Jan. 26, 2021

Lake Trout - Lake trout fishing was slow overall last week. Anglers that had good success, caught fish in 25-35 feet of water on 3/8 to 1/2 oz bucktails, tipped with a gulp minnow or minnow. Tip ups also accounted for a good number of lakers caught.  Dead suckers or dead smelt laid right on the bottom accounted for just about all the lakers caught with tip ups.

Stream Trout - Stream trout fishing has remained good on many of the stream trout lakes in the area. Angling pressure continues to be high, but anglers that have down sized their baits and tipped them with just a minnow head or wax worm, have continued to catch trout. 

Pike - While pike anglers have been few and far between, they have been reporting good to excellent fishing this last week.  Medium to large suckers fished under a tip up, on weedlines, has been very effective for anglers. 

Panfish - Crappies and sunnies continue to found in 20-30 feet of water, on many of the area lakes.  Anglers should be looking for soft mud bottoms, where panfish are eating bugs coming up out of the mud. Popular colors this last week, were green and pink jigs tipped with a small wax worm or crappie minnows.

Walleye - Walleye fishing has remained slow overall as several fronts went through the area last week. Anglers are reporting that they are seeing walleyes on their cameras, but the walleyes have showed little interest in biting.  Deadsticking a minnow in 20-25 feet of water, during the evening hours, has accounted for just about all the walleyes caught last week.