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Species
WalleyeSeason
Fall
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Shad
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Leave the lake and head up river to find pads and any scum, walking a Hollow body terminator frog was key for largemouth, As well as a slop frog. steeper transitions produced 3+ pound smallies
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
River Channels
Fishing on the Wisconsin River at Mazomanie boat landing south of Sauk City. Throwing an underspin into the channel and retrieving. Got a bite over a deeper hole on the flashy swimmer. Still snow on the ground and ice on the edges of the river.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
58°
Finished 2nd out of 15 boats last weekend. The fish were pre spawn and feeding heavily with 70 degree warming conditions. It was a sunny morning with little wind. We fished around docks in shallow warm water areas with wacky rigs to generate a lot of bites. A couple fish were caught flipping a finesse jig around rock. The wind picked up in the afternoon. This allowed for a swim jig bite to get going and generate a couple key bites.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
54°
Struggled to with the warmer weather. Fish were still in early pre spawn mode. Managed to get a reaction bite with deflecting a squarebill in lay downs. Also caught a nice smallmouth around a nothing bank in Wiggins bay with green pumpkin jackhammer.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
47°
Finished at the bottom of the pack during the tournament today. Really cold conditions but caught a couple on the Bassman Spinnerbait and jackhammer but did not find the any size except for a 40” musky.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Dam
Forage
Minnows
I was fishing the Wisconsin Dells dam and setting minnows out for walleyes. I managed to catch 5 walleyes doing that and I would recommend to get some leeches!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
I fished a college tournament out here April 24th, and the water temp was 52-55. The wind was blowing 20 mph out of the SW. We caught probably 20 largemouth that were under shallow docks. And would fish behind other college teams that were fishing the same docks as us. The fish were near the bases of the docks and would only eat a senko that was deadsticked. They were not aggressive but there were often more than one fish under the same dock we just had to pick it apart and fish it extremely slow. The color didn't matter but just letting it sit there did. Sometimes it would take 15-30 seconds for the fish to bite. We took 3rd with 12.50 lbs.
