Steve Herbeck
06-05-2012, 09:35 AM
beautiful,sunny,temps low-mid 80's though not much wind,could use some.
surface water temps predicably rising into mid 60's+ depending on area. no hatches seen yet.
walleyes for the most part moving very shallow,some fish on humps and deeper 12-20',and scattered groups of fish roaming 9-14' flats and weed edges, but major bite is very shallow. anything else is scattered.rocks on inside of weed flats.lite jigs best presentation so far but some starting to come on shad raps and flickker shads as well as gulp.
mcauleys boated a 29.5" on a spinner rig,gregory 28.5" on a jig.
some bass on beds,some done but still in spawning areas and rock reed timber combos. some topwater/twitched minnow baits,plastics for searching ,hook and shot or small jigs with leech or tail hooked minnow for finicky spotted fish.penners had #'s of fish to 19" yesterday.
penners had a 41" pike on eagle and crans had #'s of pike 30-36" and a 42" along with a bunch of nice eyes on a shallow weedy fly-in lake ,both shallow in weeds casting minnow baits and spinner baits . over all #'s of bigger pike casting on eagle has up to this point been slow but yesterday several good ones showed up as weeds are starting to sprout up into good cover with the heat and sun,most must up to this be suspended or deeper,most have been caught by walleye fishermen. a group is going to try a 4wd lake today again targeting a darker water,shallower, weedy type as that seems to be where they are in a more predictable pattern .muskies have been active and getting in the way (2 weeks will be a diff story!) they are grabbing small walleyes and pike daily so obviously feeding and not just recouping from the spawn.
no lakers fished since last thurs,a group going to give them a try today,should still be 40-60' on avg. try very slow back trolling or bow mnt with white tubes,snap jigging spoons,trolling 1.1-1.5 with spoons, silver/blue or chart minnow baits,cowbells.
got some opening yet for musky opener on the 16th and some scattered availablity to mid july. great time to be in the northwoods!
good luck and fill us in on your reports also.
surface water temps predicably rising into mid 60's+ depending on area. no hatches seen yet.
walleyes for the most part moving very shallow,some fish on humps and deeper 12-20',and scattered groups of fish roaming 9-14' flats and weed edges, but major bite is very shallow. anything else is scattered.rocks on inside of weed flats.lite jigs best presentation so far but some starting to come on shad raps and flickker shads as well as gulp.
mcauleys boated a 29.5" on a spinner rig,gregory 28.5" on a jig.
some bass on beds,some done but still in spawning areas and rock reed timber combos. some topwater/twitched minnow baits,plastics for searching ,hook and shot or small jigs with leech or tail hooked minnow for finicky spotted fish.penners had #'s of fish to 19" yesterday.
penners had a 41" pike on eagle and crans had #'s of pike 30-36" and a 42" along with a bunch of nice eyes on a shallow weedy fly-in lake ,both shallow in weeds casting minnow baits and spinner baits . over all #'s of bigger pike casting on eagle has up to this point been slow but yesterday several good ones showed up as weeds are starting to sprout up into good cover with the heat and sun,most must up to this be suspended or deeper,most have been caught by walleye fishermen. a group is going to try a 4wd lake today again targeting a darker water,shallower, weedy type as that seems to be where they are in a more predictable pattern .muskies have been active and getting in the way (2 weeks will be a diff story!) they are grabbing small walleyes and pike daily so obviously feeding and not just recouping from the spawn.
no lakers fished since last thurs,a group going to give them a try today,should still be 40-60' on avg. try very slow back trolling or bow mnt with white tubes,snap jigging spoons,trolling 1.1-1.5 with spoons, silver/blue or chart minnow baits,cowbells.
got some opening yet for musky opener on the 16th and some scattered availablity to mid july. great time to be in the northwoods!
good luck and fill us in on your reports also.