Lake Wisconsin

Another good day on the lake. We had walleyes, saugers and crappies. All on live bait

The 2 days been chasing walleyes and found walleyes in 3 different spots and some nice crappies as well.

Did some jigging and trolling today and got some walleyes, saugers, whitebass and some perch also.

Good sheephead action . If you can keep those pesky Smallies off . 3 on at once today . 76 degree water temp .

Does anybody have a current water temp?  Has it come down below 80 by chance?  Thank you. 

Catfish are a funny thing.  Channel cats that is.  Some are good, some are great, and some are terrible.  For eaters I keep them around 16 to 22 inches.  The colder the water the better they usually are.  But not always.  I don't know why there is a difference in them.  I bleed every one of them and put them on ice as soon as possible.  The warmer the water, I keep those for the smoker.  I fish them from Lower Wisconsin up to the Petenwell Dam.  Don't really notice a difference in them from any stretch of the river.  Sometimes you win, sometimes not so much.  Still fun to catch.  And I still love to eat them.  

The Walleyes taste pretty good out of Lake Wisconsin. I like to bleed them which will always make them even better.
The Crappies are excellent also,  as are the Blugills .  Can't really say the same for the Sauger. Not crazy about them . They just don't taste that great to me compared to the others,so I don't keep them from here anymore. Not sure why the difference.  
White bass are always lots of fun to catch. But I don't much care for them, regardless of what lake they come from, or what I do to try and improve taste. I don't keep.  I also think these warm mid summer water temps can also affect taste on any fish, but I not catching much this time of year anyway.  

I have a couple walleye fish fry's every year from Lake Wisconsin for the guys at work. One guy is a German and real food snob. He said it's the best fish fry he can remember. Never had muddy taste on Walleyes. Cat fish yes. But not eyes 

Samson.  Your last post shows that your brain is a bit muddy.  Maybe instead of fish you only catch weeds growing in the mud.  Enjoy your meal.

Playandfish,
That sucks, Iv eaten plenty of fish, most all spices from lake Wisco/Sauk dam, and never had a mud taste before. You sure you just weren't eating mud!? lol 
Go Brewers!

Samson. The fishy taste is ok and easy removable with milk or lemon/lime juice, but the taste of mud is unacceptable and you can't kill it with any lemon juice.

Playandfish,
Pro tip of the week....  lol
Let your fillets soak in either lemon or lime juice for 10-15min, or longer depending how much flavor you want. The citric acid in the lime/lemon will kill all fishy taste! lime especially goes well when you're making fish tacos! ​

Three weeks ago I caught one 19inch walleye, one 17inch souger and one very nice white bass 15inch below the Prairie Du Sac dam hoping for a good dinner.  Unfortunately, all these fish had an unpleasant muddy taste after frying.  I've never eaten fish from Lake Wisconsin.  It's the same water but maybe the fish from this lake tastes different?  Maybe someone will answer what fish caught in Lake Wisconsin taste like.

The last few time on the lake we have still been getting a good mixture of fish yet using live bait I 10 foot of water and less. The gills are showing up pretty good this week.

White bass aren't bad. Just take a few steps this time of year. Get them on ice right away don't let them die in livewell. This goes for all fish cut right behind the bottom of the chin where there is skinny piece connecting bottom of head. This bleeds them out and gives you a nice white fillet. White bass have a dark red streak they runs down middle of fillet. Cut this out.