Little Lake Butte Des Morts

Was out here a couple weeks ago on 6-14 for a half day and left with nearly a 2-man limit. Surprisingly went home a good half dozen bluegills, otherwise all perch. As always, gotta weed through a ton of 7- 7.5 inchers to get the 8-9 inch range, but always lots of fun out here.

I put together a little video, check it out! 
https://youtu.be/Ouzumby9PB4

@BG25 - Thanks for the response. LLBDM sometimes concerns me with past pollution even though it’s much cleaner now. BTW, Chartreuse mini mite with an orange jig head was the lure of choice.

DaDa,
No problem. I have caught a couple of those too in my 70 years of fishing. See this: Blue Perch | Taxidermy.net Forum. It is a rare thing but not a disease.
BG25

My son was out fishing with his buddy on LLBDM and caught a Blue Yellow Perch.  Is this just a rare catch or would this fish have had some sort of disease?

Depending on the water level, there are a few areas to be cautious of. The menasha locks have a channel going straight out, but on either side it gets very shallow.I ran hit bottom with my prop last year while trying to go around another boat and used my push pole to get back to the channel. Then you'll want to be careful going up towards either menasha or neenah dams. The channels are pretty shallow at times. Much of the lake south of hwy 10 is fairly shallow as well, but you can still get on plane. Just be careful. If you want a lake that you can zoom around on a lot, this isn't the best. Come summer you'll see the weeds on the surface of the other shallow areas.

I'm wondering if there are any areas of the lake where boaters need to make sure their motors are tilted up to avoid bottoming out their props or hitting stumps?

Would folks recommend an upward tilted motor while close to the shorelines of this lake?

Glad to see I wasn’t the only one confused by the regulations. Thanks for the clarification. Big flathead for checking with the warden. 

When in doubt, call the DNR, and get a badge number. I have been misinformed by them before. Actually, by my favorite warden.

They sure don't make the regulations easy to understand. The key to whether walleye is open year round on Little Butte/Neenah & Menasha Dams is that fish symbol in the special regulations section. It is missing in the paper copy of the 22-23 regs, but present on the dnr online pdf regs for 22-23 & 23-24 regs. I can see why the question here. Kinda like the regs for DePere walleye... the correct regs are on the page after the confusing ones.

Spike talked to biologist and warden 5 mns ago 5 walleyes 1can b sandpike no size limit below  neenah menasha dahms to 1st Appleton lock yearround if your not sure check yourself regulations r not helpful at all thanks for your imput

Gull,

I was under that impression as well. I'm positive that it was year round in the past. TheDNR's page says it is open year round, too. https://dnr.wi.gov/fisheriesmanagement/Public/LakeRegulation/Details?WBIC=129800&WBIC_NAME=Little%20Lake%20Butte%20Des%20Morts


The print version of 2022-2023 regulations which specifically states continuous season for bass but makes no such statement for eyes. The text I copied from p. 46 under Outagamie County is repeated on p. 60 under Winnebago County. As far as I understand the regulations, the statewide seasons apply to a body of water unless explicitly stated otherwise in the regulations. As there is no such explicit statement that I could find in the reg book the season would be closed?.

I guess it depends which version of the regulations one uses.