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Lake Saint Croix
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Species
SturgeonSeason
Ice
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Species
MuskieSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Humps
Throwing big swimbaits along contours and weed edges
Species
CrappieSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Points
Forage
Minnows
Bad ice conditions made it difficult to get out there however the crappies were biting. Although they were quite picky. I could only get them to bite on a jigging spoon tipped with a minnow head
Species
WalleyeSeason
Summer
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
River Channels
Arthur G Okerlund
Bronze Ambassador
1/5/22
Species
WalleyeSeason
Winter
Technique
Spoons
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
Find a basin or saddle 25-32ft deep, these walleye are eating baitfish and bugs that collect at the bottom of the basin. Use a 1/4 oz spoon tipped with a minnow head or waxies, and wait for fish to cruise by. When the bite is on you can catch upwards to 5 walleye an hour
VMC Tingler Spoon 1/8 oz / Glow Pink Fire UV
Out of Stock
VMC Tingler Spoon 3/16 oz / Glow Red Shiner
Out of Stock
Species
White BassSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
33°
The Clam Pinhead Pro and Clam Bladed Tikka Minnow in the wonderbread color was key in attracting the whitebass. They came in hot and willing to bite. Make sure to set the hook quickly as they are fast. Lots of misses. The 28UL St. Croix Panfish Ice Series loaded up nicely. Ice was 5 inches in most places, and most I found was 7 inches. Make sure to use caution as there are not really safe Ice. Bring you picks, spud bars, floating devices, and always let someone who is not out fishing know where you are going and when you are expecting to come back.
Species
White BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Water levels are slowly receding. The fish are starting to bite before they spawn. Best lures are smaller jerk baits. Brighter colors seem to do better. With the warmer weather conditions the bite should get better for the next two weeks or so. Small unweighted buck tail flies also worked.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
River Channels
Water temps around 50 degrees. Fishing from 6 till 8:30pm, Caught 3 males, scatted around. Drifted across points and ledges dragging 1/4 oz jigs with PowerBait soft plastics. All bites came on white twitchtail minnows.
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.
