Vilas County Lakes, Vilas County (all postings)

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SMALLMOUTH BASS:

( 06 -19 - 13 ) 2 days behind in posting.

Working with several area resorts and net working with them continues to help our local communities and I am proud they continue to call, for guiding services.

This day brought the same results with the same methods and techniques as described below, pattern is remaining the same, for now. Although ,we are seeing other specie using the same area.

A jig was used and working the closest ledge to the spawning flat was the answer, these Bass pounded the jig and trailer as it was bounced down the drop off.

Brown and green was our best color and light jig heads with bulky trailers, so the jig had a slow rate of decent, awesome, as these photos show. The Walleye and jumbo Crappie were also caught with the same baits at the same ledge.

Providing part of my clients happiness, for our visiting tourists, to the great north woods is very rewarding, not only to myself but also to our local resorts, gas stations, bait shops, food destinations and our local shops, great to be part of the continuing circle of success.

Trying to help all people that call for guiding is my goal, satisfying all clients is also my goal, working with hundreds of people every season and making every single person happy continues to be my sole intention.

God Bless John Andrew

As always, think clearly, stay positive, do not listen to negative talk and do not listen to negative people. Come on along and we will discuss the Best Resorts and the Finest Dining Locations.

(NO FISH NO PAY "GUARANTEED") EXPERT GUIDE: JOHN ANDREW

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We were up last weekend and fished several lakes, hitting spots which always produced. Leeches, minnows and various lures fished hard by three guys for three days. Disappointing results. Didn't see the fish you'd expect on the Hummingbird. Long drifts at varying depths covering huge acreage. Few fish noted. I don't want to name the lakes to avoid ruining business for the resorts on them. Yes these lakes were speared this year. The fisheries are just not what they used to be, certainly back in the real Mr. Dean's day. The problem is too many fish being taken. Musky fishing would be a folly without catch and release and we have to carry this over to our other gamefish.

Its Wednesday morning Surface water temp on Catfish Lake on the Eagle River Chain of Lakes is 68 degrees......with shortage of bait fish and planktom fish bite is good especially in the weeds and edges. 5 to 7 feet..........mayfly hatch has just started and will slow the walleye action but panfish will be active.........live bait on slip bobbers jigs and minnows and vertical fishing is a good presentation ......rain on iys way Friday...........HI PINES

THE ANGLERS CHOICE GUIDE SERVICE.COMFISHING REPORT.

SMALLMOUTH BASS:

( 06 -18 - 13 ) 2 days behind in posting.

Again today we were working with the same fantastic American Plan Resort. Working with several area resorts and net working with them continues to help our local communities and I am proud they continue to call, for guiding services.

There are no other words to describe the joy and happiness these 2 kids shared while catching these Bass with there father. A true pleasure for me to help teach these youngsters the basics of early in the year Bass fishing.

A jig was used and working the closest ledge to the spawning flat was the answer, these Bass pounded the jig and trailer as it was bounced down the drop off. Brown and green was our best color and light jig heads with bulky trailers, so the jig had a slow rate of decent, awesome, as these photos show.

Providing part of my clients happiness, for our visiting tourists, to the great north woods is very rewarding, not only to myself but also to our local resorts, gas stations, bait shops, food destinations and our local shops, great to be part of the continuing circle of success.

Trying to help all people that call for guiding is my goal, satisfying all clients is also my goal, working with hundreds of people every season and making every single person happy continues to be my sole intention.

God Bless John Andrew

As always, think clearly, stay positive, do not listen to negative talk and do not listen to negative people.

Come on along and we will discuss the Best Resorts and the Finest Dining Locations.

(NO FISH NO PAY "GUARANTEED") EXPERT GUIDE: JOHN ANDREW

IMMEDIATE ATTENTION: 1-715-892-3020

Vilas/Oneida Counties

Musky bite continues to be excellent... A nice triple from an evening outing yesterday including Jons first muskie. Lost another low 40s at net.

