Lake Wisconsin

Went out again today from 11-4. Pretty slow after the storms and now mayfly and caddis hatches too. Managed 5 sheep, 3 saugers, 2 walleyes - the sheep came in on purple/chart hornet and flicker shad, the sauger/walleye on gold chrome shad raps - they were coughing up lots of bugs. Again just pulling over channel edges 12-14’. Still a great day to be out. Lots of debris and cottonwood fluff fouling up trolling lines too.

Had a few hours this afternoon to get out, managed a sheep up in Sticky Bay and a small 14” walleye and two nice saugers 18” and 20” below the trestle. Was just pulling cranks up shallow. Real nice day out there despite the wind.

Thanks john, the first time couple weeks ago the sand was pretty deep but it was better on Tuesday. 

No issues Jeff. I've launched there multiple times the last couple weeks. There is a lot of sand on the west side of the ramp, but other than that, its all good.

Did they get the issue  at whalen grade landing figured out yet?

A few years ago, someone created and posted this map which was very helpful to me as I learned the lake.

Buoys are in as well, but always be careful as some logs/stumps seemed to be pretty close to the markers. 

Lake Wisconsin is an interesting lake to fish.  With Monday's weather being so nice,  I wasn't going to squander the opportunity. 
I was after walleye but they were being secretive to me.  After 3 hours of fishing hard I bagged a nice 16 inch sauger.  I released the sauger and kept fishing.  20 minutes later a second sauger popped my hair jig.  This one was 18.5 inches.  I decided to keep this one for dinner.  20 minutes later another pop on my hair jig.  I hooked up and I thought I had another big sauger.  My mistake, 15 minutes later after a very strong fight up rose a huge catfish.  I was able to net it and drag it over the side.  My guess for weight was easily over 30 lbs.  The gentleman in the boat next to me guessed 40 lbs.
Either way. a great fight, a couple of pics and back to the deep.

Lake Wisconsin is an interesting lake to fish.  With Monday's weather being so nice,  I wasn't going to squander the opportunity. 
I was after walleye but they were being secretive to me.  After 3 hours of fishing hard I bagged a nice 16 inch sauger.  I released the sauger and kept fishing.  20 minutes later a second sauger popped my hair jig.  This one was 18.5 inches.  I decided to keep this one for dinner.  20 minutes later another pop on my hair jig.  I hooked up and I thought I had another big sauger.  My mistake, 15 minutes later after a very strong fight up rose a huge catfish.  I was able to net it and drag it over the side.  My guess for weight was easily over 30 lbs.  The gentleman in the boat next to me guessed 40 lbs.
Either way. a great fight, a couple of pics and back to the deep.

Buoy markers are out but always be careful running this lake. Some of the timber moves a bit each year plus new stuff floats down periodically. Water lever can expose or hide it just under the surface. Sand bars change annually also.

Smallie- I mostly stick to the upriver side of the lake, so can’t speak much for below the trestle, but up around the islands off sticky bay it can get shallow quick. Not sure if the channel markers are out yet, but of course that’s your safest bet for traversing. Other than that just keep your eyes peeled for deadheads. I usually mark em all with waypoints when I’m underway so that I can be slightly more relaxed running in low light/night.