Steve Herbeck
07-17-2011, 12:32 PM
water temps are now approaching mid/high 70's surface,going over 80 by days end with 1 degree change every 5-10' down to
20' thermocline setting up around 25-28'. projected hot,relativley flat, sunny weather for the week with temps avg.g mid 80's to mid/high 90's so undoubtably water temps will rise some.
last report 6/26 i stated mayfly hatch was/had been sporatic,light,hadn't really affected fishing much,and it looked like it was pretty much done and over. i was wrong. it started again /continued at weeks end into mid week of 7/2 week not so much as surface hatches but a thick 4-8' larve bug line at 12'-15' and fish were gorging on them. walleyes left alot of the deeper humps that had been so good for several weeks and the bite was best on weed edges,thick cabbage, and on tops of shallower bars 12-15'. still plenty of fish caught but guides who were avg.g 70-120 fish per day had to scoot around more to figure things out and find pockets of active fish that spooked easily and catches avg.g 30-50. crawlers and leeches on stand up jigs were as good or better than minnows.
muskys were also affected because everything they eat was up high,fat,lazy,burping and farting,easy to catch,and it appeared most feeding was being done at night during hatches.day time saw lots of big ,lazy follows and those hitting were nipping and slapping resulting in many missed fish.guides were reporting days of 10-25 follows with 2-5 hits boating 1-2 high 30/mid-high 40" fish and the bigger fish on and off or missing baits. by thurs- fri and going into and through 7/9 it ended,things came around quickly and everything was back to normal by mon-tues of the week. walleye catches sky rocketed. they moved back or became very active again on the humps and reefs 17-25' going shallower tom the tops of shallower humps and very aggressive feeding as the water temps rose through the week but there was still a good big fish bite going in the cabbage on weedless jigs and leeches.the wolf group boated over 800 walleyes in 4 days,the winslow group of 12 ate fish twice daily took thier limits home and boated a bunch of fish 25-30.5". doc rick also boated a 30" fish.all groups that were guided or started the week out with guides and got patterns/presentations figured out had an excellent week and caught alot of fish of all sizes. the basin pm trolling bite was given a try late last week and it is happening over 50-80' 8-18' down on crankbaits and with this type of weather will get better and better with ciso rises to the surface 7-10;oopm.
most all big pike came fishing walleyes on bigger chubs and small suckers as the bigger fish have gone to the basin and deeper water for the most part with the occasional wanderer up shallow.
muskys also responded positivley and were much more agressive with some good catches. gary holburg boated 50 and 49's,jeremy 51.5,49.5,46,44,frank 50.5,dave 47,tony 49,44,and a bunch of low-mid 40's with every group having shots at big fish but still alot of on and offs or boatside hits that didn't stick but definatly a step in the right direction,both weeds and rocks but as water temps rise and more sun typically weeds become a dominate pattern. with projected sun,heat,and low winds and rising water temps give early and late alot of attention. blades,topwaters,and jerk baits been moving most fish.
with surface temps where they are we will be encouraging/recomending no fishing lake trout on eagle till water temps drop again as releasing big trout over 10-12 # and especially the jumbos 18-25# will be very difficult and a high % potential mortality. if you're going to fish lakers go to clearwater,buzzard or one of the other nearby numbers trout lakes where eating size fish are the norm.look at 65-70' depths.trolling spoons,minnowbaits,cowbells with a sucker or cisco,and jigging spoons or jigs with sucker meat.
bass are scattered around on rocky points,broken rock shorelines with timber in thick reeds that are intermixed with cabbage though the holburg group spent a day with danny and tore em' up avg 15-19" on leeches.
i'll get a bunch of new pics up on the board shortly so stay tuned and don't forget this ain't a one way street,post reports and tips of your experiences,catches,and patterns found that others may be able to use also.
if you're still thinking of a trip and getting the bug to do so we got a few openings left,
1 july 30-aug 6, 1 aug 13-20,2 aug 20-27,and some scatterd openings sept 10-0ct 8 on fall specials.
give us a call 888 n727 5865 or email info@andymyerslodge.com for details or to talk fishing.
