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Nearshore salmon and trout round Chicago fishing proceed to steer this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; and there’s additionally some observations on what the warmth wave has carried out to what ought to really be the start of fall fishing.
BoRabb Williams texted the photograph on the prime on Monday and this:
Dale Bowman …. Braidwood Right this moment 23 lbs
Good time to remind that we’re within the ultimate weeks of the cooling lakes being open.
SHORELINE SALMON/TROUT
Laurance Reed with a salmon from the North Aspect of Chicago.
From the North Aspect of Chicago, Laurance Reed emailed the photograph and this:
Completely different fish, king this time!
Hope you had a teriffic weekend Dale,
-Laurance
Reed is the man who despatched the photograph of the pink salmon within the hump mode, which he caught final month. Only a minute in the past, he emailed that he simply caught a coho the identical manner.
Evening fishing for Chinook at Montrose Harbor.
Offered by Tim “Spike” Davis
Tim “Spike” Davis texted the photograph above and this story from Montrose:
The opposite night time once I caught that salmon, I turned and handed it to a man who had not caught any fish. Tonight he noticed me together with his spouse they usually instructed me thanks for the great meal. Then about 10 minutes later he captivated with this monster. I helped land it with my internet. God places us in locations for a cause.
Mike Markese retains catching fall Chinook with a tried lure.
Michael Markese emailed the photograph above and this earlier this month:
Hey Dale hope you might be nicely. It’s been awhile for me. My Dad, Mike Markese landed this magnificence out of Montrose harbor through the week on his Grey Ghost Rat L Entice, she took off on him about 100yards to the mouth of harbor he was capable of get her again to the wall and his buddy Chris from work internet it for him. He swears he catches at the very least 1 each season on his Ghost. I bear in mind waking up within the fall to go to highschool and him and his buddies in entrance of home with there fall salmon. Now im 40 and get to benefit from the fall salmon with him and my youngsters. We’ve got been going togetherthe final 10years each season and had some good ones through the years. Hope to get me some this season. Have an excellent one!
On Monday, he added:
She weighed in at 18lb and was shared with different Fisherman and Lady at Montrose.
Stacey Greene at Park Bait at Montrose Harbor texted:
I feel the hotter climate might have slowed issues down only a bit however from what I can inform and the studies I’m getting there are nonetheless loads of Salmon round, Kings & Coho.So far as I do know they’re nonetheless predominantly hitting on lures and crankbaits, largely glo at nighttime however shiny colours as nicely through the day.Bait that’s beginning for use are spawn sacs, medium or massive shiner minnows and night time crawlers.. . . Have a terrific week!
Brian Caunter at Henry’s Sports activities and Bait stated salmon motion slowed, although loads of fish are being sighted across the South Aspect harbors and slips.
Capt. Scott Wolfe of Faculty of Fish Charters emailed:
Hello Dale
. . .
Within the harbor the fishing was sluggish. Heat water shut down the salmon and trout and the pike, bass and drum have been extra energetic. The restricted success by harbor anglers was largely from boats and kayaks jigging the deeper holes and shore guys about an hour earlier than dawn at nighttime. The most effective remains to be to return for shore anglers as nearly all of the large coho are at the very least two weeks away from getting into the harbor.
Capt. Scott Wolfe schooloffishcharters.com 312-933-0552
That final be aware on the arrival of the massive coho is an efficient reminder.
Rob Abouchar emailed the report beneath on Salmon Limitless’s twelfth annual Children’ Shore Fishing Derby at Waukegan on Saturday:
Hello Dale
I had the Leyden bass fishing membership outing to Waukegan harbor with salmon limitless Saturday morning.It was a terrific day and enjoyable was had by all. Huge because of my Cousin Leslie and Gerry Taylor for internet hosting . It was nice operating into Chauncy on the docks listening to his tales of his highschool educationand of perch glory days on lake Michigan .The winds had blown in heat water and the chew was sluggish however a king was taken through the derby. Plenty of stocker fish swimming within the harbor.
The music entrance is getting going with now two frank zappa tribute reveals and a wild hare date pending. The stuff of desires. Subsequent up a visit to Merrill for fall motion this Saturday.
Tight strains and good well being
Rob
I nonetheless relish the prospect to sneak the late Frank Zappa into the Midwest Fishing Report.
