Fresh Minocqua Fishing Reports

Tom wanted to catch Crappie so we did!!! and he had a fresh fish fry!!!

The musky bite has picked up and should get better with cooler temps!

We have been doing very well on the smallmouth bass the past few weeks! Even pushing some fish over the 5 pound mark!

Great day on the water with father and son from Florida. We spent the day fishing shallow rock and weed lines using swimbaits and ned rigs. Water temp 67 degrees sunny and mayfly hatches going on.

DON'T MISS THE FALL WALLEYE ACTION! STARTING IN MID SEPTEMBER THERE ARE SOME REAL OPPORTUNITIES TO CATCH SOME WALLEYES. PLAN YOUR TRIP NOW. I WILL BE FISHING INTO OCTOBER. THESE ARE EATER WALLEYES, NOT WALL HANGERS

6/16/19 Hi from the shores of "Kennedy Bay" on Lake Minocqua. It has been an interesting week Tuesday and Wednesday I fished with Bob and Neal Weir we have fished together for a number of years. We headed out to a good Pike lake we have fished over the years, at the end of the morning the guys had a nice mixed bag 1 nice Perch, a 19 inch Walleye and some mid 20 inch Pike. Wednesday we gave the Willow a try, small Pike provided a lot of action, we did manage to catch some Pike that were big enough to keep along with a nice 18 inch Walleye and a 13 1/2 inch Crappie. It was a good couple of days. My son David and his son Lawson came up from Stoughton for a few days fishing with me. Thursday we fished a 1000 acre lake west of Minocqua that had been producing great Pike action, the Pike had slowed down but we did manage some nice Pike 2 Perch and a couple Walleyes, the biggest 19 inches. The next day I was scheduled to fish but it started raining early that morning and the client canceled so the boys and I put on rain gear and hit the lake. The rain never let up but we stuck it out for 3 hours, it was a great morning, we ended up with 5 Pike, 1 Largemouth, 2 nice Perch,and 4 Walleyes. Saturday a cold front with a mile high blue sky, and a stiff breeze, rolled in, we stayed on Lake Minocqua fishing was tough we managed a few Walleyes and one Bass , we were about to quit when my son suggested we try the spot where Lawson caught his first Pike years ago. We covered the entire weed bed and were ready to call it a day when Lawson yelled "fish on" I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it. At 10 years old he fought and landed a beautiful 39 1/2 Pike (I have only seen 3 other Pike that big in northern WI.) he released the Pike to fight again, it was a great ending to a great couple days. Even though the weather still leaves something to be desired the fish continue to be active. I have been catching fish in 4 - 9 feet of water on the lightest jig the wind will allow tipped with fat head minnows. Finding green cabbage seems to be the key. Fish continue to hit very lightly meaning there are a lot of missed fish. That's it for now folks good luck fishin' and remember "KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD" DAVE LANG