Smallies on Chequamegon?

[Mueller]

Would really like to go to ashland tomorrow and try for smallies. How has the fishing been? Where is the best spot and what baits should I bring?

Thanks in advance

Mueller

[Jim Hudson]

Mueller

Still some fish in the sand cut and kakagon area. Plastics are what I would use or jerkbaits. If you want, sucker minnows will work if you want to live bait rig. Shouldnt be to hard to find the fish.

[Deitz Dittrich]

I was there on Wednesday.. Sorry JKH, forgott the cell phone at home(maybe a blessing in disguise)... That bay kicked my butt! Winds were horrible in the morning. Afternoon it died. I saw places that looked awesome, but not a fish to be seen!

I eneded up catching 2 fish... thats it..

I did get discouraged enough to pull the boat out and head to a different lake. Was a great move... stumbled on an awesome lake.. Just a beautifull lake!!! one of the prettiest I have ever been on. And caught about 40 fish smallies and largies!

[Jim Hudson]

That's alright Dietz,I was out musky fishing that day. Glad you could make it up this way though and experiene what the bay is all about. Tuesday was an even better day out there on the big lake.

I was down around that way yesterday, after the trout/salmon wouldnt cooperate too well. Still a lot of fish hanging around in the cut.

[outdoor ran]

deitz, any chance you were on the PCL not far from there? Thats where I go if the big bay kicks me off.

[outdoor ran]

Jim, hows the musky fishing been. I haven't made it out yet. To busy trolling the big lake.

[Jim Hudson]

Pretty slow start Outdoor... Have boated a couple fish, with a low 40 incher being my biggest so far. Been seeing fish everytime out, but they still seem a bit lazy.

Last Thursday, a friend and I were up one the St. Louis with Northlander. We fished 'eyes for awhile, then he took us around where we threw for some 'skis. My buddy had one follow. Steve told me you do a little bit of musky fishing up that way? If and when you ever want to go fish the river I would love to go along to chase some fish. And if you ever want to fish some lakes I know, let me know and we can go do some musky hunting.

Let me know, [email protected]

[Deitz Dittrich]

Nope.. PCL?.. Must not be it... I went about an hour south of Ashland.

[Jim Hudson]

I think Outdoor Ran might be talking about Pike Lake Chain? A good lake that holds a good number of decent sized smallies.

[Deitz Dittrich]

well.. maybe I will put that on my list of "to fish" lakes.

[Jim Hudson]

Well... It is those post spawn blues for the most part out here on the big lake right now. A lot of fish moving to their summer haunts but there are still a few fish holding in the shallows. With the recent hot weather, the bite was off, really off on these bronzies. I got out the other day with a good friend where we did manage to put a few nice bass in the boat a long with some pike. Other then that, a week or so and the fish should be on the feed.

Mike with a nice fish

And another typical post-spawn smallie