Hayward Lakes VCB
07-07-2023, 03:30 PM
Musky:
Musky action is good to very good, though inconsistent. Focus efforts around shallow to mid-depth weed flats and edges, rock points, drop-offs, breaklines, and near baitfish and panfish concentrations. Smaller bucktails, glide baits, jerkbaits, and topwaters are all catching fish. Anglers trolling deep running baits are faring well, too.
Walleye:
Walleye action is slower, though fair to good, with sporadic decent bite windows. Fish are scattered from shallow to deep, on weeds, weedlines, weed edges, flats, and breaklines. Leeches and crawlers under slip bobbers or on harnesses, diving baits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, and minnowbaits can all work well.
Northern Pike:
Northern pike fishing is very good to excellent from shallow for smaller fish to deeper for bigger pike. Find them in/on/around weeds, points, and panfish and baitfish concentrations. Sucker minnows, spinners, spinnerbaits, spoons with trailers, stickbaits, crankbaits, chatterbaits, and topwaters all tempt pike. Some anglers report success with trolling.
Largemouth Bass:
Largemouth bass fishing is very good to excellent. Fish are on in various depths around weeds, weedlines, weed edges, shorelines, bays, lily pads, slop, cribs, and flats. Baits of choice include minnows, crawlers, Ned rigs, drop-shot rigs, spinners, spinnerbaits, and topwaters/frogs.
Smallmouth Bass:
Smallmouth bass fishing is good on mid-depth to deep weeds, weed flats, cribs, rock, and other hard bottoms. Sucker minnows, Ned rigs, drop-shot rigs, various plastics (worms, tubes, creature baits), and topwaters and frogs are all very effective offerings at this time.
Crappie:
Crappie fishing is good... after you locate the scattered fish. Look in/on mid-depth and deep weeds, weed beds, flats, cribs, basins, brush, bogs, and other structure. The most productive baits include crappie minnows, Mini-Mites, Crappie Scrubs, Garland Mayflies, Gulp! baits, and small plastics under slip bobbers, and spinners,
Bluegill:
Bluegill fishing is very good to excellent, with fish in and around shallow to mid-depth weeds, weedlines, cribs, brush, and bogs. Traditional baits such as waxies, crawler chunks, leaf worms, leeches, and Gulp! baits on jigs and plain hooks fished with or without bobbers are working well.
Musky action is good to very good, though inconsistent. Focus efforts around shallow to mid-depth weed flats and edges, rock points, drop-offs, breaklines, and near baitfish and panfish concentrations. Smaller bucktails, glide baits, jerkbaits, and topwaters are all catching fish. Anglers trolling deep running baits are faring well, too.
Walleye:
Walleye action is slower, though fair to good, with sporadic decent bite windows. Fish are scattered from shallow to deep, on weeds, weedlines, weed edges, flats, and breaklines. Leeches and crawlers under slip bobbers or on harnesses, diving baits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, and minnowbaits can all work well.
Northern Pike:
Northern pike fishing is very good to excellent from shallow for smaller fish to deeper for bigger pike. Find them in/on/around weeds, points, and panfish and baitfish concentrations. Sucker minnows, spinners, spinnerbaits, spoons with trailers, stickbaits, crankbaits, chatterbaits, and topwaters all tempt pike. Some anglers report success with trolling.
Largemouth Bass:
Largemouth bass fishing is very good to excellent. Fish are on in various depths around weeds, weedlines, weed edges, shorelines, bays, lily pads, slop, cribs, and flats. Baits of choice include minnows, crawlers, Ned rigs, drop-shot rigs, spinners, spinnerbaits, and topwaters/frogs.
Smallmouth Bass:
Smallmouth bass fishing is good on mid-depth to deep weeds, weed flats, cribs, rock, and other hard bottoms. Sucker minnows, Ned rigs, drop-shot rigs, various plastics (worms, tubes, creature baits), and topwaters and frogs are all very effective offerings at this time.
Crappie:
Crappie fishing is good... after you locate the scattered fish. Look in/on mid-depth and deep weeds, weed beds, flats, cribs, basins, brush, bogs, and other structure. The most productive baits include crappie minnows, Mini-Mites, Crappie Scrubs, Garland Mayflies, Gulp! baits, and small plastics under slip bobbers, and spinners,
Bluegill:
Bluegill fishing is very good to excellent, with fish in and around shallow to mid-depth weeds, weedlines, cribs, brush, and bogs. Traditional baits such as waxies, crawler chunks, leaf worms, leeches, and Gulp! baits on jigs and plain hooks fished with or without bobbers are working well.