Southeast Wisconsin Area Lakes, Rivers and Ponds

Made it out 2 saturdays ago but wind was brutal.  Caught 1 nice smallmouth and missed 2 before being blown off the lake.

Went back out this past Saturday with my neighbor.  I got 4 nice bass and he got 9!  We had a fun morning.  Really glad the wind was very slow and not as bad as the forecast was for it.  Pleasurable trip to end my boating season.  All now winterized so the fish are out there for you if you go.
Still hitting well on large shiners.  Sort of having 2nd thoughts about taking the boat to storage so early.  

That's a nice esocidae there BA!!

As for the wipers...yes please...I miss the days of sore, ripped up thumbs and large swimbait purchases...lol

Settling for lmb, but not complaining...lol

Nice going Jaybee!! Wish I could have joined you this evening.  There is still time to get some nice fish in next few weeks.  Find the thickest green weeds you can find, and night time for walleyes shallow is definitely great this time of year.  I am going to start fishing more and posting more in the next year.  Good to see Denesox is still around, I know where some Hybrids are if you up for a drive this winter D.

Fish are still biting, needed to use light-bite bobbers to see the "hits" though.  10 to 14 ft of water,  temp was 49 degrees,  used Gulp and 1/32 Oz jig with #10 hook. Fished in a very small north side bay. Bite was really tough till 430 pm, then it picked up.

Got out with the Legendary Bass Abductor.  Although the water is frigid, he was ripping spinnerbaits at mid-summer speeds, catching beautiful smallmouth 17 to 20 inch. I was finnessing a swimbait and only caught a pike and a largemouth.  Was not shocking for me. In the past I've seen him rip cranks thru 40 degree water and outfish my live shiners! Anyway,  the last hour we found a bunch of crappie,  all different sizes, from 5 inch to 14 inch, all in the same little spot. Kept a few for the pan

Just incase anyone is wondering.  I checked the water temp with the fish hawk today and had 55 degrees from surface to 60 foot.  

Been waiting on this cold...just what was needed to get the bass feeding hard....they were choking the crank!

Got back out this past Saturday.  Fish bit well from dawn til 10:00 then died.  We got only 2 more fish from 10:30-Noon.
Lots of smallmouth.  1-20" and 2-19" and rest running 18"-19".  Picked up a fat 16" largemouth on a shiner as well.

I got out this past Wednesday.  Did well on smallmouth bass.  Biggest was 19".  Using large shiners in 20'-25' depth.  
Fun when we had 2 on at one time and got both in the net.  Hitting aggressively so don't let them take the bait too long.  Best action was right at dawn.  Used circle hooks.  Wind is my big enemy this time of year.  Can't always fish where I want to go.  The wind dictates the spot.  When do we get indian summer?

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