June 18 started with 38 degrees, so what’s new? Guess we shouldn’t be surprised, but a cold front with high pressure in the middle of June has backed water temperatures down into the low 60’s again. Temps yo-yo up with the sun in the afternoon, but overall are down for this time of year. Smallmouth Bass: Excellent – Fish nesting still on all but the smallest, warmest lakes. Big smallies (21”+) 5# fish on X-raps, creature baits, leeches and crawlers. Top water – Chub Bugs, Jitter Bugs also hard for these fish to resist right now. Musky: Very good. Cool weather seems to be holding fish in near shallow weeds. Best action on smaller bucktails (#5 Mepps, Rizzo Wizzs, #500 Buchertails) and 5-7” twitch baits (Cranes, Jakes). Lots of active fish in the low 30-40” range. A few mid 40” fish mixed in. Crappie: Good. Deeper weed edges and wood in 7-10’. Small spinner/jig combos (Charlie Bees and Road Runners) and jig/twister tails fan cast over and through these areas scoring big crappies to 14 ½”. After locating these fish return to minnow/slip-float rigs. Northern Pike: Good. Cool temps appeal to this species. Spinnerbaits (Boonie Baits), #3 Mepps and Comets over weeds of 6-10’. Jig and chub combos for early morning action before waters warm. Largemouth Bass: Good. Should be nesting and maybe on small lakes, but water temps need to rise. Best action on 1/8oz jig and 3” twister tail (black, red, orange) in 5-7’ weeds. Walleye: Good. Tough on cold, clear mornings – opt for Flowages on these days. Target lakes on overcast days. Catching walleyes on chubs, leeches and crawlers – no distinct favorite right now. Fish on flowages on edges of river channels – on lakes – 14-18’ outside weeds. Perch: Fair-good. Prefer warmer temps, some big perch (10-12”+) from flowages around wood. ½ crawler, leeches, medium fats. On lakes, search out the warmest portion with soft bottom and weeds, feeding heavily on dragon fly larvae (thunderbugs). Bluegill: Fair. Too cool. As water warms to 70 degees, watch for spawning to commence. Tiny tubes, small Gulp Alive leeches as well as live (small) leeches, thunderbugs and waxies in heavy weeds. Despite oddly cool weather, bite not bad. In some cases exceptionally large (smallmouth, crappie) fish being caught. Big hatches delayed. Small March brown mayfly hatches, but the big Hexs hasn’t started yet.

BIG LARGEMOUTH WHILE FISHING MUSKIES The Northwood's has become famous for large smallmouth bass but the largemouth is a "slow grower" in this area. Bucket mouth are few and far between when competing in size with the smallie. Here are two nice Largemouth caught while musky fishing.

Andy with a 2-1/2 pounder and Rick with a really nice 20 incher 4-1/2 pounds. Nice fish hitting on musky baits.

Good Luck & Good Fish'n

Fred E.sox Brogle

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Hey all, my dad and I are heading up there this Thurs-Sun. I keep hearing about this mayfly hatch and how problematic it is for walleye fishermen, and I'm just wondering 1) why, 2), how do you get around it, and 3), is it happening already on most of the Boulder Juction-area lakes? We have a guide for Friday morning and I'm sure he'll help us through it, but having never really fished for walleye before, I'm just curious. Being a fly-fisherman, it's weird for me to dread a mayfly hatch! Thanks for any advice you have to give!

After numerous recommendations from here and private message we went to razorback lake and camped right on the lake. The setting was awesome, bald eagles flying all over, loons calling all morning. couldn't ask for a better place, thank you!

We started out just getting to know the lake, trolling around watching the finder (which never marked any noticeable fish the whole 4 days, thought that was weird) Settled in on a rocky point and from then on out we were hammering the smallies. They seemed to just be starting to bed up and the bite was aggressive. Leech and split shot seemed to piss them off well but caught them on night crawlers and crank baits as well. Couldn't find walleyes and we tried after literally getting sick of catching small mouths(however it was great practice for my wife fighting bigger fish!).I cant believe i just said that myself "sick of catching small mouths?? I better get checked out!! i really wish I could comment on the walleye fishing but I just couldn't find them!! The smallies were definitely more active on the rocky points and shores. Caught biggest near the little 10ft wide by 30 ft long bushy little island in the middle. Be aware there is a nesting loon on this island!! Seen some sporadic schools of gills but it would of taken a lot of sorting to get some nice filets. Will definitely be going back not soon enough!

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WALLEYE:

( 06 -16 - 13 )

Again today we were working with a fantastic American Plan Resort.

Working with several area resorts and net working with them continues to help our local communities and I am proud they continue to call, for guiding services.

A little rain is what helped us out after a blue bird morning and calm conditions. Our fish were caught on rattle traps , no live bait and long casts. A long shallow flat that had a quickly tapering ledge that dropped into 12 ft. was the target area for our lures.

We kept the boat in the 12 foot area and made huge 150 ft. casts with the wind, up onto the flat and slowly reeled back in with short pauses. You would feel the soft tick or bump and set the hook.

Providing part of my clients happiness, for our visiting tourists, to the great north woods is very rewarding, not only to myself but also to our local resorts, gas stations, bait shops, food destinations and our local shops, great to be part of the continuing circle of success.

Trying to help all people that call for guiding is my goal, satisfying all clients is also my goal, working with hundreds of people every season and making every single person happy continues to be my sole intention.

As any business owner will testify to, making every single person happy is difficult, at best, or making a bad decision, does happen.

My goal and my continuing goal, is to make every single person happy. If there are unhappy people, I will continue to strive to not that mistake again.

God Bless John Andrew

As always, think clearly, stay positive, do not listen to negative talk and do not listen to negative people. Come on along and we will discuss the Best Resorts and the Finest Dining Locations.