good luck!!!
steve herbeck
AML
20' thermocline setting up around 25-28'. projected hot,relativley flat, sunny weather for the week with temps avg.g mid 80's to mid/high 90's so undoubtably water temps will rise some.
last report 6/26 i stated mayfly hatch was/had been sporatic,light,hadn't really affected fishing much,and it looked like it was pretty much done and over. i was wrong. it started again /continued at weeks end into mid week of 7/2 week not so much as surface hatches but a thick 4-8' larve bug line at 12'-15' and fish were gorging on them. walleyes left alot of the deeper humps that had been so good for several weeks and the bite was best on weed edges,thick cabbage, and on tops of shallower bars 12-15'. still plenty of fish caught but guides who were avg.g 70-120 fish per day had to scoot around more to figure things out and find pockets of active fish that spooked easily and catches avg.g 30-50. crawlers and leeches on stand up jigs were as good or better than minnows.
muskys were also affected because everything they eat was up high,fat,lazy,burping and farting,easy to catch,and it appeared most feeding was being done at night during hatches.day time saw lots of big ,lazy follows and those hitting were nipping and slapping resulting in many missed fish.guides were reporting days of 10-25 follows with 2-5 hits boating 1-2 high 30/mid-high 40" fish and the bigger fish on and off or missing baits. by thurs- fri and going into and through 7/9 it ended,things came around quickly and everything was back to normal by mon-tues of the week. walleye catches sky rocketed. they moved back or became very active again on the humps and reefs 17-25' going shallower tom the tops of shallower humps and very aggressive feeding as the water temps rose through the week but there was still a good big fish bite going in the cabbage on weedless jigs and leeches.the wolf group boated over 800 walleyes in 4 days,the winslow group of 12 ate fish twice daily took thier limits home and boated a bunch of fish 25-30.5". doc rick also boated a 30" fish.all groups that were guided or started the week out with guides and got patterns/presentations figured out had an excellent week and caught alot of fish of all sizes. the basin pm trolling bite was given a try late last week and it is happening over 50-80' 8-18' down on crankbaits and with this type of weather will get better and better with ciso rises to the surface 7-10;oopm.
most all big pike came fishing walleyes on bigger chubs and small suckers as the bigger fish have gone to the basin and deeper water for the most part with the occasional wanderer up shallow.
muskys also responded positivley and were much more agressive with some good catches. gary holburg boated 50 and 49's,jeremy 51.5,49.5,46,44,frank 50.5,dave 47,tony 49,44,and a bunch of low-mid 40's with every group having shots at big fish but still alot of on and offs or boatside hits that didn't stick but definatly a step in the right direction,both weeds and rocks but as water temps rise and more sun typically weeds become a dominate pattern. with projected sun,heat,and low winds and rising water temps give early and late alot of attention. blades,topwaters,and jerk baits been moving most fish.
with surface temps where they are we will be encouraging/recomending no fishing lake trout on eagle till water temps drop again as releasing big trout over 10-12 # and especially the jumbos 18-25# will be very difficult and a high % potential mortality. if you're going to fish lakers go to clearwater,buzzard or one of the other nearby numbers trout lakes where eating size fish are the norm.look at 65-70' depths.trolling spoons,minnowbaits,cowbells with a sucker or cisco,and jigging spoons or jigs with sucker meat.
bass are scattered around on rocky points,broken rock shorelines with timber in thick reeds that are intermixed with cabbage though the holburg group spent a day with danny and tore em' up avg 15-19" on leeches.
i'll get a bunch of new pics up on the board shortly so stay tuned and don't forget this ain't a one way street,post reports and tips of your experiences,catches,and patterns found that others may be able to use also.
if you're still thinking of a trip and getting the bug to do so we got a few openings left,
1 july 30-aug 6, 1 aug 13-20,2 aug 20-27,and some scatterd openings sept 10-0ct 8 on fall specials.
give us a call 888 n727 5865 or email info@andymyerslodge.com for details or to talk fishing.
good luck!!!
steve herbeck
AML