July 11th, 2023

***Fishing Report***

Walleye - Walleye fishing continues to improve on area lakes, but anglers have been reporting that walleyes are scattered. Anglers are catching walleyes slip bobbering a leech, right off their dock or campsite in 8 feet of water or less, during the evening. Other anglers are catching walleyes pulling gold, orange and blue colored lindy rigs, tipped with a crawler or leech, out on sunken islands and main lake points, in 12-18 feet of water. Still other anglers are having good luck pulling white, bloody nosed and perch colored crankbaits out on large flats in 15-20 feet of water or 15-20 feet down out over 30-80 feet of water. 

Smallmouth - Smallies continue to very active this last week. Topwater baits, wacky worms, Ned rigs and spinners continue to be the go to baits for bass anglers. Bass anglers continue to focus on classic summer structure such as points, boulders flats, downed trees and sunken islands. 

Pike - Pike also continue to be popular with anglers this last week. Large spoons, spinnerbaits and suckers fished under a bobber has been very effective. Anglers should be focusing on weed lines, current areas and mouths of shallow bays. 

Stream trout - Warm summertime temps have the stream trout largely restricted to deeper water now. Anglers have been setting their slip bobbers to 15 feet while using a night crawler. Anglers fishing from a boat have been using small deep diving crankbaits or 3 colors of leadcore to get small spoons down to trout.