Delavan Lake, Walworth County (all postings)

Started at about 6:30am caught several LMB stopped about noon with the bass and started on pan fishing caught several nice crappies and a few bull gills not a bad day for the conditions

Sure hope so... he went to high school with my father back in the days in Racine. Always a nice guy, doing a tough job.

Came off the lake at around 11 am and heard a couple of people talking about Steve (main boat launch guy). I heard he was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Has anyone heard if this is true and if so, is he ok?

Waited for the rain to stop. Then spent 2 hours on Como. Trying to catch bass in shallow water. Not a hit. Gave up at 11:30. Came over to the BIG D. Same as Tuesday. Anchor would not hold and green slime. But the fish were hitting. Not hot and heavy. But I could not fish 2 poles, let alone 3. Darn bass would not leave us alone. It was like summer, big pike chasing our gills as we were bringing them in. Even had a few walleyes join in. All this in 8 or less feet of water. Our hands were cold, but the fish were nice and warm. You wanted to hold then for a few moments before you put them in the cooler. But you had to move. Catch a few, then move. Talked to a guy at the ramp. He said he fished the last 3 days with one of the guides. Said they put 58 bass in the boat in the last three days. I guess you just got to find them. Again the bigger gills were real aggressive. Swallowing the jig and plastic and wax worm. If they wanted it. They took it. Bad part of that. After 5 or 6 fish you had to cut off a foot of line or lose a jig. So far this year I have lost 17 jigs to bite offs or weak line break offs. Middle of next week should be easy to catch fish. Best of luck to all.

Have been on the water about 4 times since the opener. The season started out very good for us, but cold fronts slowed things down in the middle of the month. We were out yesterday and found temps ranging from 66-71, but this cold front will unfortunately knock it back down again.

Yesterday we were seeing lots of post spawn fish out in 6-8 feet. The pike were really starting to chase as well.

A few pics from the year so far.

Its was 10 to launch for boats 20' and under

Fishbomber 10 for boating or per person

Trtonmark, if the wind is below 10mph your fine. Don't get stuck on the other end of the lake when bigger winds move in. You will have a very long and wet ride back to the landing. Same for Geneva

Hmong- I was fishing on my boat, if lake link would allow me to upload photos from my phone I would, entrance fee is $10.25

Never fished this lake, would a 14ft rowboat with a small outboard be to small for this lake? I know wind plays into it but looking at the map is the main channel big enough to fish or any advice outside this area? Thanks

Late report from Sunday. Caught a few Northerns on spinners baits. No Bass, crappies, walleye etc. Does anyone know what the green slime weeds are? and why so much of it is in the water?

Late report, fished Saturday the 18th, got out around 530am, hit every spot I could think of, even followed the boats around during the end of the day (1pm). Couldn't muster up anything, fished the marina and got a gill, and found one SM on a bed in 15 fow by browns. Beautiful day to say the least.

Tight lines And be safe boys.

On at 8, off at 2. Started out nice, no sun. Fish were biting till 11. That is when the sun came out. Shut them down. The wind was blowing so hard that there were white caps in the inlet. That was at 2. Lots of nice gills on the west shore. From the shore to the end of the piers. The gills are small. But 20 feet out from the end of the piers, they were very nice. They are in 6 to 8 feet of water. Males and females. The next warm spell should be a hot bite. The big problem was getting the anchor to hold. Then with the waves bouncing the bait around. You could not see the light bites. The water is very clear. With the sun out, they were laying deep in the weeds. If you could solve the first three problems. All you had to do was figure out how to keep the green slime off your bait. It was on there if you fished 12 inches or 40 inches deep. Took a few home for a meal. Best of luck to all.

Had a great day on the lake caught several bass in the 3 to 4 lbs range and one nice SMB also several bluegills and crappie after bass fishing

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