Fishing Reports.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Well, since WI is open, I figured I would start the thread... Post your blog/fishing reports here. Please leave exact locations out, just post what was working for you.

[Mr. Pike1]

Date- 5/6/2007

Lake- West Metro

Presentation- 1/32 ounce white jig with Exude micro shad pearl and black, 1/32 pink jig with white/yellow exude 1" twister tail. Berkley 2" power minnow

Pole- St. Croix 5 1/2 foot medium action with 4 lb test

Location- Warm muddy bay 5-9 feet of water.

Results- While catching sunfish and some slab crappies I caught 9 large mouth bass. I tried my best to avoid them but they follewed me around the bay.

6 fish were 19" or larger with the largest going 21"

[OLY]

I was out on pool 2 today. I caught 5 smallies and 4 largemouth. 2 smb and 3 lmb came on a white and chartreuse bleeding bait spinnerbait. 3smb and 1 lmb came on a blue and chrome normans deep little N. 4smb and 1 lmb were caught on main river rip rap and 1smb and 3lmb were caught in a backwater bay in some thick trees. Check out my pool 2 report for the pics of the bass and some really nice walleyes!

[MedicineMan]

I was out on a local lake yesterday to do a little Pike fishing. On the first cast I made I ended up landing a Bass that measured over 20". I was suprised by the catch considering I was fishing a mid-lake island that normally doesn't hold Bass untill mid-June

[Lunker]

Fishing in WI, last week fish weren't bedded yet and caught 4 bass 3 pike in two hours fishing black spinnerbaits over emerging weeds.

This last week they have bedded. Was wading a little bay on friday and managed 3 females, biggest was 18" on baby bass colored plastic jerkbaits bounced over the nests in 6" to a foot of water. Quick releases. Want to get out in a boat or canoe before they get off the beds though cause shore fishing is limited and they are very spooky.

[Cabela10]

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I was out on a local lake yesterday to do a little Pike fishing. On the first cast I made I ended up landing a Bass that measured over 20". I was suprised by the catch considering I was fishing a mid-lake island that normally doesn't hold Bass untill mid-June

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With the way the weather is this year, the fish probably think it's mid-june already. That bass probably spawned out a week or two ago, crazy as that may sound.

[sicheneder]

i was out 2 days last week depending on the lake the fish where in all three phases of the spawn. even on the same lake. i didn't find all to many post-spawn females but i did see a few recouping under dock and along shorelines. as everyone else has said there was a lot of spawning going on during the week. best fish was a pre-spawn female that was over 5.

[Pherris]

I did the opener at Vermillion. We fished bass and between 2 guys boated over 100 fish 12"-20" all largmouth between Sat morning and Monday noon. Most in the 2-3 pound range with a few in the 4 range nothing giant but loads of fun. Great way to kick off the season. We did get three smallies 2 pups and one 18". Most everything on worms and jig/pig. I will going back for a week in early June then the smallies should be going. Best weather on the opener I ever remember. I did get one walleye but it was an accident about 19". All fished released.

[Slyster]

Is Vermillion open for bass already?

[Deitz Dittrich]

Sly- yup.. north of Hwy 2 I believe... which Vermil is way north of HWY 2.. LOL

[Slyster]

Confused... this is what I saw when I looked it up... Lake Vermilion Smallmouth Bass Fishing. The season for bass fishing opens May 26,2007 and closes February 24, 2008. (Look it up, since I can't post links here)... Do they have a separate season for smallmouth vs. largemouth? That would explain it.... but how could you target just smallies? And yikes.. with it being so far north.. why would the season begin earlier and not at least later?

I looked up the regs and didn't see anything about Vermillion and bass. If this is true, why would they EVER make something so confusing as different regs north of some unknown highway? Unreal.

[sicheneder]

were you over by Cook?

[Pherris]

sicheneder,

Yes we were in the Cook area. Fished both west side and east side. The GPS showed we traveled 116 miles so we were all over that lake.

