Lake Saint Croix
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Species
Walleye10Season
Lake Saint Croix Overview
Top Techniques Reported for Walleye + Spring
- Trolling Mid Depth (10-19')3
- Vertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19')3
- Live Bait Rigs2
- Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)1
- Finesse Hair Jigs1
- Walleye10 Reports
Smallmouth Bass4 Reports
White Bass2 Reports
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Recently Reported and Trending Baits
Glitter Jig - EOL 1/4 oz / Pink
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Flicker Shad Crankbait 2 3/4" / Black Silver
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Most Reported Baits for Walleye + Spring
PowerBait Pro Twitchtail Minnow 3" / Pearl White
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Reported for Vertical Jigging 10-19'
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Lake Saint Croix Fishing Reports
55 Reports on Lake Saint Croix
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Ledges
Water Temperature
66°
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
River Channels
Water Temperature
53°
Relatively slow bite for the Wisconsin Opener (although the St. Croix opened up one week earlier). Water temperatures were 50-55 degrees and warming fast with the light switch of a cold La Nina spring and summer seeming to flip overnight. As such, the bite will likely change day by day, so what I say here now, will likely be different tomorrow. Still, although fishing was slow, we picked up a couple nice fish along a current seam in a channel just north of the I94 bridge in Hudson. Pink glitter 1/4 oz jig with a fathead minnow was the ticket.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Summer
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Ledges
Walleye are on the chew if you can precisely dial in their behaviors and get the right bait and presentation in front of them. Trolling flicker shads with 200 ft of braid on a line counter or 100 ft on lead core banging the sand bottom until meandering off shoreline ledges has been productive. The walleye sit on the ledges looking up for bait fish swimming off the ledge and then attack! No other live bait technique has been producing for my party lately.
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