Fishing Report (Green Bay) Week Ending 4/28/12

Kids love to fish, too!

This week the fishing was good, but the bite has changed up a little. Fish are starting to find warmer water. Look for scattered walleyes in very shallow water during the day and night. Most the time it is typical for me to find one walleye that will give away a school. Troll a little faster to contact fish looking for a bite or a hooked fish then turn the boat around and go through the school much slower to trigger more strikes. Currently, I have been fishing mostly the East shoreline until a Judas fish gives away the school and tells me what to use and where they are. Most of the schools are relating the baitfish not structure.  Again, troll faster than normal, 1.5 to 1.8mph, until contact is made, then slow down (1mph to 1.2).

Walleyes for dinner in the nighttime fog!

Most of the action has been in the day due to the color of water I am fishing. Night fishing has had some success but not enough to commit a lot of time to. Top crank baits have been Storm Thunderstick Jr. in natural colors, Shad raps with a shad color, and of course fire tiger. Most of the fish at night have been coming on dark backed Thundersticks.

Fishing Report (Green Bay) Week Ending 4-21-12



45" Pike

Out on the bay of Green bay fishing is definitely heating up!  Most of the fish are spawned out. Fishing has been very good on the east shore north of Bay Shore Park.  Fish of all types are feeding on a very large population of perch, you will notice these schools on your graph and will probably snag a few with your crank baits, when you find perch fish well below, the school near bottom is your best bet.



Brown Trout

Crank baits continue to be the top producers with water temps in the high-40s. The main producers were storm Thunder Stick Juniors in metallic blues and perch, Thunder Stick deep diving stick baits in uv green and perch, and Flicker Shads gold and red colors. I have tried some spinner harnesses, but had limited success.

As aforementioned, the water temps have been in the 48-49 degree range but the bad weather we experienced on Thursday night has had a negative effect on water temps making them come down by 2 or 3 degrees. Look for the fish to move deeper and trying to find dirty water that is warmer like by river mouths and back bays that have mud like Vokes point and Geanos reef. Fishing has been fair at night but the action has been better around 3pm till just into the dark. Most of the fish this week 6 lbs up to 9 lbs have been coming at this time. If you want to try for bigger fish earlier in the day before 3pm your best shot is to fish the second or 3^rd break watching your electronics for signs of life trolling between 1.1 to 1.3mph with cranks to cover water. The fish both shallow and deep continue to be spooky make sure your boards are far from the boat.

Fishing report (Green Bay) week ending 4-15-12

           This week we found a very good night bite that was successful on the East shore near Bay Shore. You should find good success with eaters using shad raps, flicker shads, and stickbaits taking the larger fish. Trolling was the most successful option with speeds of .9 to 1.3 at the top end. Remember to always troll in 's' pattern to change it up the speed and location of the bait.

Day fishing has been a little tougher with fish coming out of the rivers from the spawn. Still trolling but successful speeds were more at the 1.5 range many small fish with just an occasional large fish thrown in.

Water temps were at 48 to 49 degrees winds were mostly out of the East. Still getting some pre-spawn fish but not as many as a week ago, mostly post spawn fish were caught. The best colors were natural bass, perch and firetiger.  Most fish came in 14 feet of water; they were also very spooky and the boards needed to go far away from the boat at about 150 feet minimum.  

Pre-spawn Walleye in Northeast Wisconsin

Walleye are starting to spawn in the rivers like the Fox, Oconto, and Peshtigo. While Walleye out in the bay of Green Bay are still in pre-spawn.

Fishing has been good outside these rivers trolling very slowly at night for bigger fish up to 10 lbs with stickbaits. Productive colors have been black and whites, purple prisms, and of course, firetiger. For 'eaters' with an occasional larger fish, try fishing during the day with Shad Raps, Berkley Flicker Shads, and Wally Divers. Hot colors are firetiger, shad and blue with a chrome body.