fishing reports Yellow Lake Fishing Reports near Webster, WI

[muskyvic]

Sad to hear about Ike's - that place was really popular back in the mid 90's.

I stopped in there several times last summer for lunch when I was out on the lake. Some of the best cheeseburgers I've ever had. I'll have to get up there sometime soon and have another.

Haven't been to Yellow since early June. Been doing lots of fishing on Lake of the Woods lately and have been catching numerous 'slobasaurus' walleyes.

Take care, and best of luck to you all.

[DonBo]

Been doing lots of fishing on Lake of the Woods lately and have been catching numerous 'slobasaurus' walleyes.

Gonna be kind of a let down, fishing back here in the real world ain't it?

[DonBo]

Walleyes remain scattered. We caught them from 8-20+ FOW. Little preference from crawlers to leeches. We ended up with only 6 legal fish for the weekend with MANY in that 14 1/2 inch range that should be keepers before the summer's out. Several bonus big gills and perch were also thrown into the mix. Some are still catching a few crappies along the deeper weed edges.

This is the biggest fish of the weekend in our boat. My friend Bob, his first time on Yellow caught this 20 incher.

[perch yerker]

Walleyes remain scattered. We caught them from 8-20+ FOW.

How deep are you finding weeds, Donbo? Are you typically hitting the eyes right out on that edge, or on the deeper break?

I've still been fiding some higher in the weeds while slipping with leeches with kids. Plan to hit those deeper areas this weekend coming up.

[DonBo]

The weeds only go out to about 8 or 9'. Some that were slip bobbin' did well right there letting the bobber drift to the weed edge. The ones I found deeper were mostly near the bottom of the drop. Did well a couple places shallower out toward the ends of points or humps. We caught all ours Lindy Riggin'.

We covered a lot of ground to catch the ones we did. One or two here and there, like I said, really scattered.

[Jarrid Houston]

Got out out on Sunday night on my way back from Gburg. Buddy and his brother were out there, so the lady was kind enough to drop me off. Caught a flurry of eyes and craps in a time window as the sun was going down. Caught a few perch and 1 big gill. Oh yeah and did some trolling for a short period an landed a pike and walleye. All the eyes we caught were that "just short" size.... Got real buggy as the day turned to night. Going to try and get back next weekend (hopefully)

[DonBo]

Lots of fish boated this weekend, but the "keepers" remain scarce. Most came from 16-20 FOW as the surface temps are hovering around 80 degrees. Crawlers and leeches are both working. Be aware, jumbo leeches are hard to find up here. I'll be bringing some from home next weekend.

A nice mixed bag ended up in the livewell though, including a few gills pushing 10" and some perch aproaching 12"! Nicest perch caught here in some time. A few of those 10" crappies are still showing up here and there.

A nice weekend for a change. Really enjoyed puting on a sweatshirt again. Can't wait to get back.

[rangerforme]

I need to find those bluegills through the ice next year, we got some dandy's few weekends back as well.

[perch yerker]

Lots of fish boated this weekend, but the "keepers" remain scarce. Most came from 16-20 FOW as the surface temps are hovering around 80 degrees.

Yep, I fished the outside edges of weedlines Saturday morning with leeches and crawlers and it was a dead sea. Drifted out to around 20 feet and would get a few strikes. I think you have it right in that deeper water. I just have to figure out how to fish that better. I have a tough time venturing off that 8-9 foot weedline for very long.

[rangerforme]

You can stay on that 8/9 foot weedline all summer, just pull a rig you can cover ground with quickly, I always find a school of them somewhere.

[DonBo]

Major cold front! I'm guessing the fish are either going to be tight in the weeds, or deep. Guess we'll find out tomorrow.

[perch yerker]

Cold and Windy! Fished this morning for a couple hours until I started to shiver (nothing like October fishing.....oh wait...)

