Turtle Flambeau Flowage, Iron County (all postings)

Three of fished the flowage 5/23. Cold, very windy, bright sun, tough conditions to say the least!! We managed our limit of eyes and also kept 4 pike. Released a few other pike and 6 or 7 smallies. Good day despite the brutal conditions. All fish came on a jig & minnow in wood!!

Just checked the DNR website and the revised walleye limits on the Flowage will stay at 2, a bunch of the other lakes in the area were bumped back to 3 fish, the flowage will remain at 2 the rest of the year.

A great day of fishing on the flowage, in spite of the weather. We caught a nice batch of lunker crappies along with a big bluegill, some bonus perch, and a walleye. Ended the outing with an 18 inch smallmouth, which was photoed and released. Caught all the fish drifting in 4-5 fow with jigs and minnows.

Fished Mon., Tue., Wed. on an annual outing with a buddy. Fairly cold and somewhat windy, rainy. There has been a lot of rain as evidenced by the flooded woods and swollen creeks. The Flambeau river itself is really rolling and up into the woods in any low spot. Should be an epic mosquito hatch with a warm up. The walleye were on, we found them in mud flats around wood, 3 to 6', all times of day but 6 to 8 seemed best. They were hitting rapala - type baits as well as anything, our larger fish came on the cranks. Nice sized fish up to 19.5". Also got into some good perch, 9 - 11", caught these on small fats under a bobber, again on the mud flats. Got some really nice bass early in the week but they shut down as water temp. dropped to 57. Biggest bass was 19.5" and over 5# on the scale. Only 3 pike, they were strangely quiet. If you are coming up camping, be prepared for very wet conditions and cold nights.

Pokerduck, Cry of the Loon rents kayaks by the day. They are in the Lake Bastine area. There number is 715.476.2502. Otherwise, try Mercer Chamber at 715.476.2389.

Hey Jeff. I think it may be F12. That's what I originally thought it was but wasn't sure. We are going to launch at Fishermans landing. I use to come up to the flowage for years when I was a kid. To turn messenger on go into your account on here and you will see messenger that's where u can turn it on and check your inbox.

Pokerduck It was probably F-9 on the west end of long island or could have been F-12,F-12 has a bog island 50yds N.E. of it.Both very nice sites if it is hot F-12 has a little more wind blowing around it.Might have an idea on canoe, don't know how to use the private messenger you can call me, would have more time to talk next week. Jeff Robl

fished the flowage from shore,the popko circle,i dont have a boat ,got some walleyes,and a couple of smallies,,the weather turned,its cold ,,high of 50s 60s,next couple of days lows of 20s 30s at night,,bundle up brr,,

Hey guys 2 questions I am coming up with a friend of mine and our 3 boys in July. About 20 years ago I camped at a site that sits on a small island that had rail road ties heading up to the top of the island about 30 ft or so. Does anyone know the name or number of this camp site? There are a few small islands that surround the area and if I remember right it is a great area to canoe in. The other question is there some place that we could rent a canoe for a few days during the week? I am taking my boat so we could pick it up and tow it to our camp site if needed. Thanks in advance.

couple pics from last week... not sure it shows up, but pic of deck was one of the snow squalls that were coming thru all day on Sat, the 11th... got about an inch overnight and shoveled snow out of boats Sun morning

typical of our catch last week... nice fat eaters...

Was out on Sunday morning, with a light chop, out of the south east, my brother and brother in law and my self were able to catch out limit if walleyes in just over an hour, casting stick baits in 9 ft of water, all the eyes were between 14" and 17", and they hit hard all the rapala's were in the fishes mouth, will be out again soon, will post any helpful info. Tom

Fished last week from wednesday through saturday mainly off of the fishermans landing area and towards Merkle Lake. Spent some time in the narrows heading towards Murrays Landing as well. With a group of 12 we caught just under 70 eyes ranging in size from 14 -19 inches. Found some crappies in deeper water in the beginning of the week and they moved shallower as the water temps began to climb. Biggest crappie was just under 15 inches. Most of the crappies we caught were under the size limit but ended up with 20 over the size limit. This weekend the crappie bite should really improve with the rising water temps. Look for downed shrubby tree ends in 5-8 ft of water with slip bobbers and fatheads. Can't wait to get back up in a month or so and do some fishing and camping on the islands! Fishing was much better than i had expected since the ice just went out a little over a week ago. This weekend should be busy for the resorts and everyone who missed out on some expected business over the opener. Walleyes were everywhere we fished but sporadic with only 1 or 2 in each anchored spot. Good luck and enjoy for those of you heading out this weekend

Wow, thanks for the help. I was in the right direction with researh but failed to find the map and description. Thanks for the help!

Also take a look at the WI-DNR web site devoted to the TFF area. There is a very complete description of the island camp sites and the rules for camping on the TFF.

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/turtleflambeau/

Tight Lines,

Tom502

Take a look here http://www.lake-link.com/business/index.cfm/1075/Turtle-Flambeau-Flowage-Association/

..then request a map from them... it has all the camp sites listed, along with boat launches...

...never camped there, but I believe YES is the answer to your questions

edit: Fisherman's landing has long term parking area... there is bait in Mercer, and at the Gateway lodge, which is nearby Fisherman's landing... take a left out of Fisherman's, heading toward the Lake of the Falls and they are there...good grub too