Big Muskego Lake, Waukesha County (all postings)

Took my brother out today in the canoe and had the slowest day this year. 2 small pike and 1 small bass. The highlight of the morning was catching a 7" pumpkinseed on a 3" long Storm Subwart, with #4 treble hooks and yes, it was lip hooked!

Good luck to all.

Got out in the kayak tonight after work. Boated 4 bass biggest 18" and 3 northern biggest ~26" but lost a ton of other fish and had a bite-off. The water level has dropped greatly in the past few weeks and the lake is choked with weeds and pond scum. Even my top water baits were getting covered so I had to go fully weedless.

Also saw a northern take down a duckling following its mother so if any of you have any duckling lures give it a try

Spent a few hours out there tonight with my wife in our kayaks. What a perfect night to be on the water. Fishing was okay, ended with a couple bass and a northern.

Was out with my uncle yesterday morning for a little bit. Used up most of my time throwing a Spro frog on pads in the main lake and a little in the bay. We ended up getting a couple bass and saw a few pike. Nothing special but good to be out on a gorgeous morning.

Another good morning on Big M with 9 northern and 9 bass. Biggest northern was 28" and had 2 more at 26". 6 of the bass were about 15" and the biggest was 17".

Also, this lake has the fattest muskrats I have ever seen!

Good luck to all.

Regarding shore fishing on Big Muskego, I know of no place. While I have seen a few folks fishing off the launch pier at Boxhorn, they didnt have much success. Any shoreline spot I can think of that may be accessible will put you in a spot with only inches of water--marsh-like at best. Try Little Muskego and the park on the north end of the lake. Channels and a fishing pier there with some good fishing too.

Spent a morning casting the big lake--bass are good sized. A dozen or so caught. Only a couple of northerns-snakes. I dont think the 40" limit is in danger this generation! Wasted my time for crappies in the Bay. Overall, a very poor spring for panfish. But the largemouth certainly have fattened up.

If I park at Durham to fish from shore, are there spots where I don't have to pay?

Cold and Windy morning to fish. Stayed in the reeds, otherwise got blown around too much. Still, not a bad 5 & 1/2 hours - 5 bass and 5 northern. Biggest northern was 27", other 4 all small. Bass were 12", 15", 15", 15" and 17".

Good luck to all.

Picked up 10 Largemouth Bass in 2 hours this morning before the wind picked up.Fished the reeds across from Hunters Nest.

I had lots of northern on spinnerbaits last weekend. I'd assume they'd be willing to take a spinnerbait again. Flashy, yellow or red seems to be their favorite colors for me.

Good luck

Plan to head out to Big Muskego (Bass Bay) on Sunday. I've fished this lake once prior (caught about a dozen snake Northern).

Wondering what lures are suggested for this time of year?

Got out yesterday with hopes of getting out to bass bay, On my way from hunters nest and all of a sudden there's no channel!!! A HUGE bog floated in and corked off the channel to the bay! So, my buddy and I fished the big lake. ended up with a few snake northerns.

Had a good day out yesterday. Found numerous crappie over 10", I kept 7 crappie that were 12". Also caught one nice 19" bass. I was pretty mad at myself on the way in, I forgot to pull my stringer in the boat and lost 2 of my crappie. I went back looking for them hoping to see them float, but never found them. Hopefully they're swimming still. It took me a little while to finally pinpoint these crappie. I'll be back at it again tomorrow afternoon.

I took my 4 year old out today from 11am til 3pm by myself. Found big gillz amongst pencil reeds drifting a crawler/spring bobber. Took home 6 for the pan and let probably 15 at 7 3/4" go LOL. Had a few bite offs, probably pike. I never caught a fish the whole time. We left when he started complaining he was tired. The only place I found fish were in clusters of them pencil reeds.

This is my latest ever 1st time out on Big M. Fishing was great today. Was on the water for 5 hours this morning and caught 11 northern and 12 bass. Most of the northern were small, although I did get one at 29". On the other hand, most of the bass were big, with only one less than 16". Biggest bass was 19".

As always, everything was catch and release.

Good luck to all.