Fishing has been pretty good over the last week. Fairly stable weather least for temps. Have had plenty of storms rolling through but 70 degree days. Water temps on lakes I have been on are in the 66-68 degree range which I am sure some are slightly higher. Weed growth is strong and fish are responding nicely.
Walleye: I spent every day last week fishing walleyes besides a half day bass trip with the girlfriend. Walleyes were biting despite fishing though a large mayfly hatch on one lake. Full limits to 3/4 limits with numerous other walleyes and a handful of Smallies caught each time out. On most lakes the crawler, leech bite is picking up. Still bringing minnows since that was clearly the best bite on slip bobbers still but now picking up eyes on crawlers, leeches, and plastics too over the same structure.
Musky: So far this week has been all musky and looks like thats what all trips on the books are for as far as I know. First two outings has resulted in 8 fish in the boat, 4 a piece with a couple more seen/opportunities each day. Got some small fish but fish to low 40s hit the net. *Tip: Choose the best vacuum sealer to keep fish, fresh and tasty for a longer time
Bucktails and jerkbaits is what seemed to work. Fished good looking cabbage on weed edges and flats. Fish are starting to stage in summer haunts but still not completely there yet. Fish came out of weeds but also got one fish off the weed line in 15'. Couple of the lakes we hit there was a lot of bait hanging outside the weeds so my guess despite good weeds a good portion of muskies were hanging off the edge and in the bait. Remember to always make a few casts on the other side of the boat and parallel to the weeds off the front and back.
Lake Selection for muskies is always something to consider. Last week I talked about finding the shallower darker lakes. This week the mid sized and moderate depth lakes seem to be picking up steam. These are the ones with decent weed edges in the 8-12' range with mean depth of around 20ft or so with moderate water clarity. Those waters are now starting to warm up in depths where the muskies are hanging. The deep clear lakes still have a bit to go but some action on those is starting to pick up from reports I have got. Least now in picking lakes I feel you have a few more options to choose from to be successful. Still the darker shallower lakes are good to best bite since water temps are not high enough to drive them out of shallow cover.
This coming week looks to be good. Slight cool down coming to drop temps for highs in the low 70's but warming through the weekend. Musky action will peak and valley with the different storms coming though and a day or so of high pressure so just fight through it. Seems like a decent day bite happening as water continues to warm so fishing though the day still a good option.
Sorry for no good walleye pictures, no one wanted to show off for the camera last week.
Walleye: I spent every day last week fishing walleyes besides a half day bass trip with the girlfriend. Walleyes were biting despite fishing though a large mayfly hatch on one lake. Full limits to 3/4 limits with numerous other walleyes and a handful of Smallies caught each time out. On most lakes the crawler, leech bite is picking up. Still bringing minnows since that was clearly the best bite on slip bobbers still but now picking up eyes on crawlers, leeches, and plastics too over the same structure.
Musky: So far this week has been all musky and looks like thats what all trips on the books are for as far as I know. First two outings has resulted in 8 fish in the boat, 4 a piece with a couple more seen/opportunities each day. Got some small fish but fish to low 40s hit the net. *Tip: Choose the best vacuum sealer to keep fish, fresh and tasty for a longer time
Bucktails and jerkbaits is what seemed to work. Fished good looking cabbage on weed edges and flats. Fish are starting to stage in summer haunts but still not completely there yet. Fish came out of weeds but also got one fish off the weed line in 15'. Couple of the lakes we hit there was a lot of bait hanging outside the weeds so my guess despite good weeds a good portion of muskies were hanging off the edge and in the bait. Remember to always make a few casts on the other side of the boat and parallel to the weeds off the front and back.
Lake Selection for muskies is always something to consider. Last week I talked about finding the shallower darker lakes. This week the mid sized and moderate depth lakes seem to be picking up steam. These are the ones with decent weed edges in the 8-12' range with mean depth of around 20ft or so with moderate water clarity. Those waters are now starting to warm up in depths where the muskies are hanging. The deep clear lakes still have a bit to go but some action on those is starting to pick up from reports I have got. Least now in picking lakes I feel you have a few more options to choose from to be successful. Still the darker shallower lakes are good to best bite since water temps are not high enough to drive them out of shallow cover.
This coming week looks to be good. Slight cool down coming to drop temps for highs in the low 70's but warming through the weekend. Musky action will peak and valley with the different storms coming though and a day or so of high pressure so just fight through it. Seems like a decent day bite happening as water continues to warm so fishing though the day still a good option.
Sorry for no good walleye pictures, no one wanted to show off for the camera last week.