July 21, 2020

Walleye - Walleye fishing continues to pick up for many anglers this last week.  Anglers continue to find walleyes out on main lake structure in 12-18 feet of water.  Spinner rigs and jigging raps have been accounting for the majority of the walleyes being caught out there.  During the early mornings and evenings anglers have been catching nice walleyes on large shallow flats, trolling large minnow baits in 10 feet of water or less.  

Bass - Smallmouth bass have been easy pickings for savvy bass anglers.  Areas with water coming into a lake or large rocky flats, in 5-10 feet of water, have been the areas to look for Smallmouth.  Topwater bite remains excellent early in the mornings, but as the sun gets up, spinnerbaits, beetle spins and wacky worms become the go to baits to keep catching fish. Largemouth bass, also continue to be very active.  Frogs fished over lily pads or wild rice beds, remains a blast for many anglers.  

Panfish - One weather front after another has made finding panfish challenging.  Sunfish have been more cooperative then crappies this last week.  Sunfish have been hitting small hair jigs tipped with a piece of night crawler or wax worm, in 5-10 feet of water, inside weedbeds.  Crappies have been found hanging out just outside weedbeds during the day. Anglers have been struggling to catch them during the day, but have had some luck catching them in the evenings, in weedbeds, as crappies move in to feed.  Jig and twisters steadily retrieved has been the most affective technique.  Small crankbaits is also worth knotting.

Pike - Small Pike have remained active around weedbeds and river mouths. Husky jerks, spinnerbaits and spoons have been very effective on them.  Large pike (30”+) have begone to show up out around sunken islands.  Walleye anglers have been catching them while using spinner rigs, looking for walleye’s.  Anglers looking to target large pike, have been using spinner rigs tipped with large suckers.