Fishing Report 6-7-09

Just another quick update on the current fishing in the area. Water temps are warming slower than normal, due to such cool evenings and nights. Everybody is catching some fish though, some groups are doing very good on walleye, others are struggling a bit. This past week we had some cold, windy days which made fishing for anything tougher than normal. This weekend, the weather finally straightened out and the bite picked up. I was out yesterday and today for a bit, landed about 18 walleye each time in a couple hours of fishing. Today we caught them right at high noon! Vertical jigging with live minnows seems to be working the best. Regular flourescent pink, orange, and chartreuse jigs work well 1/8 to 3/8th, and smaller tinsel tail jigs have been very good too. The bass are really turning on good as the shallows are warming, near 58 degrees surface in some of the bays, and spawn period is approaching. Everyone fishing for smallies is getting them. Some groups are landing 75-100 fish per day. The northern bite is steady, some 36-40 inchers caught and released recently, with two 37's landed and released today. White plastic flukes twitched along with no weight in the 5-6 inch size seem to be working great, along with minnow baits as well. Trout are somewhat steady, with some groups doing quite well trolling deeper water with crankbaits and spoons, flat-lining straight back. Very few trout are still shallow. With the weather forecast looking to steadily warm up, the fishing should get better as June progresses.