Fishing Report (Green Bay, WI) Week Ending 7/25/15

Walleye fishing remains good on the East Shore with some larger mud fish going on the West Side. Long bodies cranks still taking fish with spinners and cranks taking some in the mud.

Fishing Report (Green Bay, WI) Week Ending 7/18/15

Fishing the East Shore with crankbaits seems to be most productive. Long bodied, deep diving crankbaits being the most productive. Keep an eye on electronics; fish are moving around a lot and adjust accordingly.

Fishing Report (Green Bay) Week Ending 7/7/12



First 50" Muskie of the season!

Muskie

Muskie fishing is starting to heat up. Casting is producing a few fish in prime feeding times during low light conditions or weather changes but trolling is producing 4 to 8 strikes per outing. Top trolling speeds are very fast to superman fast. The key for this time of year is to fish open water and pass the bait right in front of their noses and forcing them to make a decision. This past week produced the first 50 inch fish of the season. Good fishing and keep cool.

Nice walleyes--just a part of the limit caught!

Walleye

Walleye fishing is continuing to be very good.  Small eating fish are shallow in and around weeds and small reefs. When fishing shallow water, expect other species to be present like catfish and the annoying drum. Stay away from shiny spinners and flashy crank baits. Bigger walleyes have been deeper in 20-26 ft of water. Look for presence of baitfish and fish around, but not through the school. You will have far less drum and catfish to contend with but far few bites from walleyes.

Top baits have still been spinners with crawlers, but some bigger fish have come on crank baits. The best thing to remember is to fish well above the fish right now they are willing to chase your bait to eat it.

Fishing Report (Green Bay) Week Ending 5/19/12



A Proud, Young Walleye Fisherman from Indiana

Fish are still scattered in the bay. You may have to hit several spots to find fish but the schools are much denser than the previous weeks. Look for fish to be relating to any warm clear water and if that water is near a reef or weeds have fun because fish will be there. One thing I would look out for is the sheepheads moving into the areas in the coming week. Some of the spots I have enjoyed are now over-run with these fish. I usually do not waste my time in these areas unless I am forced to do so because of bad weather.

Best baits are still crank baits in natural colors such are Flicker shads in perch, Shad raps natural shad, and Rapala tail dancers in creek chub pattern. Water temps are in the 60 degree range allowing you to move much fast. Spinner crawler harnesses are starting to produce just as much as cranks but you have to go much slow. Top speed has been 1.5 to 1.8mph for cranks with 1 to 1.2 mph for spinners. Happy fishing!

Fishing Report (Green Bay) Week Ending 5/13/12

Nice Catch!

Fishing on the Bay of Green bay is on fire. Night fishing with 2 clients this week took just 2 to 3 hours of fishing to limit out on walleye. Most of the fish came on crank baits but the spinner crawler harnesses are starting to produce. Day fishing continues to heat up on the mud flats just out of the rivers but slowed down a little because of the heavy rains. The East Shore continues to produce small fish with bigger fish coming at night. Suamico Bay is a little slower than Genos Reef area.

Walleye Dinner!

Gold blades seem to produce fish when the crank baits slow down but cranks continue to produce the best. Hot colors are fire tiger, perch, and natural shad. Top bait for day fishing is Shad Rap and Flicker shads. Night baits includes dark backed deep diving rattling rogues and Rapala husky jerks.

Water temps are reaching 55 to 58 degrees. Top trolling speeds are 1.2 to 1.4 on cranks with slower speeds on spinners. Good luck fishing!

Fishing Report (Green Bay) Week Ending 5/6/12

The fish are starting to move out from spawning grounds in the rivers and lake shores. Look for the males to still be there but the females to start looking for food. I have had good success on the east shoreline and the mud flats just out of river mouths. Look for all these fish to be shallow in less than 10 feet of water with most fish coming 4 to 7 feet. The mud flat fish will turn on when it is sunny and flat calm look for these conditions for fishing this pattern.

Another mud flat walleye from Green Bay

The best colors of the week were crank baits in fire tiger, natural shad, and perch. Shad raps, Storm Thunderstick jr. and of course Flicker shads were the best. Spinners with crawlers produced but not as well as crank baits.