Capt. Wealthy Sleziak at Slez’s Bait in Lake Station texted:
Salmon in all nwi tributaries use skein, spawn saks and spinners.
Matt Biggerstaff and his son Isaac with a number of the bounty from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Isaac Biggerstaff messaged on Instagram the photograph above and this:
2 20’s out of mke final weekend
Similar program
Reef runners
Matt Sproch with success at Racine, Wisconsin.
From Racine, Wisconsin, Adam Homa messaged the photograph above and this:
Fishing report from racine,
Muddy water and hotter than final week. Fished for six hours. One fish casting a crank. Noticed possibly 7 soar. A bit of early nonetheless. Water temp 68
Phil Schuman at Deal with Haven in Benton Harbor, Michigan stated just a few salmon are into the St. Joseph River.
ILLINOIS FALL TROUT
Fall trout season for catchable rainbow trout opens Oct. 15. As typical, anglers 16 and older want an inland trout stamp and a fishing license. Each day bag is 5 trout.
Close by websites embody (Prepare dinner County): Axehead, Belleau, Busse Woods North, Inexperienced, Horsetail, Sag Quarry East, Wolf Lake at William Powers SRA; (DuPage): Silver, Pickerel, Grove; (Kankakee): Fowl Park Quarry, Rock Creek at Kankakee River SP; (Kendall): Huge Lake at Silver Springs SFWA; (Lake): Sand Lake at Illinois Seaside SP; (McHenry): Spring Grove Hatchery Pond; (Will): Lake Strini, Van Horn Woods.
Early catch and launch season opens Oct. 1. Close by early catch-and-release websites are (Kankakee County): Rock Creek at Kankakee River SP; (Ogle): Pine Creek, White Pines Forest SP; (Jo Daviess): Apple River, Apple River Canyon SP.
Click on right here for the statewide announcement.
LAKEFRONT PARKING
Chicago Park District’s parking passes for the fisherman’s parking heaps at DuSable and Burnham harbors are on sale at Henry’s Sports activities and Bait in Bridgeport, Park Bait at Montrose Harbor, and the Northerly Island Customer Heart.
Readers counsel SpotHero app downtown. In any other case, listed here are some fundamentals: Foster (free road parking or pay lot); Montrose (now a mixture of metered and free road parking); Belmont (pay heaps on north and south sides); Diversey (pay lot or road parking); DuSable Harbor (pay lot or fisherman’s lot); Northerly Island/Burnham Harbor (meters, pay lot or fisherman’s lot); thirty first/Burnham (meter parking between McCormick Place and thirty first Road Harbor); Oakwood/thirty ninth (meters); 63rd Road/On line casino Pier (pay lot); Steelworkers Park (free road parking at east finish of 87th); Cal Park (free parking).
AREA LAKES
Chris Hamilton together with his finest largemouth bass.
Mike Ochonicki emailed the photograph above and a narrative I simply get pleasure from about Chris Hamilton and his father Rob:
Hello dale! I’ve been submitting some pictures to you and a few studies for the final three or 4 years now I’ve even been fortunate sufficient to Grace the suntimes with my pictures because of you and I admire that. My pals 13-year-old son caught this fish out of a public Lake in Lake County on a reside bluegill the teen simply began fishing he’s a freshman and he’s obtained a few years of nice angling forward to return. His identify is Chris and his dad rob took him out at this time Saturday Sept seventeenth. Simply a 5lb largie
Ken “Husker” O’Malley with an area largemouth bass.
Ken “Husker” O’Malley of Husker Outside emailed the pictures above and beneath, and this:
Hey Dale,
Here’s a recap of this previous weeks fishing.
Space lakes-the summer season patterns proceed however that can change with extra regular early fall temps later within the week. Bass have been up shallow throughout night hours chasing bluegill. Greatest bait has been a jerk minnow labored alongside the wind blown shorelines.A couple of prime water bass will be taken ultimately gentle on a pop r.
The bluegill motion is great on cash bugs by IJO Plastics. Work the bait beneath a slip float alongside the skin weed strains.
. . .
. . .
TTYL
—
Ken Husker O’Malley
Husker Outside Waterwerks fishing group
Ken “Husker” O’Malley with an area bluegill.
Pete Lamar emailed:
Hello Dale,
. . .
