Delavan Lake, Walworth County (all postings)

Fishungbomber451 where u fishing on shore or on boat? And how much is the enterence there.

Late report from Saturday, started slow but slayed em later in the day, 20 fish day, mostly bass in the 3-4lb range 2 were 5+, also had a bonus smallie and pike. Tight lines

Well said Polcatdo.

First time out this spring,was real windy early on. Found a spot somewhat out of the wind in around 10 foot,and started slamming the northerns on live bait,one after another until I ran out of bait.A few real nice size pike and a decent largemouth.Nice way to kick off the season.

It always amazes me at the amount of garbage and other items that some fishermen leave on the shoreline. In fact its downright disgusting. If you can bring it with you, you can take it to a garbage can when you leave. When I fish from shore I always have at the least 1 Walmart bag or a 13 gal. trash bag in my pocket for my trash or other trash that may be laying in the area I'm fishing. People complain about the lack of areas to fish from shore, being slobs sure does not help. After all we are sportsman and we should care about our environment and its surroundings. I apologize to all that don't litter for my ranting, but to those of you that do leave your garbage on the ground shame on you for tarnishing the image of the rest of us that don't.

After the feedback I received from fellow lake-linkers, I made it out to Delavan yesterday. Started the day by lake lawn and caught a small crappie, then headed for the channels on the south end. Sunnies and gills were there in full force along with some bass. Fish were on the smaller size but managed several keepers. As the day went on so did the sea weeds, it made it tough fishing. Moved to the bay areas and found gills and some bass in there. When the wind picked up in the afternoon I headed back to where I started and finished the day catching some more gills. I used mostly waxies and crawler pieces, the one bass I caught came on a crawler, it was a great day to be out. I want to say thanks to those who gave me some suggestions whether to fish geneva or delavan this time of the year, I really appreciate it. Thanks.

It's been the same price for quite a few years now. If your boat is less than 20', it is $10.25 or $102.50 for the annual.

$10.25 per launch for smaller boats or $102.50 seasonal

Can anyone tell me what the launch fee is this year? Its been changing year to year and I haven't been to the lake yet. Thanks, Evan.

are the crappie still in the weeds,or have they moved deep?

fished from kayak slong Lake Lawn, 230-600pm. fished for panfish, no bites, crappie minnows and worms. switched to bass fishing with success in 4-6 fow using Kalins 5" lunker grubs, smoke salt and pepper. Accessed lake on the hwy 50 boat launch. disappointed in the service. had to carry kayak and fishing gear 500' to the area designated for kayaks/canoes. it was littered with debris and garbage.

We caught gobs of fish. But no size. Never more than one or two keepers in each spot we tried. We hit 20 different spots. Crappies to 11 inches and gills to 8. Started off with crappies in 6 bfeet of water. They were tight to the bottom. Had to fish 5 feet deep to get a hit. They would not come up. Water temperature 56 when we started. Bays and channels 63 when we left. On at 8, off at 2. Cold and white caps to begin with. Ended with the dead sea. Hardly a ripple. The only thing different this week. Bass on beds in the channels. Tons of 6 to 7 inch sunfish in the shallow water. Again no size. The water is just to cold. Lots of small fish moving into the shallows on the west side, south end. The bass were there with them, but would not bite. Sun fish spawn at about 5 degrees colder than gills. So maybe next week we will see some move in. We kept enough for a meal or two. Wish I could say COME AND GET THEM. But I can't. Best of luck to all.

Going to be staying just west of Browns channel looking for Panfish and Bass.....any help would be appreciated....lure types.....depth. Thanks and good fishing.

I believe they charge ($3.00) that-per person!

Thanks big apple. I guess I will have to try this technique with gills in the well to see if it helps. Not sure if the fizzing location would be exactly the same in a BG but I would think its close. Guess I'll do some research to see if anglers are doing this on gills.