June 21st, 2022

***Fishing Report***

Walleye - Walleye anglers continue to enjoy some outstanding fishing as of late. Walleyes have begun to set up out on the humps in 15-20 feet of water and with the recent heat wave, leeches and crawlers have become the way to go. Spinner rigs and jigs, tipped with either a leech or crawler has been very effective for anglers. Anglers have reported seeing mayfly larvae getting active out on the mud flats, so get out and enjoy the bite while it lasts! Blue, gold and white were the top colors last week. 

Smallmouth Bass - Anglers have been having a great time catching smallies, on topwater baits this last week. Whopper Ploppers, Pop-R’s and Torpedo’s have been very popular.  Subsurface baits such as paddle tails and Ned rigs also been very effective for anglers. Anglers should continue to focus on shorelines to find Bass.

Stream Trout - Rainbow trout a largely out over deep water right now, so trolling small crankbaits been very effective on them. Shore anglers have been catching rainbow floating a crawler off the bottom or fishing a crawler 10-15 feet under a bobber. 

Panfish - Crappies have largely wrapped up spawning on area lakes and have transitioned to shoreline structures like downed trees and weedlines.  Beetle spins, jig/twister and crappie minnows under a bobber has been very effective on them. Sunfish have just started to spawn on lake. Shallow bays with sandy bottoms have been key to finding them. Small jigs tipped with wax worms or angleworms, fished under a bobber, has been very effective.