August 3rd, 2021

Walleye - Walleyes seem to have slid out a little deeper this last week. Best reports continue to be fairly shallow for this time of the year. 10-13 feet of water has been where the best and most consistent bite has been. Anglers catching walleyes here have been doing so with spinner rigs, jigs tipped with leech or crawler and even slip bobber and a leech. Anglers looking for trophy walleyes have been trolling deep diving crankbaits during the evening hours, 20-30 feet down, over 35-70 feet of water.

Bass - Bass anglers continue to report excellent bass fishing on many area lakes.  Early morning topwater bite remains excellent for both smallmouth and largemouth bass. Here whopper ploppers, pop-r and torpedoes have been very effective on smallmouth, but for largemouth bass anglers have been having better luck fishing frogs in thick cover.  As the sun gets up, throwing in-line spinners, spinnerbaits and soft plastics keep anglers busy catching fish.

Panfish - Sunfish and crappie fishing continues to be very good for many anglers. Anglers report finding both in either on weedlines or in thick stands to weeds. Anglers have been catching fish with jig and twisters, casted around weedlines and lily pads. If the bite slows, simply switching to jigs tipped with a piece of a crawler or wax worms have help get the picky biters to bite. Crappie minnows have been more effective for crappies.