July 21, 2021

Walleye - Walleye fishing remained steady this last week.  Anglers continue to find walleyes fairly shallow in 10 feet of water or less, in most area lakes. Here anglers are either finding walleyes on shallow boulder flats with night crawlers or on shallow weedlines with leeches.  There are a handful of lakes where anglers have been catching big walleyes out in sunken islands in 20-25 feet of water, with jigging raps, during the evening hours. 

Smallmouth Bass - Bass remains excellent on many area lakes, as the shallow water, early morning, topwater bite continues to be excellent for many anglers. Here, whopper ploppers, pop-r’s and torpedoes have been hard to beat.  As the sun gets up, the topwater bite cools off, so anglers switching to wacky worm or senkos and continue to catch good numbers of bass.  Large boulder flats on points and around islands have been areas to check for active bass.

Panfish - Panfish anglers have been reporting a excellent bite going on. Sunfish anglers have been reporting the best luck as of late, with these anglers finding gills working weedbeds and weedlines.  Small leeches, fished under a bobber, has been very effective on them.  Crappie anglers have been reporting that they are finding crappies out over deeper water, 15+ feet, during the day, but as the sun goes down crappies work their way into cabbage beds to feed.  Here is where anglers are having the best luck catching quality crappies with crappie minnows or small jig and twisters. 

Pike - Pike anglers continue to report catching lots of pike, but the majority of them have been on the smaller side.  Anglers continue to find active pike in classic summer time locations like weedlines and river mouths.  Spoons, spinnerbaits and large minnow baits have been very consistent producers for anglers.