June 6th, 2023

***Fishing Report***

Walleye - The skinny water walleye bite continues to be very hot! Walleyes continue to be found in water as shallow as 2 feet (not a typo). Anglers are having great success fishing leeches under a bobber, shallow running minnow baits and trolling slow death rigs. Shallow, wind blown flats, remain the best place to find these hungry walleye.

Smallmouth - With water temps as high as 83 degrees on some area lakes, the bass have largely wrapped up spawning. Topwater baits have quickly become the go to lures for bass anglers. Whopper ploppers, torpedoes, pop-r’s and hula poppers are all catching tons of smallies right now. Ned rigs and wacky worms are also accounting for their fair share of bass. Shallow boulder flats, in 10 ft if water and less is where you will find active bass.

Panfish - Thanks to the rapid warmup in water temps, panfish are being found in shallow bays looking to spawn or wrapping up spawning. Either way, worms, crappie minnows, waxies are all catching lots of panfish in the shallows. If the panfish have already spawned their location is a little different. These panfish are being found out on the weedlines. Small twisters and beetle spins are catching these fish.

Stream trout - Rainbows and brown trout are being caught on area stream trout lakes by trolling small crankbaits, spinner rigs and cowbells. Warm water temps have pushed trout down to 15-20 feet of water. This has resulted in many of the trout being found out over deeper water, cruising around, looking for a easy meal.  

Pike - Warm temps have pushed out most of the big pike, from shorelines. Small pike have remained in the shallows and have remained very active. Spoons, spinnerbaits and large suspending minnow baits have been catching pike. Anglers have been working weedlines, river mouths and mouths of shallow bays, in 12ft of water and less.