I didn’t do nicely on the native ponds and lakes this week.All Summer time there was quite a lot of aquatic vegetation across the edges.There may be now a hoop of algae across the exterior edges of the vegetation, resulting in a lot much less accessible water from the shore.All I may do was choose pockets:solid to openings within the vegetation.It was quite a lot of work for just a few bluegills.
. . .
Pete
BRAIDWOOD LAKE
Frank “Catdaddy” Smith residing as much as his identify at Braidwood Lake.
BoRabb Williams texted the photograph above whereas he and Frank “Catdaddy” Smith have been catching blues at Braidwood.
He added:
Crappie Time and salmon…. we’re carried out with the cats
The seasons are altering.
Last fishing day is Oct. 18.
District fisheries biologist Seth Love wish to hear from anglers on hybrid catches at Braidwood. You possibly can electronic mail him at [email protected]
Open day by day 6 a.m.-sunset.
CALUMET SYSTEM
Brian Caunter at Henry’s Sports activities and Bait stated an angler known as and reported a walleye of 13 kilos caught and apparently launched from the Cal-Sag. If anybody has extra info, please contact me. I really like tales like that. He additionally stated there have been whispers of perch already across the Ford Plant up the Calumet.
CHAIN O’LAKES AREA
Mimi Boysen’s grandson with a smile and a bluegill from the Chain O’Lakes.
Mimi Boysen emailed the photograph above and this earlier this month:
My 5 yr outdated grandson Jack caught these two fish final Sunday inside quarter-hour on Lake Marie. The smile says all of it!!!
. . .
MimiBoysen
Yeah, that kinda captures the vital issues.
Kyle Tepper and Artwork Frisell at Triangle Sports activities and Marine in Antioch stated walleye are being caught shallow and in 8-10 toes; smaller crappie are transferring into channels whereas larger ones stay deeper on slip-bobber rigs; largemouth transferring into fall patterns and on topwaters; white bass transferring deeper (nonetheless heaps being caught); bluegill are good, begin trying in 8 toes on more durable backside areas with slip-bobber rigs with crimson worms or was worms; catfish are honest, roaches or crawlers finest.
NOTE: Examine updates on water situations at foxwaterway.com or (847) 587-8540.
NOTE 2: The Stratton Lock and Dam has regular day by day working hours of 8 a.m. to midnight via Sept. 30.
COOLING LAKES/STRIP PITS
Last fishing days are Heidecke (Oct. 11), LaSalle (Oct. 15) and Braidwood (Oct. 18).
Braidwood, Heidecke and LaSalle are open day by day 6 a.m.-sunset.
DOWNSTATE
Larry Jennings with a crappie from Lake Bloomington.
Larry Jennings messaged the photograph above and this:
SHELBYVILLE: Examine with Ken Wilson of Lithia Information Service.
Or do what Greg Katello, proprietor of the Fishing Connections in Tinley Park, did on his manner again on a visit to Lake Sara and stopped by for a time beneath the spillway at Lake Shelbyville and hooked into muskies, such because the one beneath.
Greg Katello with muskie success on a fast cease at Lake Shelbyville.
HENNEPIN-HOPPER: Closed for the season.
POWERTON: Summer time hours are 6 a.m.-8 p.m. via Sept. 30.
EMIQUON PRESERVE: Hours are dawn to sundown. Entry permits and legal responsibility waivers are required. They’re accessible Tuesday to Saturday at Dickson Mounts Museum, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Examine with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing.
FOX RIVER
Vince Oppedisano with a Fox River smallmouth bass.
Vince Oppedisano emailed the photograph above and this:
Hey Dale,
General, the Fox River has been excellent the previous week.
Financial institution fishing mornings & evenings with small artificials in Kane County……larger bass have been rather more energetic alongside the shorelines than they’d been in a number of weeks.
Caught six over the previous week 18 inches plus, together with this 21 incher that tied my private finest. Misplaced just a few leaping hook shakers too. God they’re enjoyable to catch at that dimension.
Water temps beginning to drop some I feel….began hooking into the occasional walleye this week too. Needs to be a enjoyable subsequent few weeks.