(NO FISH NO PAY "GUARANTEED") EXPERT GUIDE: JOHN ANDREW

IMMEDIATE ATTENTION: 1-715-892-3020

Musky, walleye, panfish, bass all going strong. Went 2 of 4 on hooked muskies on yesterdays trip in the first 3 hours, then switched over to walleyes/bass/panfish for remainder of day and rod tips were bent for the next 5 hours. Lots of smallmouth with several in upper teens and good numbers of walleyes. Went shallow to finish off day with some very nice gills and some male crappies still mixed in after the spawn. Great time to be on the water! Will be an excellent week ahead.

Musky Action: Picking up nicely. What a week makes in water temps! Water temps were in the upper 50's even on the erc chain as of a week ago and now are starting to climb in the middle to upper 60's on the waters of Vilas county. This is helping the musky fishing for sure. I spent a couple hrs fun fishing after a trip and boated a 40 on top water fishing over 40'of water. The weed bite has not been all that great on some waters for a couple of reasons so staying over bait fish has been a better producer. Just do the same as you would in shallow water just go out deep and find some bait. The fish will be in the top 10' of the water column this time of year. Client wise we have put several in the boat and have lost just as many. Not much for size on average but a couple nicer fish but now on out things should be a lot better in the musky fishing.

Bass: Bassin has been great up to this point for both largies and smallies. Smallies have been situated on rocky breaks. Did a bass trip yesterday and boated over 30 for a father/son of new fisherman in just a couple hrs of fish time between the storms and they had a blast.

Walleye: Been a good bite for me up to this point in the season. A couple of times I have had to hop lakes to find feeding fish but every time it has paid off. Fishing will continue to be steady but look for some tougher bites ahead with the hatches. Starting to see mayflies popping so in another week on some lakes the hatch will be in full swing. If not finding fish on typical rock or weed lines go try drifting some mud flats.

Its Sunday June 16th and surface water temp on the Eagle River Chain is 68 degrees.....I found that lack of food bait fish planktom is offering a good bite.......most fish are in the weeds and we are talking like 6 feet of water..Using a 1/16th oz jig tipped with a fat head minnow any size is giving us good results....Fresh new cabbage weeds are the best and the lite jig saves hang ups..we even anchored and verticle fish as walleyes , northern pike, perch,crappies and gills were all competing for food......nice rain Saturday will keep the water level up.............the bite will continue until the mayfly hatch starts.......time for Church and thank our Lord for His Blessings....Hi Pines

Surface water temp on the Eagle River Chain is 68 degrees...nice rain Saturday too now .Sunday June 16th.....with the lack of natural bait fish or food for the fish the bite is hot or at least good for all species.......fishing in 6 feet of water in weeds or weed lines a light 1/16th oz jig tipped with a fat head minnow is really producing.........we got a mix bag of walleyes northern pike, perch, crappies and gills..........the big walleyes 20 inches and 23 inches were caught on a small fathead and white jig once again in 6 feet of water.......no weeds no fish as you work the weeds...... we also anchored and verticle fish using worms and leeches. minnows as this will end when the mayfly hatch starts in the near future.. so be on duty and enjoy the challenge....time for Church and thank our Lord for his Blessings...hipinesrecreation.com

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MONSTER SMALLMOUTH BASS:

( 06 -14 - 13 )

This day we were working with a great American Plan Resort (not from the lake we were fishing.) Working with several area resorts and net working with them continues to help our local communities and I am proud they continue to call, for guiding services.

These Monster Bass came from a very deep clear body of water, all fish were caught casting to ledges and drop off's next to spawning locations. Plastic worms and a couple of split shot 20 inches above the worm, Deadly.

The shear size off these Smallmouth Bass are unprecedented. In all my years ,I have never seen so many from 21 to 24 inchers, that is true, a 24, unheard off, not even on the T.V. shows. This was a 10 star day, my client has been to Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and has never seen fish like this.

My hat went off to Dave several times and we sat quietly after the measured 24 incher was released, besides a 23 and 3 - 22 inchers. Unreal, no words to describe this event, I should of taped it and put it on U-TUBE.

Providing part of my clients happiness, for our visiting tourists, to the great north woods is very rewarding, not only to myself but also to our local resorts, gas stations, bait shops, food destinations and our local shops, great to be part of the continuing circle of success.

Trying to help all people that call for guiding is my goal, satisfying all clients is also my goal, working with hundreds of people every season and making every single person happy continues to be my sole intention.

As any business owner will testify to, making every single person happy is difficult, at best, or making a bad decision, does happen. My goal and my continuing goal, is to make every single person happy. If there are unhappy people, I will continue to strive to not that mistake again.

God Bless John Andrew

As always, think clearly, stay positive, do not listen to negative talk and do not listen to negative people. Come on along and we will discuss the Best Resorts and the Finest Dining Locations.

(NO FISH NO PAY "GUARANTEED") EXPERT GUIDE: JOHN ANDREW

IMMEDIATE ATTENTION: 1-715-892-3020