fishing reports Lake Superior-Douglas County Fishing Reports

[Poacher's pariah]

I'm beginning to believe that the biggest suckers on Minnesuing are those of us who continue to believe it will eventually turn on. It's been tough to even scratch up a meal of crappies this summer. Maybe those Zara Spooks tearing up the surface are putting them down?

[Raider4ever]

PP, you got a couple of days of rest. I gotta hit the bait store for new ones. Nobody on our side of the lake has been in the Crappies this year either. Also, either no one is catching Walleyes or they are being extremely tight-lipped about it. I haven't tried for them this year, but I might this weekend. I have a couple of spots where the ol' jig and minnow combo or a slip bobber have worked in the past. Plus, you might even tag a Smallie. Nice thing about Wisconsin, three lines: one hanging over the side, one slip bobber, and one jig and minnow or soft plastics.

[cabin]

I fished the contest on Minnie last Saturday. A lot of fish were caught. Only saw 2 Wallys weighed in. My partner and I brought in 4 Gills ( minimum is 8 inches) 2 Crappies ( minimum is 10 inches) and 4 Bass ( minimum is 10 inches). There were lots of Gills, Bass,and Northerns brought in. Catch and release is optional, but all were released. We fished Nebagamon in the afternoon and the fishing was even better there. Every team had fish. My Team had 6 Bass, 4 Crappies, 2 Gills and 7 Northerns. We fished 4 hours on Minnie and 4 hours on Nebagamon. We fish every Tuesday night from 6-9 p.m. Different Lake every night. Nobody knows what Lake we are fishing until 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. The third Saturday in August is the Championship. It is 8 hours. We are a fun fishing League, and almost every fish is released alive back to the Lake.

[cabin]

Sorry, I meant 14 inches on the Bass. Northerns minimum is 20 inches, Bass 14, Walleye 15, Crappie 10, Sunfish 8, Perch 10. No Muskies, Rock Bass are counted.

[Raider4ever]

Next time, KEEP THE DANG NORTHERNS!!!! I knew I should of hit the boat landing area hard that Sunday. It looks like they got the only two 'eyes in the pond Guess I'm not buying bait this weekend

[Raider4ever]

Sorry PP, picked a couple of spooks up at GM after work today. On a good note, now I won't have to be screwing around in water over my head this weekend.

[Raider4ever]

Saturday was un-freaking-believable!!! Out from 6:00-11:00 am and from 2:00-5:00pm. Caught 1 SMB and 5 LMB on spooks. Caught two more SMB and a bunch of LMB on a Strike King Red-Eye, including my first 2-fer. Of course by the time I get the two fish into the boat, fish the camera out of my pocket, opened up the camera app, etc., one of them flopped off the hook and all over the deck, (combined length of both fish was around 17 inches). The frog bite was on fire! I went down to a Spro Jr. and the hook-up ratio went up to around 50%. I landed 7-8 fish on somewhere between 12-15 blow-ups. And of course, 3 NP. One of those was near the 24 inch mark. Honestly, probably boated nearly 25 fish total, with about half were keepers (over 14". I always thought the minimum was 15"). Sunday was another story. One SMB on a spook and one NP on the frog. Only had 3-4 blow ups on the frog.

[Poacher's pariah]

Raider, even a blind fisherman finds a acorn now and then. All that cursing you heard this weekend was me fixing the hull of my boat. I popped about 6 rivets loose a few weeks ago and finally got around to fixing them. Unfortunately, fixing the hull also meant destroying a portion of the deck. Now that I'm back on line, those fish haven't got a prayer. You talk about blowups when pitching for bass. I'm so hungry for a meal that there could be blowups involving duPont spinners.

[Raider4ever]

PP, Glad to see you're back up and running. Go get 'em!!!!

[Raider4ever]

So-So weekend. Saturday fished from 6-10am. 2 nice SMB about 16.5-17 inches and one dink. Two 15 inch LMB and of course two NP. Swimjigs and Rattle Raps mostly. Today was a little slower with only two LMB (one 15-incher), 1 SMB and one nicer NP (18-20 inches).