Pete Lamar emailed:
Hello Dale,
I did check out the Fox and briefly fished a tributary yesterday.The latest rains lastly made a distinction:ranges have been up and there was some colour to the water.The trib I fished normally runs very clear and is low this time of yr.Not yesterday.It had a pleasant stain and the fish have been much less skittish than typical.There have been quite a lot of minnows round and the smallmouth have been feeding recklessly.By random likelihood, I had gone with a precise match of the minnows-a small white deer hair streamer-and the smallmouth appeared to love it.Most have been small, however there have been just a few respectable fish blended in.
. . .
Pete
GREEN LAKE AREA, WISCONSIN
Tim Haight, 5, of Kingston, Wisconsin, with good bluegill from Inexperienced Lake.
Information Mike Norris texted the photograph above and emailed this:
Fishing Report – 9/18/2022
Mike Norris
Huge Inexperienced Lake – Climate has improved within the final week and the floor water temperature on Huge Inexperienced is again into the mid 70’s.I’ve switched to reside bait rigging for smallmouth bass and am discovering them holding tight to exterior weed strains, particularly the place weed strains make inside turns.The most effective areas are the place weeds transition to gravel.Synthetic lures are nonetheless working, however it is advisable work lures that can appeal to their consideration.Attempt casting an umbrella rig parallel to and alongside weed edges in fourteen toes of water.Anglers must restrict umbrella rigs to 3 hooks although.Tubes and drop pictures are additionally nonetheless in play.Bluegill fishing additionally stays good.
Fox Lake – The dam on the decrease finish of the lake is open once more following the 5 inches of extra of rain we had every week in the past.Opening the dam permits the water to filter via the lake quicker and because the visibility inside the lake improves, so does the largemouth bass fishing.Attempt swim baits, bladed jigs, and stick worms alongside the north shore and in and across the islands.Crappie fishing stays good within the basin of the lake with jig and minnow, or off Kuno Level.
GREEN/STURGEON BAYS, WISCONSIN
Click on right here for the Wisconsin DNR weekly report.
HEIDECKE LAKE
Last fishing day is Oct. 11.
Bob Johnson with a smallmouth bass from Heidecke Lake.
Bob Johnson emailed the photograph above and this;
Hello Dale – fished H a pair occasions since final week and lake has slowed a bit from the hotter climate. Earlier than warmth I used to be getting strong Smallmouth (19 3.6 lb) and a pair walleye in jigs with a crayfish trailer together with darkish finesse baits and Rapala crainkbaits after warmth I discovered some motion utilizing comfortable jerk baits and weightless on a 4/0 ewg hook. The colder climate forecasted later this week will get this lake in fall mode once more. Talked to a different angler earlier than warmth entrance and he slammedthe Crappie utilizing jigs in monkey milk colours
Open 6 a.m. (6:30 financial institution fishing) to sundown.
LAKE ERIE
Click on right here for the Ohio DNR Report.
LAKEFRONT
As we see with the photograph of a northern pike beneath, salmon should not the one factor happening lakefront.
Chuck Kennell with a northern pike from close to Belmont Harbor.
Chuck Kennell emailed the photograph above Saturday and this:
I used to be Salmon fishing however hooked this Northern at about 7 PM. In a perch Flicker Shad.
Caught simply south of Belmont Harbor on a flicker shad
Brian Caunter at Henry’s Sports activities and Bait stated salmon motion slowed some, although fish have been being sighted at South Aspect Harbors and slips.
Stacey Greene at Park Bait at Montrose Harbor texted:
I feel the hotter climate might have slowed issues down only a bit however from what I can inform and the studies I’m getting there are nonetheless loads of Salmon round, Kings & Coho.So far as I do know they’re nonetheless predominantly hitting on lures and crankbaits, largely glo at nighttime however shiny colours as nicely through the day.Bait that’s beginning for use are spawn sacs, medium or massive shiner minnows and night time crawlers.
There are nonetheless some good sheephead being caught out on the horseshoe on crayfish.Nonetheless just a few bass for a few the blokes which might be fishing them over at Diversey. Nonetheless an uncommon quantity of Northerns caught by anglers casting for salmon, had one within the store nicely over 40 inches.
Have a terrific week!
Capt. Bob Poteshman of Confusion Charters stated out of Chicago there’s first rate fishing, however it is rather deep, 12-15 miles out, as a result of a lot of the lake’s heat waters are on our finish of the lake, it’s vital to start out out earlier than daybreak; out of North Level, it’s 160-180 toes for some motion or going south to across the deep aspect of the reefs. He stated some monster cohos are round; however that isn’t one thing you possibly can particularly goal, you extra must luck into them. Not all fish are on the underside, however they’re in deep water.
