June 23, 2020

***Fishing Report***

Walleye - Walleye fishing has begone to cool off as Mayflies have begone to hatch in large numbers on many area lakes.  While some anglers continue to catch walleyes shallow with slip bobbers, in the evening, that bite has cooled off as walleyes continue to become more scattered.  Anglers have adjusted to lindy rigging or trolling crankbaits to find these scattered walleye.  Anglers are now finding walleyes in 15-20 feet of water, close to large mud flats and out around sunken islands.

Smallmouth Bass - Topwater fishing for smallmouth, remains the way to go.  Smallmouth remain on rocky, shallow flats and very active.  Best times for the topwater bite is during the early morning and during the evening.  When the topwater bite cools off during the day, just switch over to subsurface baits like suspending jerk baits, spinnerbaits and wacky worms.  Anglers should be looking for smallmouth near shorelines, on shallow rocky flats.

Lake Trout - Lake trout fishing has been excellent on many lakes and for many anglers this last week.  Anglers have been finding lakers 30-40 feet down, over deep water.  Anglers fishing from a boat are using trolling spoons fished on down riggers.  Anglers fishing from a canoe have been using heavy jigs and simply dropping the jig down to the bottom, then aggressively jigging it as they drift over deep water.  

Pike - Small Pike have remained very active in shallow bays and at the mouths of shallow bays.  Anglers have been catching good number of them with spinnerbaits, spoons and suckers fished under a bobber.