Chequamegon Bay Fishing Report

Where in the heck did winter go???  I can’t believe the end of our gamefish season on inland waters in northern Wisconsin is already coming to an end.  Sunday 3/6/16 is the end of the hook and line season on all inland waters north of Hwy 64 for all gamefish species.  Panfish can still be…

Well, it took until the end of February, but our crazy up and down weather has finally produced some of the best ice/travel conditions of season.  The slop and slush created last week, has smoothed out with near perfect conditions on Chequamegon Bay and most Hayward Area lakes.  Fish continue to cooperate as well, and…

El Nino is back, and that’s no joke!  Our crazy winter weather continues as we’ve swung from below zero temps. and snow to 40 degree temps., thunderstorms, and rain within a one week period.  As I write this, our ice conditions are rapidly deteriorating and must be taken into account if your planning any trips…

Apparently whoever is in charge of El Nino didn’t get the memo.  It’s down right chilly out there.  We’ve had a typical start to our northern Wisconsin February with below zero temps and some lake effect snow.  A warm up is expected next week however, and the new ice that’s been made on Lake Superior…

Hard to believe it’s Super Bowl weekend already…  What are we going to do without any football to watch???  Fish!  Chequamegon Bay is still kicking out some good mixed bag catches, but ice conditions continue to be challenging.  Big winds from the past week broke up quite a bit of ice, and pushed everything back…

The fish are sure making up for the late start we had this ice fishing season.  Chequamegon Bay is giving up some good fish, and the inland lakes continue to produce as well.  We’ve been in a snowy pattern up around Lake Superior over the past couple of weeks, and it’s definitely looking more like…

We finally have a real, live, and legit Chequamegon Bay ice report for you.  FINALLY!  It seems like the fish were just as anxious as the ice fishermen as some real crankers hit the ice over the weekend.  As you can see, there was no lack of big fish with some nice browns and whitefish…

Brrr…  You had to know that the unusually mild winter we’ve been having wasn’t going to last forever.  Temperatures have plummeted, and it’s safe to say that all of our lakes are making some serious ice this week.  Even Chequamegon Bay is starting to get some fishable ice along the Ashland shoreline, and our crew…

I included Chequamegon Bay in this week’s report only because it’s been unfishable.  If you’ve been paying attention, 30 – 40 mph winds (even up to 60 mph) have been roaring across the bay since Monday.  As a result we had to make some alternative plans, and the inland waters around Hayward have been very…

I wish every week would start this way…  My old friend Stephen Frisco from Bemidji, MN arrived on Monday to explore some of his old stomping grounds that we fished as kids.  Stephen and I spent our summers in high school together wading the shorelines of Chequamegon Bay in search of smallmouth bass, and I…