet of water using half crawlers or medium leeches on w**dless 1/16 or 1/8 ounce jigs. Over sand grass flats in 16 to 26 feet of water drag crawlers on Lindy rigs or suspend on slip floats on the larger clearer lakes.

Smallmouth bass; very good too good
Heat pushing most bites deep deeper. Rocks producing using drop shot rigs over 16 to 28 foot gravel humps. Heavy tube jigs or football jigs with craw or sculpin imitations also working well.

Bluegill; good to very good
Holding high in tall, narrow leaf cabbage. Small one to 2 inch twister tails on small jigs will find them. Work from there with mini mites (reds and browns have been very hot) tipped with waxes or use small leaf worms under small floats 4 foot down over w**d beds.

Crappie; fair to good
Fishing heavy tall w**ds in 10 to 16 feet of water. Crappie suspending in the upper level levels till sun too high during midday periods. Cast Road Runners, Beetle Spins, Charlie Bee’s to cover acreage, then dial it in with small 1/32 ounce jigs tipped with Kalin Crappie Scrubs, Itty Bits or 1 1/2 inch tubes.

Northern Pike; fair
Not loving the heat. Still picking up some on spinnerbaits and twitch baits. Those casting minnows for walleyes or bass reporting some stray catches.

Walleye; fair to improving
Settling into some deep summer haunts coming on big leeches or crawlers over sand grass flats of 18 to 28 feet of water or over gravel rock bars of similar depth. 3/16th to 1/4 ounce jigs, drop shotting live bait or suspending under slip floats. A few w**d walleyes being caught in heavy cabbage of 8 to 12 feet using red tailed chubs or extra large leeches on 1/16 ounce w**dless jigs.

The heat has definitely taken a toll on angler hours on the water and brightly so. Between the sun ( or Canadian smog on some days) and the pleasure boats, key on those cooler times to fish. A brief cool down for July 21 and 22nd should bring some relief, but I’ll believe it when I get to see it!

With a sweltering heat hanging over the North-woods for the next several days, lake surface temps are coming in at 79 to...
07/15/2026

With a sweltering heat hanging over the North-woods for the next several days, lake surface temps are coming in at 79 to 83° and climbing As a precaution, it’s advised to not Letters, target musky during this time. Those large fish expend a lot of energy during a hook and line battle, building up a lot of lactic acid, which in this hot oxygen depleted water takes longer to recover from. If you want to catch them in the future, best to layoff them this week!

Blue gills; very good
Try “NOT” to catch them in the cabbage patches of 6 to 12 feet! Lots of action using small to medium leeches Beaver tails or leaf worms. Small 1 inch plastics on 1/32 ounce jig heads fished under a small float will bring fast and furious action!

Largemouth bass; Very Good
Same cabbage flats as gills! 3 inch swim, baits parentheses kite impact parentheses, 4 to 5 inch wacky worms fished weight less, light Ned rigs as well as bass jigs with craw or creature trailers.
Early morning and evenings go top side with whopper ploppers, jitterbugs, buzz baits, or plastic frogs or spiders in the shallows. Lots of action and good size!

Yellow perch; good to very good
Working cabbage flats, same as gills. Have to weight your baits to get past higher riding gills. Medium leeches are half crawlers work best. Medium fat heads will keep most of the bluegill off your hook.

Smallmouth bass; good to very good
Outside Coontail edges to sand grass flats and 14 to 20 feet of water. Drop shot in a 3 inch Minnow or Craw imitation or fuzzy dice, Ned rigging and jigging One eighth-3/8th ounce tube jigs. Early mornings work twitch baits on inside w**d edges as smallies will feed on schools of shallow minnows when the temperatures are cooler.

Crappie; good to fair
Tall w**ds of 8 to 12 feet in ten to 16 feet of water. Casting small bladed plastic jig combos to locate areas of active fish. Work back with crappie minnows on slip float rigs 3 to 4 feet down.

Walleye; fair
Best on larger, deep lakes. Concentrate your efforts on rock humps of 16 to 28 feet of water or sand grass flats of 14 to 20 feet. Slip bobber rigs with extra large leeches or 3/16 to 3/8 ounce jigs with crawlers. Evenings an early morning angler finding some w**d related walleyes using 1/16th ounce w**dless jigs with medium red tailed chubs or crawlers in six to 10’ cabbage beds.

Northern Pike; fair
Fast moving spinners (number three to number four Mepps) chatter baits or spinner baits in heavy cover. A few hitting top water meant for bass. Warm water means metabolism is higher but fish burning up calories. Average pike seem rather slim.

With temps hitting mid 80s to the mid 90s through Wednesday, July 15, best to finish early such as the crack of dawn and later, like the last 2 to 3 hours before dark. Keep your bait cool as well as any fish you decide to keep so as not to spoil. Following his heat wave, temps look to get back into the mid 80s to mid 70s. That should bring surface temps back down into the 70s and a better summer conditions for all.

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