PERCH - THE PERCH FISHING REPORTS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD OVERALL FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THROUGHOUT OUR AREA. THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THE BEST HAVE BEEN MOVING AROUND A BIT AND SEARCHING FOR THE ACTIVE FISH. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF AREAS TO TRY, BUT SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR SPOTS INCLUDE SAWYER HARBOR, INCLUDING SOME AREAS ALONG THE PARK SHORELINE, LITTLE STURGEON, RILEY’S BAY, THE STURGEON BAY FLATS, AS WELL AS AREAS IN AND ALONG THE STURGEON BAY SHIPPING CANAL. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SOME VERY NICE PERCH CAUGHT DOWN IN THE MID-DEPTH TO DEEPER MUD FROM RITE'S COVE AREA SOUTH PAST CHAUDOIR'S DOCK WHEN THE WINDS ALOW YOU TO GET OUT THERE OF COURSE. FATHEADS, CRAWLERS, LEAF WORMS AND OF COURSE HELLGRAMITES, WHEN AVAILABLE, HAVE BEEN THE BEST LIVE BAITS UP TO THIS POINT. YOU CAN ALSO CAST WITH SMALL PLASTICS WHICH IS QUITE EFFECTIVE AT TIMES.
WALLEYE - THE WALLEYE FISHING HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDING SOME VERY GOOD ACTION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS OF RIGHT NOW. CHAUDOIR'S DOCK, HENDERSON'S POINT, AND LARSEN'S REEF ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MOST POPULAR SPOTS TO CHASE WALLEYES AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR. THEY ARE SPOTS THAT YOU CAN CATCH A MIX OF EATER SIZED FISH ALONG WITH SOME CATCH, PHOTO AND RELEASE TROPHY’S. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR MORE EATER SIZED FISH YOU SHOULD CONCENTRATE YOUR EFFORTS FROM HENDERSON'S POINT SOUTH. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR TROPHY SIZED FISH LARSEN'S REEF NORTH TO THE TIP OF THE PENINSULA IS THE PLACE FOR YOU. TROLLING AND CASTING BOTH HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE METHODS AS OF LATE. IF YOU’RE GOING TO TROLL, YOU CAN USE CRAWLER HARNESSES OR TROLL WITH CRANK BAITS LIKE FLICKER MINNOWS, BANDITS, HIT STICKS AND HUSKY JERKS JUST TO NAME A FEW. THE FOLKS THAT PREFER TO CAST, THE BAITS OF CHOICE ARE SHIVER MINNOWS, SHIVER SPOONS, BINKS SPOONS, SOME HAIR JIGS, AND DEATH JIG STYLE BAITS. SLIP BOBBER FISHING WITH CRAWLERS AND LEECHES ALSO CAN BE QUITE EFFECTIVE AT TIMES.
SALMON - THE SALMON FISHING IS STILL GOING OK AS OF RIGHT NOW. IT’S NOT CRAZY GREAT FISHING LIKE IT WAS FOR MOST OF JUNE AND JULY AND THE START OF AUGUST, BUT IT IS STILL OK. THE WATER IS VERY WARM OUT THERE SO MOST FOLKS HAVE BEEN SCRATCHING BOTTOM OR AT THE VERY LEAST FISHING THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE WATER COLUMN. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WIND SWITCH HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE SO HOPEFULLY OUR WATER WILL COOL A BIT AND THE FISHING WILL CRANK RIGHT BACK UP. FLASHER/FLY COMBINATIONS AND MEAT RIGS HAVE BEEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY DOWN DEEP, BUT SPOONS AND PLUGS ARE TAKING A HANDFUL OF FISH ALSO. AND SOON THERE WILL BE A BUNCH OF KINGS SHOWING UP IN THE STURGEON BAY SHIPPING CANAL AS THEY GET READY FOR THEIR SPAWN, SO THERE WILL BE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BOAT AND SHORE FISHERMEN TO GET IN ON THAT ACTION
BASS - THE BASS FISHING REPORTS HAVE ALSO BEEN PRETTY DECENT AS OF LATE. THE BETTER NUMBERS OF FISH ARE COMING FROM THE NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY PENINSULA, INCLUDING WASHINGTON ISLAND. THE REPORTS ARE DEFINITELY COMING IN, IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS, WITH SOME REALLY BIG FISH GETTING CAUGHT FROM TIME TO TIME. THE DEPTHS VARY THIS TIME OF YEAR SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE MOBILE. SOME DAYS THEY WILL BE RELATIVELY SHALLOW AND SOME DAYS THEY WILL BE OUT IN DEEPER WATER ON OR AROUND STRUCTURE. SPY BAITS, SHORTY TUBES, NED RIGS, PADDLE TAILS, DARK SLEEPER STYLE BAITS, AND AN ASSORTMENT OF DROP SHOT PLASTICS ARE MUST-HAVES. ON THOSE WINDIER DAYS, SPINNER BAITS, CHATTER BAITS AND JERK BAITS LIKE MEGABASS WORK EXTREMELY WELL.
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE LOCAL GUIDES, LOCAL FISHERMEN ANDTHANKS 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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