Found 5 eyes, a few big gills (and a lot smaller), and a few token perch in 14-20'. Didn't find anything above that. Couple keeper size eyes and a couple just shy.

Northwest wind was biting.

[DonBo]

Out for a few hours this morning. No walleyes, couple gills, couple crappies and a perch.

Thought I'd try for some northerns to pickle and caught two musky in less than an hour, one 40+ inches, one 20". (what's so hard about this sport? ) I'm sure that's the biggest fish I've ever caught on Yellow. Fun morning!

[DonBo]

Wow, tough fishing this weekend. Only kept 3 walleye, 15, 17 and 18 1/2". Not very many shorts either. Oh wel, it was a beautiful weekend.

Only when the walleye fishing is slow do I try for other species. After my success on the musky last weekend, I had to try a few more casts. Caught a huge northern, (for this lake) probably 40"? Didn't actually measure it, only unhooked it at boatside, but she was big. That was fun. Still looking for those pickling size fish though.

The walleye I did catch were again in 18-19 FOW. No real preference for leeches or crawlers. Talked to one guy who did well up in 8-9fow. I've struggled with the shallow bite this year.

[perch yerker]

I only fished for an hour on Sunday morn and caught 3 eyes, all just short of 15" in 14-20 feet. And caught a HUGE sheepshead. I thought I had the walleye of a lifetime on...haha. Oh and 2 big gills. Those things have been hard to come by lately.

[DonBo]

Yep, there are some big sheepies in there. Fun, till you get at look at 'em.

[irishwalleye]

How has the algae bloom been so far this month?

[DonBo]

How has the algae bloom been so far this month?

Nothin yet. Water temp was only 70 this weekend.

[Ogaa_Persuit]

I fished on sunday. Dang tough fishing. 3 bluegills in 4 hours, arugh.

Question for you guys who got a few eye's deep. Were you seeing fish on your fish finder sonar? I scanned the deep ends of the drop-offs (20-24 feet) and didn't mark squat. I think I marked ONE fish.

[DonBo]

I fished on sunday. Dang tough fishing. 3 bluegills in 4 hours, arugh.

Question for you guys who got a few eye's deep. Were you seeing fish on your fish finder sonar? I scanned the deep ends of the drop-offs (20-24 feet) and didn't mark squat. I think I marked ONE fish.

Yep, tough Sunday (beautiful though, huh?) Kept one 18 1/2" in 6 hours. Yes, did mark quite a few, not as deep as you're talking though, most were 17-19'.

[perch yerker]

I fished on sunday. Dang tough fishing. 3 bluegills in 4 hours, arugh.

Question for you guys who got a few eye's deep. Were you seeing fish on your fish finder sonar? I scanned the deep ends of the drop-offs (20-24 feet) and didn't mark squat. I think I marked ONE fish.

My Depth finder blows. Need a newer one. I never try to mark anything with it, just fishing the structure I want. Which I guess sometimes isn't a bad thing. The side sonar ones are so freakin cool tho. My only concern with springing for one of those is that I will never take my eyes off it! Almost like having satellite TV at the cabin and not looking out the window. haha...

[Muskiemanzan13]

Heading up in Thursday. Will try to write a report if I get around or remember to. But good luck to all.

[irishwalleye]

Delayed report from the 10th. Fished the Northwest corner. 13 total Walleye. Only keepers came on crankbaits trolled in 25 ft. Almost all fish in the 13-16 inch range so there is a really good year class out there. Big sunnies hit leeches. No pike and a couple of 8 inch perch and one crappie hammered a crankbait.

[DonBo]

Will try to write a report if I get around or remember to.

Don't knock yourself out trying to find time to post a report.

[LoonASea]

Did I hear correctly that the Mille Lacs band netted Yellow a few weeks a ago,,,, and quite a few LMB and other fish got into the nets,,, died and were thrown in the garbage as they were not the targeted species,,,Any one have more info about this as I heard it second hand