Petenwell Flowage (all postings)

Spare tire, bolt broke off the trailer on the way and that's where it wound up getting set.

Launched at Chester, tons of traffic this afternoon, out for 4 hours only had one bite, didn't see too many others slaying any either.

Scale, nice fish, bet that was fun, but I have to ask you a question. What is the tire for. A flotation device? First time I've seen that.

fished channel out in front of browns creek. fished from 3 till 6 pm caught a number of small eyes on brown 1\8 oz. feather jig an minnow cats were caught same way. a goldy spinner worked well on the white bass a few crappies were also caught on the spinners when fished over wood or some slack water with good cover. my 21 year old daughter had a blast. she liked the white bass because of the skappy fight they give on her new altralite. i beleive she also got hook up with a muskie while throwing that spinner. fight didnt last long. fish hit next to boat made good splash an threw water all over an took off.took out about 30 foot of line before getting broke off. when it rolled next to boat it look to be in 35 to 40" range. now guess what she wants to get get tackle for. this is how its starts.

Went out for a couple hours 5/16 in the afternoon, hooked into my first one of these guys, felt good. Not bad for my first one eh? This was all that we had nibble the time being out there though, plenty of carp rolling, had a few boats out there as well and didnt see them landing much either.

PREDATOR 2 the bait shop is open.

Looking to head up to Petenwell this Saturday is wilderness park bait shop open? Any pointers on were to head to catch a few crappies?

Was out with 3 nice guys who booked all week with me. We started out trolling cranks on the main lake today.We caught a bunch of white bass,cats,crappies and alot of short walleyes. After the wind picked up we moved to the river. The (THE WHITE BASS ARE STILL ON FIRE) every place we trolled or pitched jigs we slammed the white bass. We moved up and down trying to catch a eye but the white bass are all over shallow and deep. Crappies are also going good still. Slip bobbers around wood or current brakes.(EDDIES) All the crappies came on slip bobbers with 32oz jigs tipped with j&s plastics. Cast right next to shore and just pop the bobber back and the crappies and white bass will smash your baits.Water temp today on the lake was 55.6 and 60 in the river. The shallower back bays are 62 plus. Sounds like great weather for the rest of the week. Anyone want to get out next week or threwout the summer i have openings.

Thanks you Larry! Like I said I have fished the lake for a couple of years and hopefully will be out this weekend and will try your tips, Tight Lines -bobbs

there were fish cruisin nearshore but with the cold front conditions this is the only one we came up with. But we still put a musky in the Boat

Bobbers, I have fished many hours into the night on Petenwell over the past 25 years.Ive never had great success. A few crappies and walleyes here and there. I've always heard one of the factors is the tea stained water color. My best luck was night fishing in June through August, for crappies along the road to Petenwell County Park. Especially the shoreline in front of the cemetery. Good luck. PEACE AND LOVE,

I have fished Petenwell for a couple of years now and tried to get some night fishing in but go home biteless. Can anyone share a few pointers on when fish bite at night? Does it have to do with the lunar phases? any info would be appreciated!

Went bowfishing this last Sunday. 1st time bowfishing this year. Was very rusty, as we only got 2 large commons out of about 30 shots. Saw about 6 different musky in the Chester Creek area and a few more in the 14 mile creek area. Most were in the 34-40" size range with a couple larger ones. Almost all had fresh cuts on them, guessing bite marks from spawning. 1 had a large spinner hanging from its mouth.

Well tried the lake for the first time today. Covered a lot of water today. Only ended up catching a white bass and couple cats. We fished mainly 10th street to near the dam. Not another boat in sight. So I clearly wasn't in the right spot. Lol 10th street does not have a dock in yet.

Pflueger, You missed out on what ONCE was Wisconsin's best kept secret. Best bet is to hire a guide for the day. Look for Jesse on previous posts. Good Luck. PEACE AND LOVE,