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Minocqua Area Fishing Report |
Minocqua Fishing Report Tue 08/26/08 08:33 AM Early fall like weather,cool almost cold nights followed by warm days. Water temps just falling below 70's only to rise again on beautiful sunny afternoons. Largemouth Bass-- Very Good. Early thru mid-morning ply weed beds. 1/8 oz jigs and 4" plastic worms, jig and pig, sweet beavers, wacky style worms. By afternoon work spinnerbaits, silver minnows with pork trailers over taller weeds. Evenings very productive after warming afternoons working Jitterbugs , Hulapoppers, spooks in shallower weeds. Best lakes-Minocqua,Kawageusaga,Tomahawk,Flambeau and Gunlock. Smallmouth Bass--Very good. Work off shore humps with spider grubs (carolina rigs) tube jigs and large leeches. Casting lipless cranks over sand grass flats. ( countdowns to 1-2' over tops) Very effective for smallies and some walleyes. Best lakes-Tomahawk, Fence and Katherine. Bluegills--Good. Suspended fish best for size and action. Work outside weed edges with 1/2 of a crawler, small to medium leech, tiny jigs below small slip floats. Suspend 8-14' down over 12-22' coontail edges. Good popper action in the evenings up in the shallows. BEst lakes. Tomahawk, Ballard and Minocqua. Northern Pike--Good. Best action by mid mornings. Fish active and chasing Boonie Baits, #3 Mepps, Chatter baits. Soaking Large chubs and suckers also productive. Fish deeper cabbage of 10-14 feet if available. Other wise deepest weeds. Best lakes. Pickeral, Gilmore, Pokegama. Walleye-- Fair. Should start seeeing move to deeper gravel humps. Flowages dropping. Fish not reacting well to the cold mornings. Best to use leechees along outside weed edges and any deeper wood in 12-15'. Crawlers, fatheads in that order. Late afternoon evenings. Lighted slip-bobbers after dark have been working on Minocqua Chain. Best Lakes. Fence, Dam, Squirrel and Forest. Yellow perch--Fair. Catches are running decent in numbers but good on size. 8 to 10 inches on Kawageusaga, Big Arb, Minocqua. Medium Leeches, Medium fatheads fished around cabbage edges and pocketsof 8-12 '. Muskie-- Fair. But improving. Bucktails (Dreamcatchers, Screamers, Sneaky Petes) and twitch baits ( cranes, Grandmas) worked over weeds of 6-12'. Surface action picking up fish in the evenings. Crappies--Fair to imrpoving. Crappies relating to tall cabbage cast 1-2 Twister tails, small minnows on 1/32 oz jigs. Work through top foot of the weed beds. a few anglers reporting schools of supended crappies out from coontail egdes down 12-18' over 15-24 ' of water. Fish slip-bobbers to hold small jigs tipped with crappie minnows. Despite some weather due on wednesday. Looks like nice weather for the weekend. If your favorite lake had an algea bloom those ae starting to clear up . Due to the cold nights. Surface temps are running 69-72 degrees on average. __________________ Kurt's Island Sports Shop Kurt Justice Web Site: http://www.kurtsislandsports.com |