[Jarrid Houston]

Hit Nebaggie Saturday morn from 6 - noon. Nice having pretty much the lake to ourselves. Defin not as many weekend warriors as I thout would be out. My guest and I caught several fish. A few smallies in teh 16" range, 1 Largie, 2 walleyes, and coutless nice nice gillz. Was very consistant action and had lots of fun!

[Jarrid Houston]

Did Minnie last night with the world renown "Sherpa". Sherpa can correct me if Im off, but ther werent exactly jumping in boat. 5 crappies (on the smaller end; what happend to the nice ones???), 4 blue gillz, 1 northern, 2 largies NO WALLEYES!....Fished from 5-8:15. Kept nothing, and enjoyed a glass lake with a bright sun, then moon when it got to be darker.. Looking forward to the weekend. Make sure to come to the log cabin tavern and see the band if your looking for soemthing to do Saturday night!

[Poacher's pariah]

Jarrid, See what happens when someone(raider) "spooks" 'em?

[Raider4ever]

Hey, I don't fish for 'em! Went out Saturday from 4:30-8:00 pm. 4 LMB (one about 15, rest were dinks) and one Hammerhandle. Two LMB on Spooks and the rest on Frogs. Out Sunday from 6:30am-1:00pm. More LMB (about 12 with 5-6 being over 14), another 2 Hammerhandles, and........WAIT FOR IT.........An 18 inch Walleye!! Could not believe it. Fishing a flat with a lipless crank and the boat in about 7 feet of water casting parallel with the boat. It was right at 6:30am. Vast majority of bass on the frog. They seemed to be just inside the edge of the lilly pads (a few were way back there). Nothing in the bulrushes (probably because they were starting to die off) and nothing in the grass beds (grass is still pretty green).

No SMB

[Raider4ever]

Surface temp was 76.5 Saturday (figured that was a good day to pull the swim raft out) and still around 71 Sunday AM (did mark a few spots in the 69.X). Thinking that will not be the case next weekend.

[Jarrid Houston]

Raider......How did you catch a walleye on that lake>? Nice Job though...

I was on Nebaggie early Saturday morning, and Sunday morning for a few hrs. Pretty slow, compared to last weekend. Did get some smaller Smallies, a couple Largies, 1 small pike, and 3 walleyes (biggest 16"), and then the present blue gillz (but couldnt get the bigger ones).

[Raider4ever]

Just working a flat early in the AM. Started with a topwater then switched to a lipless crank and was just fan-casting looking for SMB. Caught it in about 8-10 fow. Shocked the heck outta me.

[Jarrid Houston]

been pretty peaceful around here, I suppose peeps are out hunting now, and not so much fishin, I am gonna try a couple more times.

[Raider4ever]

Was out last Saturday, probably for the last time on Minnie. Heading north this weekend and then considering putting it up as I stuck it out last year and it was a bear to winterize. Water temp was about 15 degrees cooler than the week before. Caught a few LMB with nothing spectacular. A few frog blow ups but couldn't quite pop them. Mostly on Spooks. NP's moving deeper into the weeds now. A lot of NP "jump over the lure and completely miss hits". Good luck everybody and I will report on any hardwater action I encounter this winter.

[Jarrid Houston]

Thanks for the reports Raider! Look forward to some hardwater news from you this winter....tight lines

[Jarrid Houston]

Welp,

Wasted another afternoon watching my beloved Vikings lose. Right after the game, I had to get out of the house, so I walked to the bow stand for the 1st time this year. Did not see anything, but it was nice to finally get out there...This weeks agenda calls for trimmin up shooting lanes, and getting some fire wood cut. Gonna be busy, hope I can get out fishing at least a couple more times, but it is not looking good. Hunting season has arrived!

[Jarrid Houston]

Anyone seeing any deer in your stands? Hunted all weekend and only seen 1 doe Friday night. She ended up winding me and moving on. I wouldnt of shot her anyway.. Bartender at the Patzu Bar said that no one is seeing any deer, but he saw a timberwolf cross the softball field a while ago. Maybe the wolves are eating good? and no deer left??

[Poacher's pariah]

I saw a nice buck along the 4500 block of county E the other day. No, wait a minute, He was already mounted and hanging in some guys living room.

[Jarrid Houston]

hahaha yep, wish it was my living room...

[Poacher's pariah]

Don't feel bad. I'm not seeing anything either. Not even tracks.