Coming down tomorrow. First time at this lake, a buddy who doesn't fish really lives in Cottage Grove and wants to go fishing tomorrow. I looked up places and Kegonsa was closest.
Main question is does the lake have decent shoreline fishing? He doesn't know what he wants to target ever so I just want get us on some bluegill or a shoreline bass here or there.
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Spent the morning on Kegonsa, taking advantage of the nice clear water and light winds! Shot nine videos of different structures and identified some other earlier sonar hits. Checked two groups of cribs on opposite ends of the lake, and both were barren. Did see some smaller SMB on other kinds of structure. In 20+ foot marked lots of fish, but only saw Carp and Sheepshead on the camera. Some schools I'm sure were panfish and tried to identify what a couple were, but they were on the move and I had other things I wanted to get done so I didn't look too long. Water temp on the north and south ends of the lake was 60.6°F. Deep basins clarity wasn't as good as I'd hoped. Lots of algae/particulates in the water column, but with the sun videos should still have come out clear. Nice day to be out there!
If you want to research, a good spot to start are the FOLKS newsletters (Friends of Lake Kegonsa). Go to the newsletter part of their website (http://kegonsa.org/newsletters.html). Check the summer/fall of 2018.
If I recall, Sunnyside and Williams Point had it bad. I'm not sure if any houses were damaged, but they were dropping sandbags everywhere.
If I recall, Sunnyside and Williams Point had it bad. I'm not sure if any houses were damaged, but they were dropping sandbags everywhere.
Kegonsa had real high water, but I don't think it ever reached any of the homes on the lake. I attached a markup (the red areas) where, approximately, the homes are not on high ground. I have a member of the church I go to that lives on the lake but they're up on high ground. The water did get into their boat house, but I think that's as far as it got anywhere on the lake. I used to live on the Yahara River in Monona where the houses are REALLY low, and even there my home never flooded, just some of my lawn was under water.
On Kegonsa this afternoon. Water temp at 48.9°F. Water clarity good in shallows but lots of filamentous algae present. Deeper water marked tons of schools of fish. Lots of algae/particulates in deeper water. Saw one SMB cruising on a shallow rock bar. Shot some video of three large cribs in deeper water that had a Walleye by it.
This report is from 2-12-23
My group and I took our shack and ATV's out for first time today. Great ice!! 13" all over lake. Fished tip-ups only. Got two flags around dusk. One flag was dropped and the other one ended up to be a 38" northern. Good eating it will be. Fished around 2pm till 7pm.
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