Crawford County Fishing Report September 3, 2009
The Mississippi River “spiked” last week at 7.7 feet. During this past week the river has slowly settled down and was at 7.1 feet Monday. The forecast for the Mississippi River is to remain steady. Water clarity is very good. The Wisconsin and Kickapoo Rivers have settled down and are in good shape. The sand bars on the Wisconsin River are in great shape for camping. All trout streams in the area are in good shape with normal flow and water clarity is good. Bluegill action was spotty this week. Even so, some nice-sized bluegill were taken in the shallower portions of wing dams closest to the main channel. The Ambro Slough complex has produced some fish in deeper water snags or weed beds. The most popular bait has been a chunk of night crawler or garden worms. Fishing at Cold Spring continues to be slow. Perch fishing was slow again this week. Walleye and sauger action was fair. Generally the early morning hours and later in the day has been the best for walleye action especially during the weekends when recreational boating traffic is the heaviest. Trolling and casting crank baits or drifting with live bait is the primary method of taking walleyes. Night crawlers and leeches have worked well, but some live bait anglers are switching to minnows. Smallmouth and largemouth bass action remains good. Smallmouth were found on closing dams and wing dams or rock shorelines on the Main Channel. Largemouth bass were found in a variety of habitats to include the “slop”, weed edges, wing dams, and in the timber. Plastics, spinner baits, and crank baits have worked well. Channel cat action remains good, but flathead action for some is slow. A variety of live baits have produced cats. Move around until active fish are located. Sheepshead are very active. All you need is a chunk of night crawler fished off the bottom. White bass and northern pike action was spotty. Watch for surface feeding white bass and work those areas. Northern pike have been taken near the sewer treatment plant on the Ambro Slough in the Prairie du Chien area. Many popular bass baits have worked well for northerns including spinner baits and plastic top water baits. Trout fishing has been very good. Some of the vegetation is starting to die back along the streams. Many local streams produced some very nice brown and brook trout. The past couple days have been very cool, especially in the evening. Deer flies and wasps are out in large numbers during the day. Mosquitoes are really a problem in the river bottoms while the deer flies are in the wooded areas all day and night, even with the cool weather.
Oconto County Fishing Report September 3, 2009
Water temperatures at the landings are at the 70 degree mark with excellent water clarity. Fishing pressure has been moderate to heavy due to the fact the perch bite has started. The bluegill bite at Stiles Dam remains good with some nice fish being taken on leaf worms and crawlers. Slip bobbering or free floating is the technique that has been working the best. Anglers at the Pensaukee Landing, Oconto Breakwater, and Oconto Park II were all reporting some real quality catches of perch. Suspending minnows near bottom in 9 to 12 feet of water has been working well at this time. Oconto Breakwater Park has been producing some nice chinook salmon and brown trout with anglers fishing with spoons, early morning and evenings.
Fishing Report From Wisconsin DNR.
Iowa County
The crappies have been biting at
Woodruff DNR Service Center Area
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The state forest trails received some much needed snow this past weekend. However, due to the very cold temperatures there wasn’t much moisture to it. As a result, the trails continue to have ice issues in the corners and heavily used sections – please use caution. Area ice anglers report that the walleye bite has been fair, with good numbers of fish being caught.
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Bluegill and crappie action has also been picking up and these fish can be found in the deeper weed beds. Ice conditions vary so continue to pay attention and exercise caution before venturing out onto area lakes. Most lakes have slush conditions to deal with; however, with the recent cold snap much of that should have firmed up. The predicted warmer temperatures this week should make for great conditions to snowmobile, ski or fish.
Report from Wisconsin DNR
Wisconsin Fishing Report - Jan. 22, 2009
- Ice fishing pressure picked up since the bitter cold snap but success has varied greatly. Permanent ice shacks are showing up along frozen
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Muskrats have reportedly been frightening some ice anglers by suddenly emerging from ice holes. They are merely investigating holes in the ice and perhaps getting a breath of air. When they surface inside a dark shack or tent they may even mistakenly think they have arrived at a lodge or burrow.
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Fishing Blog- Web Updates - Nov. 4, 2009
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