Sly- look at page 15 of the of the 2007 Regs you will see that Smallmouth and Largemouth are open May 12th north of Duluth. As Dietz mentioned north of hwy 2. The regs state it is open north and east of hwy 53 from Duluth. Hope that clears it up for you. It is great that we can fish them early but does require a drive. Good fishing!!

[TNFL]

My partner caught 5 or 6 bass last night in probably 3 to 5 feet of water. I caught 2 pike one being 35 inches and only 1 bass at 18 inches. I really need to get a camera. My wife won't let me take our "nice one" fishing.

[Fishing_High]

Caught this 20in fish while fishing for pike on opener in about 8fow my biggest bass to date.

[Deitz Dittrich]

well, I'm back in for some food.. I made it out this am.. was the 2nd boat at the landing this morning at 5:30... caught a fish on my 4th cast... baoted a donzen before 7am... 10 on a soft plastic jerkbait, 2 on a flipping tube.. The wind started to pick up then, and I was off the water by 11am with 18 bass and 2 Bob Barkers(Dog fish) Biggest bass however was only 16"

[ocf1]

Fished off a dock on ida this mornin, I only had 1 bait that could cast with the 25-30 mph wind, might get across the lake later today. Nothing caught.

[TNFL]

First boat on Lake George @ 5:45 this morning. Caught an 18 inch bass on my first cast into a reed bed. It was my biggest of the day and the only one from the reeds. I got 1 @ 18, 3 @ 16, 2 @ 15, 3 @ 14 1 @ 12, and a baby that was prob 8 inches. Besides the first biggie which was caught on a Junebug Comida (thanks Exude and Deitz from last years FM bass Event), The rest of my bass came over sparse cabbage in 3 to 6 feet of water between the sparse thin inside weedline where the cabbage started and the deeper inside weedline where the thick Milfoil or in some spots Curly pondweed started. I was using a white 3/8 oz spinnerbait w/white shad pattern stickers on the blades for all but one that came on a pop-r (per earlier post regarding top-water, I had to get at least one blow-up). I came in at 10:45, because today is my daughter's birthday, I couldn't stay out too late. Good Luck

[ChrisR71]

Fished from 6 - 11:30. Caught 20 bass and a pike. My buddy caught 8 bass. We did okay for the conditions. They were really hot for plastics.

[bucketmouth64]

First one at the landing today. Fished for 5 1/2 hours caught 5 northerns, and about 12 bass biggest being 3.5 lbs.

Used cranks, buzzbait, and a rat in the pads. Seemed like fish were scattered.

[svttom01]

Went to a lake in Scott County today and caught about 30 bass between 3 people. Biggest were 4 lb 3oz and 5 lb 4oz, respectively. Average fish was about 2 pounds. Most caught on wacky worms and tubes. Can't wait to get to Prior on Sunday and see how that goes.

[Cyberfish]

I got out for a little pond hopping today and got some nice largemouths. they were shallow, inside weedlines. reeds, and overhanging trees all held fish. Got some on RingN tubes, and some on plastic flukes.

[Central Bassman]

Was out this morning and it didnt go good at all. I need to get out again soon and have a better day!!!

[st.crioxfishin]

Just got back from the cabin tonight. Man was it windy up there! Caught a total of 61 bass in the last two days, all fish were between 12 and 17 inches, no real big ones, but some solid 2.5 to 3lb fish. I caught them on a variety of lures, but the two that produced the best was a spinnerbait and a swimbait. The fish were all in 6FOW or less with a majority of them still prespawn. I caught fish around docks, shallow pads, wind blown rock piles and rice patties. I caught most of my fish on a huge flat that is full of rice patties in the summer. The rice has not yet reached the surface yet and throwing those spinnerbaits and swimbaits just under the surface over the rice weed tips worked best. Today it got real sunny and calm in the afternoon which totally killed the spinnerbait bite that had produced in overcast weather. I tied on a new swimbait that I ordered from California this winter and wow, I'm hooked! That bait really produced today.

Might try and get out on a south metro lake tomorrow, we'll see. Hope everyones opener went well!

[bgreen82]

awesome report, im getting out for some bass and northerns tomorrow morning to afternoon. if we have any success ill get some pics and a report for you guys tomorrow night.