IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN FOR SOME EXTREMELY NICE WEATHER HERE FOR THIS ENTIRE WEEK ACCORDING TO WEATHER FORECASTERS. IT SHOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT ON THE WATER BOTH LAKE AND BAY SIDE AND ENJOY THE GREAT FISHING WE HAVE HERE IN THE COUNTY. THIS IS WHAT WE’VE GOT FOR YOU.
KINGS/RAINBOWS/COHOS - THE REPORTS FROM OUT ON THE BIG LAKE HAVE BEEN JUST FANTASTIC THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH SOME VERY BIG NUMBERS OF FISH AND SOME VERY QUICK LIMITS BEING REPORTED. BEST DEPTH RANGE IS STILL IN THAT 90 TO 150 FOOT RANGE AND FISHING IN THE TOP 60 FEET OF THE WATER COLUMN. FLASHER AND FLY COMBINATIONS STILL SEEM TO BE LEADING THE WAY IN THE FISH CATCHING CATEGORY, BUT SPOONS, MEAT RIGS, AND J-PLUG STYLE BAITS ARE ALSO CATCHING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF FISH. WE JUST HAVE SOME REALLY SUPER GOOD FISHING RIGHT NOW PRETTY MUCH UP AND DOWN THE ENTIRE PENINISULA INCLUDING SOME NICE REPORTS FROM ON THE BAYSIDE. DON’T FORGET, THE 2025 KD SALMON TOURNAMENT STARTS ON JULY 11TH SO MAKE SURE YOU STOP IN, GRAB A TICKET, AND GET GEARED UP. WHILE YOU ARE HERE, MAKE SURE YOU GET A TICKET FOR THE WLBA RAFFLE. THIS HELPS KEEP THE GREAT FISHING WE HAVE ON LAKE MICHIGAN GREAT FOR THE FUTURE.
PERCH - THE PERCH FISHING REPORTS HAVE BEEN PRETTY DARN GOOD IN OUR AREA AS OF LATE. THERE ARE MANY PLACES TO FISH, BUT A FEW OF THE MOST POPULAR SPOTS INCLUDE SAWYER HARBOR, LITTLE STURGEON, RILEY’S BAY, THE STURGEON BAY FLATS, AS WELL AS AREAS IN AND AROUND THE STURGEON BAY SHIPPING CANAL. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SOME VERY NICE PERCH CAUGHT AROUND CHAUDOIR'S DOCK WHEN THE WINDS ALOW YOU TO GET OUT THERE. FATHEADS, CRAWLERS AND LEAF WORMS HAVE BEEN THE BEST LIVE BAITS UP TO THIS POINT. OF COURSE CASTING WITH SOFT PLASTICS IS A VERY PRODUCTIVE WAY TO CATCH A BUNCH OF TASTY PERCH.
BASS - THE BASS FISHING REPORTS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY DECENT OVERALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, INCLUDING WASHINGTON ISLAND WHERE THE FISHING HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANLY BETTER SINCE THEIR OPENER ON JULY 1ST . THIS TIME OF YEAR YOU REALLY NEED TO FISH ALL DEPTHS AS SOME BASS WILL STAY SHALLOW, SOME WILL BE CRUISING THOSE MID- DEPTHS AND SOME WILL BE STARTING TO SET-UP ON SOME DEEPER STRUCTURE LIKE THOSE OFFSHORE REEFS, SHOALS, ROCK PILES, AND RANDOM BOULDERS. SO YOU NEED TO DO A LITTLE SEARCHING SOME DAYS. SPY BAITS, HOWIE SHORTY TUBES, NED RIGS, PADDLE TAILS, HAIR AND MARABOU JIGS, DARK SLEEPER STYLE BAITS, AN ASSORTMENT OF DROP SHOT PLASTICS, AND OF COURSE ON THOSE WINDIER DAYS SPINNER BAITS, CHATTER BAITS, AND JERK BAITS LIKE MEGABASS WORK EXTREMELY WELL.
WALLEYE - WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE WALLEYE BITE TO START BACK UP AS IT USUALLY DOES AROUND THE MIDDLE TO END OF JULY ONCE THE ALEWIVES START TO FADE AWAY. WE WILL DEFINATLEY KEEP YOU ALL POSTED WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN. GENERALLY WHEN IT STARTS BACK UP THE FISHERMEN THAT LIKE TO TROLL WILL GET THEM ON A MIX OF CRAWLER HARNESSES AND FLICKER MINNOW STYLE BAITS. THE FOLKS THAT PREFER TO CAST WILL CATCH THEM ON MOONSHINE SHIVER MINNOWS, SHIVER SPOONS, BINK SPOONS, SOME HAIR JIGS AND DEATH JIGS.
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE LOCAL GUIDES, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL AND VISITING FISHERMEN WHO SHARE INFORMATION WITH US SO WE CAN PROVIDE THE MOST ACCURATE AND INFORMATIVE REPORT POSSIBLE. AND THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF THE FISHERMEN THAT PATRONIZE OUR STORE. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
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