walleyemaxx
07-01-2010, 08:37 PM
Hi everyone,
Here's this weeks report for the Hayward area.
Park Falls DNR Service Center area
Upper Chippewa Basin fisheries report (Price, Rusk, Sawyer Taylor and inland Ashland and Iron counties)
- The erratic weather and increased water levels on Northwoods lakes has made for some very inconsistent
fishing success in the last week. Musky have been the favorite target species lately and action has been slowly
picking up. Weed lines and sparse weed beds have been productive areas, with jerk baits and slow-moving
surface baits providing the best action. Quite a few small and medium-size fish in the 30- to 40-inch size have
been seen and hook-ups are becoming more frequent. The increased water levels and addition of a lot of stained
water to the lakes and flowages really seems to have disrupted the walleye and bass bite across the Northwoods.
Walleye have been especially tough to find and just a few reports of success have been coming in. The best
action has come on leeches and crawlers that have been fished over and in the mid-depth weed beds. Fishing for
both largemouth and smallmouth bass has been slow, with success for largemouth being a bit better than for
smallies. For largemouth, success has been only been fair and most of the fish have been in the 12- to 15-inch
size. The typical summer pattern of associating with thick cover has not fully developed yet, and most largemouth
have still been found along weed edges and in the lily pad beds. Smallmouth bass have been especially erratic in
last few weeks, with the best action being found around hard bottom and deeper water woody structure. Panfish
have provided the most consistent success, with quite a few nice crappie being found along emergent weed
edges and over mid-depth cover. Some decent bluegill and perch are also being caught and most have been
found around deeper cover and along the deep weed edges.
Good fishing everyone.
Walleyemaxx
Here's this weeks report for the Hayward area.
Park Falls DNR Service Center area
Upper Chippewa Basin fisheries report (Price, Rusk, Sawyer Taylor and inland Ashland and Iron counties)
- The erratic weather and increased water levels on Northwoods lakes has made for some very inconsistent
fishing success in the last week. Musky have been the favorite target species lately and action has been slowly
picking up. Weed lines and sparse weed beds have been productive areas, with jerk baits and slow-moving
surface baits providing the best action. Quite a few small and medium-size fish in the 30- to 40-inch size have
been seen and hook-ups are becoming more frequent. The increased water levels and addition of a lot of stained
water to the lakes and flowages really seems to have disrupted the walleye and bass bite across the Northwoods.
Walleye have been especially tough to find and just a few reports of success have been coming in. The best
action has come on leeches and crawlers that have been fished over and in the mid-depth weed beds. Fishing for
both largemouth and smallmouth bass has been slow, with success for largemouth being a bit better than for
smallies. For largemouth, success has been only been fair and most of the fish have been in the 12- to 15-inch
size. The typical summer pattern of associating with thick cover has not fully developed yet, and most largemouth
have still been found along weed edges and in the lily pad beds. Smallmouth bass have been especially erratic in
last few weeks, with the best action being found around hard bottom and deeper water woody structure. Panfish
have provided the most consistent success, with quite a few nice crappie being found along emergent weed
edges and over mid-depth cover. Some decent bluegill and perch are also being caught and most have been
found around deeper cover and along the deep weed edges.
Good fishing everyone.
Walleyemaxx