Chippewa Flowage
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Stumps
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Fish sunken islands, 8-10 weed lines, and find coon tail.
BDR
Bronze Ambassador
8/7/23
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Summer
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Brush Piles
Water Temperature
78°
Fishing the East side today and had an excellent day. Put a 10 fish limit in the boat in an hour. All were between 11” and 12-1/2”. Vertical jigging with 12’ Wally Marshall Pro Tour jigging rods. Fishing cribs in 18’ of water.
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
10/9/21
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Dozens 1 to 2 pounds
Species
MuskieSeason
Fall
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
It seems like winter is just around the corner at the Chippewa Flowage near Hayward WI. On a weekend that featured snow, wind, and then some more snow, we managed to make contact with several big Flowage muskies on suckers. The only fish we were able to trigger were shallow - from shoreline out to the inside weed line. In many cases, we idled along a promising stretch of shoreline and imaged these fish with Humminbird MEGA Side Imaging - before we ever put a bait in the water. Once we spotted a fish, we circled around, lowered large suckers rigged on quick-strike rigs and suspended beneath a float, and used our Minn Kota Ulterra to pull us through the zone at speeds of 0.3-0.5 mph. Seems like a fair number of fish in those ultra-shallows - give that a try if you're heading up in the next few weeks. Keep in mind, the Flowage has already been lowered by about 5 feet, so you'll encounter a fair number of navigation hazards that aren't normally a problem. Be sure to use the Water Level Offset feature of your Humminbird Lakemaster card to account for the low water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
The Keitech baits add the extra attraction needed for a tremendous bite. Added as a tail to a spinner bait the fish loved it! Didn't even matter if the paddle tail was bit off - the pearlessence does the trick!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
79°
Spent the week camping and fishing on the Chippewa Flowage. Tough fishing in the heat. Most success covering a lot of water on grassy shorelines throwing shallow for the reaction bite. Had one nice 16' 2.2lb largie doing so. Chucking the flashy swimmer with a paddletail through the grass was very effective in covering water. Extremely weedless. Also had success fishing smallies on grasslines and submerged wood with jerkbaits. My advice if you want to fish largies: take the boat ride to Crane Lake and you won't be disappointed. Much clearer and much less tannic water up there. Great vegetation and laydowns.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Fish current breaks and eddies
