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Shane Dorn, the new owner of Dewey, Catchem and How , has volunteered to have a brat and burger fry to assist the Northe...
09/02/2026

Shane Dorn, the new owner of Dewey, Catchem and How , has volunteered to have a brat and burger fry to assist the Northern Wisconsin Fisheries Rehabilitation Corporation on Saturday Sept. 5 from 11 AM - 1 PM. Stop by and meet Shane and his family and have a brat or burger to support fisheries restoration in our area.

Labor Day weekend fishing report. Water levels are very low. Some channels between lakes may be impassable on some cha...
09/01/2026

Labor Day weekend fishing report.

Water levels are very low. Some channels between lakes may be impassable on some chains(Lac du Flambeau). Gravel and rock piles behind blow out holes at launches can chip props or ground your boat. (Thank the dock and lift barges that power load w twin 350’s) Large boats forget about trying to launch on spring lakes like Big Muskie, Razorback , Laura and White Sand by Boulder off K. Lost and Found may also be difficult to launch due to the hallow nature of launch area.

We are in a time of transition. Water had cooled to upper 60’s before this mini warm front. Cold nights and sunny skies have triggered algae blooms on most lakes.

Best advise is to use crawlers and crappie minnows. Bait schools contain minnows about 1” long. Half crawler or minnow on a light jig or drop shot and the same if fish are near bottom. Lots of suspended fish. Find those clouds of bait and fish will be close by. On deep clear lakes, bait was moving shallow into w**d edges. Yesterday the bait was in 20’ of water on a shallower algae stained lake and a school of largemouth were working over the school.

Work mid lake structure top to bottom. Buy a lake map to narrow your search.

09/01/2026

If you want a thrilling experience book these guys. I may be slightly biased but the work they put in to first find and then attract birds is second to none.

Some of you have read my research on the failure of walleye and muskie fingerlings in hatcheries that utilize plastic li...
08/22/2026

Some of you have read my research on the failure of walleye and muskie fingerlings in hatcheries that utilize plastic lined hatchery ponds. As I stated earlier, don't complain unless you are willing to find a solution.

I have formed a non profit called Northern Wisconsin Fisheries Rehabilitation Association. I have organized the Battle on Saint Germain Lakes the last two years and last year we had $31,000 in donations and we made $10,000 that was earmarked for youth fishing education and fisheries improvement. The plan this year is to have a series of family ice fishing tournaments to raise funds and provide an exciting and enjoyable experience for families. It is time for businesses that depend upon fishing to step up and do something to improve our fisheries. Every dime that we generate from these tournaments will be invested in some type of improvement to our fisheries whether it being stocking muskies, building and maintaining satellite hatcheries or habitat work.

The dates of the ice fishing tournaments are as follows:
Battle on St Germain Lakes - Jan 16, 2027 7 AM- 5 PM.
Battle on Rhinelander Lakes- Feb. 12, 2027 7 AM- 5 PM.
Battle on Minocqua Lakes- March 6 , 2027 7 AM- 5 PM.

Look for similar tournaments in Manitowish Waters/Boulder Junction/ Mercer/ Presque Isle in 2028 and possibly an Eagle River/Three Lakes tourney. That depends upon who is wiling to step up, head the effort and put in the work. It can be exhausting but very satisfying work knowing you made many families happy and helped improve our lakes.

Each tournaments earnings will go towards that area's fisheries.

I have some guys that are heading up the Rhinelander tournament and would like to get someone to lead the Minocqua tournament. If you are interested in helping please contact me at 920-948-5706 or [email protected].

Jim Lund

Northwoods PhenologyYou may have noticed the lakes you have been on lately have started to have an algae bloom. This is...
08/16/2026

Northwoods Phenology

You may have noticed the lakes you have been on lately have started to have an algae bloom. This is a naturally occurring phenomenon that is unique to the northwoods this early in the year. With extremely dry conditions, we have cloudless nights which have dropped to the upper 40’s and low 50’s. The following days have been sunny and warm. This dramatic drop in temperature overnight causes surface water to cool and sink. The colder, denser water displaces the water on the bottom and creates a circulation of water to the surface. This upward movement of water carries material from the bottom into the water column. This basically fertilizes algae that is present in every body of water. Algae acts like a plant and uses the sun and nutrients to photosynthesize and produce oxygen and with this sudden influx of nutrients, it reproduces rapidly resulting in algae blooms.

This is not turnover but a mixing of the water layer above the thermocline (epilimnion) and this happens on a daily basis if the nights get cooler and the surface water temperature decreases. This also adds nutrients to the water which when combined with sunlight causes algae to grow quickly. As this algae grows and dies, a bacteria starts to break down the algae and that is called blue green algae. When the blue green algae dies, it releases a toxin into the water which is harmful to dogs and humans. This is responsible for the warnings that you hear about on the news.

I recently witnessed a phenomenon on Squirrel lake a few years ago. We had cold morning temperatures that dipped to 41 degrees, Large mats of floating wild celery(eel grass) were on the surface. There was so much of this that it was difficult to plan a cast amongst the floating vegetation. The plants were intact and had their shallow roots systems attached to them. There was no evidence of damage due to waterfowl or boat motors. The responsible culprit was the circulation in the shallows created by the cold night . Wild celery has a very shallow root system and it floats. If you cut open a stalk you would see several “air pockets” within the large plant cells. These are called vacuoles and are responsible for the aquatic plants standing upright in the water column to compete for sunlight. So the shallow root systems are loosely connected to the bottom and the plant is trying to float . The circulation loosens the upper layer of the mud surrounding the roots allowing the plant to float to the surface. This is just one of several unusual phenomenon that can be solved when observing nature with a bit of background knowledge.

After a couple of rescheduled trips, Tim wanted to try an afternoon /evening trip. First cast yielded a nice smallmouth ...
08/15/2026

After a couple of rescheduled trips, Tim wanted to try an afternoon /evening trip. First cast yielded a nice smallmouth . A few more fish and the wind picked up so we headed to the wind blown w**ds. 3 bass in 2 minutes on slip bobbers and leeches and then the pattern of catching a few and the bass shut down continued. One thing I remember from watching a Bassmasters show long ago is that sometimes when you release smallmouth, they will spook the school. This has happened so frequently that it can't be a coincidence. Next time we will put the bass in the aerated livewell and release them after the bite has shut down. We then went back out to a school of walleyes I marked earlier and Tim caught several undersized walleye and some bass. In the process of netting fish, I
had casted my jig and crawler out and set the rod down. Suddenly the rod je**ed and I had the largest bass of the night. We returned back to the w**d blown w**d hump and Tim caught several more small walleye before we called it a night. Gorgeous sunset as it blazed red with some smoke remnants.

The boys from Ohio gave me a call and I was able to fit them in. Despite dead flat condions and finicky fish , they ama...
08/13/2026

The boys from Ohio gave me a call and I was able to fit them in. Despite dead flat condions and finicky fish , they amassed some really nice fish. Two over slot walleyes, a dozen smallmouth and about 5 really nice largemouth along with a handful of big bluegills made the day worthwhile. These guys are good fishermen and even they were having a tough time with numerous short hits. Very respectable young men. Their parents should be proud of them.

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