Hayward Lakes Sherry
07-16-2013, 10:04 AM
FISHING REPORT
Muskie:
Muskie action is improving, but early morning and late evening offer the best odds for success. You will find muskies along deep weeds, weedlines, and drop offs, and on the edges of weed bars and points. Bucktails, Bull Dawgs, gliders, topwaters, crankbaits, and plastics are all catching fish.
Walleye:
Walleye action is surprisingly good, with fish scattered in depths from 8-25 feet and deeper in/on/near weeds, weedlines, gravel, rock, brush, bogs, and suspending over deeper water. Leeches and crawlers on jigs, live bait rigs, and under slip bobbers are the favorites, with trolled crankbaits and stickbaits also producing fish.
Northern:
Northern fishing slowed, but good action continues throughout the day. Fish weeds and weedlines at various depths, but work deeper water with bigger baits for trophy pike. Live bait is usually best, but artificials might be the best use of resources with the hot temperatures. Try spinners, spinnerbaits, spoons, buzz baits, bucktails, and surface baits.
Largemouth Bass:
Largemouth action is excellent and this is prime time. Fish slop, lily pads, docks, trees, weeds, wood, and brush in depths to 10 feet with plastic worms in various configurations, topwaters, jerkbaits, spoons, spinnerbaits, crawlers, and leeches.
Smallmouth Bass:
Smallmouth are also providing good fishing action. Look for fish holding on/near rocks, humps, gravel, wood, and weeds in depths from 10-25 feet. Baits of choice include various plastics such as tubes, crayfish, and pre-rigged worms; spinner and crank baits; crawlers, and leeches.
Crappie:
Crappies are scattered in deeper water and suspending or holding near various structure such as weeds, wood, brush, humps, and cribs. Top producing baits include crappie minnows, waxies, worms, panfish leeches, Gulp! baits, plastics, Beetle Spins, tube jigs, and even some surface baits.
Bluegill:
Bluegill fishing is good for small fish in shallower water, but fish deeper water for bigger ‘gills. Look for fish in/on and suspending near weeds, weedlines, wood, cribs, and brush in 3-16 feet of water. Best baits include waxies, worms, leaf worms, panfish leeches, Gulp! baits, and plastics on small jigs or plain hooks, and poppers and foam spiders.
Upcoming Events
July 19-21: Birchwood Bluegill Festival (800-236-2252).
July 19-21: LCO Honor the Earth PowWow (715-634-8934).
July 20: Flambeau River State Forest night wolf howl trek (715-332-5271).
July 25-27: Lumberjack World Championships (715-634-2484).
July 28: Hayward Bass Club Open Tournament on Chippewa Flowage (715-699-1015).
Through July 31: Illegal to allow dogs to run on DNR lands and Federal WPA (see regs for exceptions).
Aug. 1: Application deadline: Wolf; Fall turkey; Sharptail grouse; Bobcat, Fisher, Otter.
Aug. 3-4: Project Appleseed at Hayward Rod & Gun Club (715-466-5145).
Aug. 4: Hayward Lakes Chapter Muskies, Inc. Kid’s Fishing Day (715-634-2921).
Aug. 15-18: Sawyer County Fair (715-934-2721).
Muskie:
Muskie action is improving, but early morning and late evening offer the best odds for success. You will find muskies along deep weeds, weedlines, and drop offs, and on the edges of weed bars and points. Bucktails, Bull Dawgs, gliders, topwaters, crankbaits, and plastics are all catching fish.
Walleye:
Walleye action is surprisingly good, with fish scattered in depths from 8-25 feet and deeper in/on/near weeds, weedlines, gravel, rock, brush, bogs, and suspending over deeper water. Leeches and crawlers on jigs, live bait rigs, and under slip bobbers are the favorites, with trolled crankbaits and stickbaits also producing fish.
Northern:
Northern fishing slowed, but good action continues throughout the day. Fish weeds and weedlines at various depths, but work deeper water with bigger baits for trophy pike. Live bait is usually best, but artificials might be the best use of resources with the hot temperatures. Try spinners, spinnerbaits, spoons, buzz baits, bucktails, and surface baits.
Largemouth Bass:
Largemouth action is excellent and this is prime time. Fish slop, lily pads, docks, trees, weeds, wood, and brush in depths to 10 feet with plastic worms in various configurations, topwaters, jerkbaits, spoons, spinnerbaits, crawlers, and leeches.
Smallmouth Bass:
Smallmouth are also providing good fishing action. Look for fish holding on/near rocks, humps, gravel, wood, and weeds in depths from 10-25 feet. Baits of choice include various plastics such as tubes, crayfish, and pre-rigged worms; spinner and crank baits; crawlers, and leeches.
Crappie:
Crappies are scattered in deeper water and suspending or holding near various structure such as weeds, wood, brush, humps, and cribs. Top producing baits include crappie minnows, waxies, worms, panfish leeches, Gulp! baits, plastics, Beetle Spins, tube jigs, and even some surface baits.
Bluegill:
Bluegill fishing is good for small fish in shallower water, but fish deeper water for bigger ‘gills. Look for fish in/on and suspending near weeds, weedlines, wood, cribs, and brush in 3-16 feet of water. Best baits include waxies, worms, leaf worms, panfish leeches, Gulp! baits, and plastics on small jigs or plain hooks, and poppers and foam spiders.
Upcoming Events
July 19-21: Birchwood Bluegill Festival (800-236-2252).
July 19-21: LCO Honor the Earth PowWow (715-634-8934).
July 20: Flambeau River State Forest night wolf howl trek (715-332-5271).
July 25-27: Lumberjack World Championships (715-634-2484).
July 28: Hayward Bass Club Open Tournament on Chippewa Flowage (715-699-1015).
Through July 31: Illegal to allow dogs to run on DNR lands and Federal WPA (see regs for exceptions).
Aug. 1: Application deadline: Wolf; Fall turkey; Sharptail grouse; Bobcat, Fisher, Otter.
Aug. 3-4: Project Appleseed at Hayward Rod & Gun Club (715-466-5145).
Aug. 4: Hayward Lakes Chapter Muskies, Inc. Kid’s Fishing Day (715-634-2921).
Aug. 15-18: Sawyer County Fair (715-934-2721).