Lori Ralph on the Salmon Cease in Waukegan stated boat motion mornings finest for salmon and lakers; nonetheless just a few perch off the pier and some pretty clear kings are being caught off the pier.
Capt. Scott Wolfe of Faculty of Fish Charters emailed:
Hello Dale
Sadly the robust NE winds early final week took their toll on our fishing and it was a sluggish week. Water was heat right down to over 120 toes deep. It turned the fish off. The excellent news was that every day was bettering and Sunday catches have been good once more.
For boaters, deeper water simply off the Waukegan reefs produced one of the best catches of coho and lake trout with occasional two and three yr outdated kings. Inexperienced and white and Aqua spoons like Warrior Froggy and Hey Babe run over 90 toes down and Jimmy fly Mo rigs in white and yellow/orange on the underside in 150 to 170 toes down produced. Deep holes close to shallower hills and reefs should be focused.
Within the harbor the fishing was sluggish. Heat water shut down the salmon and trout and the pike, bass and drum have been extra energetic. The restricted success by harbor anglers was largely from boats and kayaks jigging the deeper holes and shore guys about an hour earlier than dawn at nighttime. The most effective remains to be to return for shore anglers as nearly all of the large coho are at the very least two weeks away from getting into the harbor.
Capt. Scott Wolfe schooloffishcharters.com 312-933-0552
That final be aware on the arrival of the massive coho is an efficient reminder.
LaSALLE LAKE
Last fishing day is Oct. 15.
Website is open day by day 6 a.m.-sunset. As a perched lake, boating is closed when winds prime or will prime 14 mph. Examine day by day updates on boating at (815) 640-8099.
MADISON LAKES, WISCONSIN
Click on right here for the replace from D&S Bait, Deal with & Fly Store .
MAZONIA
Last fishing day is Oct. 18, besides Monster Lake is open all yr.
Hours are 6 a.m. to sundown.
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
A pattern of the massive fish being caught at Milwaukee.
Offered by Isaac Biggerstaff
Kayak angler Isaac Biggerstaff messaged the photograph above (in addition to the one included within the Shoreline Salmon and Trout Report) and this on Instagram, then added:
Chrome one was 20.75 and solely 36
NORTHERN WISCONSIN
Kurt Justice at Kurt’s Island Sport Store in Minocqua emailed:
A bit of style of issues to return earlier on this previous week as floor temps on some our bodies of water fell as little as 64 levels.However as of early this week, temps again as much as 70 levels on most lakes.
Smallmouth Bass:Very Good-Good – Rock/Gravel humps utilizing drop shot rigs for #’s of Bass. Huge Bass up shallow hitting top-water baits (Whopper Ploppers, Choppo’s, Torpedos) up in 2-5’ of water.Swimbaits additionally efficient on these large, shallow brutes!
Northern Pike:Very Good-Good – Motion additionally slowed with heat, spinnerbaits, swimbaits and Husky Jerks for synthetic.Chubs, suckers on jigs for reside bait.
Musky:Very Good-Truthful – Fall off as water warmed, however as cooling, top-water chew obtained scorching on Dr. Evils, Whopper Ploppers and Pacemakers.High top-water fish of the week, Information Russ Smith led a consumer to a 48 top-water Ski on a Smity Flap Tail!Search for this chew to enhance this weekend as water temps drop!
Largemouth Bass:Good – Weed chew on Wacky Worms arduous to prime.Some top-water studies within the late hours on frogs, spiders and chug bugs.
Crappie:Good – Greatest over deep wooden particularly alongside channels in Flowages.Medium fat beneath floats.On lakes, 10-14’ weed edges utilizing small jig or minnows.
Walleye:Good-Truthful – Higher when water cools.Deep chew finest in 22-28’.1/8 – 1/4 oz jigs tipped with massive fat or 1/2 crawler.When this isn’t working and fish are being seen, drop jigging lures resembling Shiver Minnows and Jigging Raps to entice gits.For shallow lakes/Flowages, redtails on a 1/16 oz weedless jig on cloudy/windy days.
Yellow Perch:Good-Truthful – Medium fatheads, beavertail, crawlers in 6-10’ weeds.
