June 16, 2020

Walleye - Another large cool front, cooled off a extremely hot walleye bite on area lakes.  Stable warm weather has helped get the bite back on track and the evening bobber bite, in 5-10 feet of water, remains popular and effective, but walleyes are beginning to move away from rocky shorelines and out over mud flats and near shore, sucker islands.  Out here anglers are trolling lindy rigs tipped with a leech or a crawler, and catching walleyes in 12-18 feet of water.  Once a school of biters are located, slowing down with a jig and sitting on top of them, has been very effective.  Pink, purple and blue remain top colors.

Smallmouth Bass - Smallmouth have largely rapped up spawning and are now very hungry!  Topwater fishing has become very effective along with jerk baits, spinnerbaits and wacky rigs.  Anglers have been catching bass in 10 feet of water or less along shoreline flats, around sunken trees and boulders.

Panfish - Sunfish are finishing up the spawn on area lakes and moving out into emerging weedbeds, where they are joining the crappies.  Crappies and sunnies are both being caught along weedlines and inside weed beds.  Anglers are catching them with either small minnows or small night crawlers, under a bobber.  Depths can range 3-10 feet of water.

Northern Pike - Fishing for large pike, has cooled off as they have moved out of shallow bays, seeking cooler water.  Smaller pike, 30” or less, have been very active in shallow bays.  Anglers have been catching them with suckers under a bobber, spoons and large jerk baits.  Key areas to focus on are areas with water coming into the lake or shallow weedy bays, in 12 feet of water or less.