Petenwell Lake
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Species
WalleyeSeason
Winter
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Crappie
Species
WalleyeSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Minnows
Species
WalleyeSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Tip-Ups
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Minnows
Me and my friends went up February 13-15, found walleyes on the steep breaks of the original river channel in about 22-25 feet of water. The bigger walleyes came on dead sticks and small rippin raps. Fishing should heat up as ice-out approaches
Species
WalleyeSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Minnows
Prior to noon the walleye were up shallow between 8-10 ft and then moved into the 18-22 ft depth in the afternoon. Both dead stick and jigging was effective. Lots of great eater size came through.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Humps
Walleye were on mud humps. Caught them on tipups as well as jigging spoons. Fish were finnicky and really had to finesse them while jigging in order to get them to bite. Definitely a hard bite window.
HotbaitVMC Rattle Spoon 1/8 oz / Glow Gold Fish
Out of Stock
VMC Rattle Spoon 1/8 oz / Glow Hot Perch
Out of Stock
VMC Rattle Spoon 1/8 oz / Yellow Perch
Out of Stock
VMC Tingler Spoon 1/8 oz / Glow Blue Shiner
Out of Stock
Lew's Super Duty Reel Oil 1 oz
Out of Stock
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Blueback Herring
Fished some open water in nearby channel, found some walleye using garmen side image. Used the 6th sense quake and pulled a few out. Recent snow probably bogged the landing down. Ice is dangerous be very careful. I used the boat, very hard to maneuver with lots of floating ice.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
River Channels
Water Temperature
36°
Caught a few walleye on jigs with live minnows. Walleye still pretty passive. Fishing the Wisconsin River above Petenwell. Launche the boat from Nekoosa.
Species
Northern PikeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Humps
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
48°
Orange whistler jigs with minnows
Species
Northern PikeSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Dam
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
45°
Slow rolling the smaller swimmer along current seams was key for nice pike. Weighting the swimmer with 1/4 oz of more was also important to keep the bait down in the water column. Less current the better or even retrieve the bait with the current rather than against it. Take a kid fishing!
