Lake Monona

Rat,
What part of the lake were you on and what depth?
BG25

Out Thursday late afternoon to dark.  Gills were astoundingly stupid. Using two rods was a workout. Two and a half hours of continuous action.  Never had to wait more than a minute for a bite. Most were when the bait landed or in less than thirty seconds. It's been a while since I've had that happen.  Knew going in from Monday night's outing that the potential for an epic bite was there. Did catch four crappie, one legal walleye, and a small largie as well.  Plastic color didn't matter nor did it if the bait was tipped with spikes. If it was presented they ate it.  Might get out tomorrow to see if the bite is still on.  Good luck out there. Rat.
 

Got in on the action in the triangles today. Not gangbusters, but enough consistent action to keep my 6 year old occupied! Most were catching that I could see. Probably 15-20 crappies over the span of an hour and a half. All still swimming.  A biggen bass mixed in as well. Really fun on light tackle. I think I coulda fit a softball in its mouth. good luck out there!

FYI - Piers are in @ Olin as well now. Tight lines all! 

Piers are in at Olbrich as of this morning. 

Out last Thursday.  Skunked. Not a bite.  It happens so infrequently I had to post it.  I see my controversial post about water levels last week got yanked. Didn't mean to stir the pot. LOL Rat.

For what's worth - the water is up enough that the piers at Buck & Honey's are now floating. If you look back at Sheephead Rules picture/post from early March you will see there was exposed mud/bottom. Looking at USGS data suggests Monona is up roughly one and a half feet since beginning of March. ​

I'm excited to see the water levels after all the precip we've had lately.  

Olbrich lake side has 1 pier in . Back side has 3 piers in . Olin has no piers in . 

Out Friday and Sunday.  North triangle on Friday.  Different spot Sunday.  Started at 10:45 Friday morning and did not catch my first fish until 1:45pm.  Things eventually picked up and by sundown the gills were biting consistently.  A few crappies mixed in.  Being out of town I may have missed the crowds.  The fish were in deeper water and not in the usual areas from years past.  By six pm it was virtually a ghost town.  The easy fishing must be over.  Yesterday I was planning on fishing where I was on Friday but that area was already taken by the only people fishing and two boats.  Looked to my right and there was a DNR warden checking the fisherman with binoculars.  Unmarked truck.  
 
Really just wanted to fish with two lines and not be crowded so I made the executive decision to try another spot.  Wise choice.  Basically caught gills from 12:30 to 5:30.  Plastics tipped with plastics, waxies, and red worms.  Red worms were the least effective.  The other two produced. Just like ice fishing if I was keeping I would have had to sort.  Plenty of decent keeper size for sure.

Went over to the terrace after to throw down a camera to see if there were fish there. Saw a couple of small gills but that was it.  Won't try fishing there until mid April.  Rat.