Fishing Thrills Guide Service
05-30-2015, 01:55 PM
Bluegill and crappies continue to be caught on area lakes in less than 6 feet. The large mouth and small mouth bass also remain active in shallow water and can be had with plastics or live bait. Walleye and catfish remain active along the rocky or weedy shorelines in area lakes and rivers,look for them to be moving out to mid lake humps in the coming weeks.
5/29/15 Lake Koshkonong, cloudy steady light rain, 60 degrees, S winds at 6 - 15 mph, water temp 62 degrees. Caught 20 walleye, 8 cat fish, 3 white bass and 1 big perch. On our first pass trolling we caught 8 walleye and a Big perch, the approaching storm front moved in faster than expected and forced us to move to the river, We found 13 walleye most thirteen to fourteen inches 2 eighteen inches, 7 catfish fifteen to twenty inches that they kept to put in the smoker. Small jigs three inch Gulp Fry Minnows with a small chunk of crawler to hide the end of the hook.
5/26/15 Lake Koshkonong, sunny, 60 degrees, S winds at 5-10 mph, water temp 61 degrees. Caught 6 walleye, 3 white bass and 1 big crappie. Started in jigging the river found 6 thirteen to fourteen inch walleye, 2 pike . Moved on to the main lake after our lunch break and caught 13 walleye in 3- 5 ft of water on Berkeley shad raps and flicker minnows. The best location was by the Oakhill Academy to Busseyville Creek.
5/15/18 Delavan Lake, sunny, 75 degrees, no wind, water temp 58 degrees. Caught 12 large mouth bass. The best action was by Lake Lawn and Browns Creek. The bass were caught on Splitshot crawler and 11 bluegills caught on Berkeley Jig/ Gulp small fry minnow all in 8-10 ft of water.
5/14/18 Lake Waubesa cloudy, 60 degrees, winds SE at 10-15 mph, water temp 58 degrees. Caught 9 bluegills, 4 crappie, 3 small mouth bass and 7 large mouth bass. Two of the bass were over 18 inches. Best location was drifting in front of Christies in 5-6 ft of water. We used Berkeley one inch Gulp/double jig.
5/13/15 Lake Geneva, sunny, 60 degrees, winds calm, water temp 58 degrees. Caught 2 small mouth 4 large mouth bass. Fished by Cisco bay, conference point the narrows, in 10 ft of water.
5/9/15 Lake Koshkonong, cloudy, winds SW at 15-10 mph. air temp 65, water temp 60 degrees. Caught 8 walleyes, 10 white bass and 1 northern. Trolled Berkeley Shad Raps and crawler harnesses. The best depth was around 5 ft of water. The best color was purple for the baits.
5/8/15 Lake Koshkonong, cloudy, winds SW at 10 mph. air temp 65, water temp 60 degrees. Caught 12 walleyes, 10 white bass and 3 northern. Trolled Berkeley Shad Raps and crawler harnesses. The best depth was around 5 ft of water. The best color was dark two tones.
5/29/15 Lake Koshkonong, cloudy steady light rain, 60 degrees, S winds at 6 - 15 mph, water temp 62 degrees. Caught 20 walleye, 8 cat fish, 3 white bass and 1 big perch. On our first pass trolling we caught 8 walleye and a Big perch, the approaching storm front moved in faster than expected and forced us to move to the river, We found 13 walleye most thirteen to fourteen inches 2 eighteen inches, 7 catfish fifteen to twenty inches that they kept to put in the smoker. Small jigs three inch Gulp Fry Minnows with a small chunk of crawler to hide the end of the hook.
5/26/15 Lake Koshkonong, sunny, 60 degrees, S winds at 5-10 mph, water temp 61 degrees. Caught 6 walleye, 3 white bass and 1 big crappie. Started in jigging the river found 6 thirteen to fourteen inch walleye, 2 pike . Moved on to the main lake after our lunch break and caught 13 walleye in 3- 5 ft of water on Berkeley shad raps and flicker minnows. The best location was by the Oakhill Academy to Busseyville Creek.
5/15/18 Delavan Lake, sunny, 75 degrees, no wind, water temp 58 degrees. Caught 12 large mouth bass. The best action was by Lake Lawn and Browns Creek. The bass were caught on Splitshot crawler and 11 bluegills caught on Berkeley Jig/ Gulp small fry minnow all in 8-10 ft of water.
5/14/18 Lake Waubesa cloudy, 60 degrees, winds SE at 10-15 mph, water temp 58 degrees. Caught 9 bluegills, 4 crappie, 3 small mouth bass and 7 large mouth bass. Two of the bass were over 18 inches. Best location was drifting in front of Christies in 5-6 ft of water. We used Berkeley one inch Gulp/double jig.
5/13/15 Lake Geneva, sunny, 60 degrees, winds calm, water temp 58 degrees. Caught 2 small mouth 4 large mouth bass. Fished by Cisco bay, conference point the narrows, in 10 ft of water.
5/9/15 Lake Koshkonong, cloudy, winds SW at 15-10 mph. air temp 65, water temp 60 degrees. Caught 8 walleyes, 10 white bass and 1 northern. Trolled Berkeley Shad Raps and crawler harnesses. The best depth was around 5 ft of water. The best color was purple for the baits.
5/8/15 Lake Koshkonong, cloudy, winds SW at 10 mph. air temp 65, water temp 60 degrees. Caught 12 walleyes, 10 white bass and 3 northern. Trolled Berkeley Shad Raps and crawler harnesses. The best depth was around 5 ft of water. The best color was dark two tones.