Bluegill:Good-Truthful – Not quite a lot of angler consideration.Nonetheless suspending exterior weed edges.Small 1/32 oz jigs tipped with worms or beavertails.
Early a part of this week has heat climate, spiking water temps up over the 70 diploma mark.Forecast for Thursday AM (9/22) requires lows of 31-33 levels.This chilly snap ought to truly assist anglers as Walleye and Musky ought to react optimistic to the falling water temps for the weekend.
Kurt Justice
Kurt’s Island Sport Store – Like us on Fb
NORTHWEST INDIANA
DERBY: Associates of Fishing’s Fall Traditional Fishing Derby, Rogers Lakewood Park (Loomis Lake), Valparaiso, 7 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 24.
Capt. Wealthy Sleziak at Slez’s Bait in Lake Station texted:
Salmon in all nwi tributaries use skein, spawn saks and spinners.
Lake George in Hobart beginning to surrender crappie at a greater tempo fishing crappie minnows across the bridges
Loomis lake in valpo nonetheless giving up first rate catches of panfish utilizing crickets and jumbo crimson wigglers
ROOT RIVER, WISCONSIN
Click on right here for the Wisconsin DNR’s report, normally on Tuesday or Wednesday.
SHABBONA LAKE
Pete Lamar emailed:
Hello Dale,
. . .
I hit Shabbona earlier than sundown over the weekend once more.There have been faculties of shad inside a brief solid of the shoreline.I began casting a white streamer to the sides of a college hoping there could be gamefish monitoring the shad.One solid produced a tough strike and I used to be shocked to land a good-sized shad, within the 2-3 pound vary.Anybody who has thrown spoons or spinners round heat water discharges on Lake Michigan for salmon and trout through the Winter has most likely caught extra shad than they’ll rely.The overwhelming majority can have been foul-hooked; it’s inconceivable to keep away from as a result of numbers of fish in a confined space.I’ve landed a handful that really ate a fly.This was the primary time it’s occurred someplace apart from an influence plant outflow.After the solar had set, issues obtained attention-grabbing.I switched to a glow at nighttime fly and landed just a few bluegills, together with a wide-backed slab (possibly he’s survived so lengthy in a closely fished lake by going utterly nocturnal-it works for deer).I additionally misplaced one thing with some weight to it earlier than I may get a have a look at it.Based mostly on the battle, or lack thereof to be extra correct, it was most likely a walleye or large crappie.It could have been good to get affirmation as a result of the one glow at nighttime flies I’ve used up till now have been for salmonids; I’d wish to know what else will eat them.The final solid of the night time produced an extended however skinny walleye.There have been quite a lot of different issues happening after sundown:coyotes calling forwards and backwards to one another from the woods on the east shore to a different group within the ag fields to the south; a low flying heron stunning each of us when it flew just a few toes over my head; a beaver swimming alongside the face of the dam and persevering with on his manner after looking at me.He will need to have had one thing vital to do as a result of the extra typical response is to swim forwards and backwards in entrance of me, beating their tails on the water till I depart.
Pete
John Honiotes at Boondocks reported good motion on catfish as much as 6 kilos; hybrid stripers proceed to be good.
Website summer season hours—6 a.m.-10 p.m.—run via Oct. 31.
Bait store is open 6 a.m.-7 p.m. day by day; restaurant, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. weekends.
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN LAKEFRONT
Click on right here for the southern Lake Michigan studies from the Wisconsin DNR.
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
Phil Schuman at Deal with Haven in Benton Harbor stated perch are in about 70 toes, even some studies to 89 toes; some smaller salmon in 160-180; just a few salmon within the river.
Paddle and Pole hosts the Berrien Springs Fish Ladder Digicam.
WISCONSIN DELLS
Hook-and-line sturgeon season in Wisconsin runs via Sept. 30. Click on right here for the small print. Click on right here for the harvest areas. River’s Edge reported smaller sturgeon being caught, however no legals registered but.
WOLF RIVER, WISCONSIN
Information Invoice Stoeger in Fremont texted:
Water temp is within the mid 60’s. With cooler climate coming within the subsequent few days, the autumn fishing ought to choose up. White bass and crappie are exhibiting up in thelower a part of the river close to Poygan. Minnows are working finest,some on plastics. Crawlers on jigs nonetheless taking just a few walleye
