Chequamegon Bay Fishing Report

The end of the ice fishing season brought on a flurry of activity over the last week.  With good ice on the Ashland side of Chequamegon Bay, Aron Kastern was on a pretty good perch bite.  After he sent me a picture of his buddy Davis Oliphant holding a nice 12 1/2″ fish, I figured…

My how things have changed since our last report…  My girls and I headed to Cabo San Lucas for a week in the sand and sun.  Of course there were a couple of fishing trips squeezed in as well.  It was our first trip to Cabo and my first experience in Mexico.  Beautiful scenery, great…

With the big laker bite happening in some areas around the Apostle Islands, Aron Kastern made an attempt to get after them this week, but found some of his favorite areas covered in impossible pack ice.  Some of which jutted 5″ to 6″ in the air.  Not good on equipment or morale…  No worries!  The…

Well, my attempts to throw some positive energy at the weather gods last week didn’t seem to help much.  Sub zero temperatures and biting winds persisted despite my valiant effort.  Well it is mid winter in northern WI, and we should expect nothing less.  On a positive note, we’re still making ice on all of…

After declaring in last week’s report that we’ve had “ideal conditions” to get on the ice this year, you can imagine that I haven’t been very well thought of since!  Yes, I should know better and leave well enough alone.  My sincere apologies to Josh and Aron as well as everyone else that have dealt…

I’m not trying to wake up any monsters, but we’ve sure had ideal conditions to get on the ice so far this year.  Aside from a few nasty days in the mix, our temperatures have remained reasonable and travel conditions are about as good as it gets.  After two previous seasons of brutal if not…

Typical winter conditions have moved back into northern Wisconsin, but it certainly doesn’t seem to have slowed the bite down one bit.  Aron Kastern reports a really hot whitefish bite around the Apostle Islands with some big numbers days and non stop action.  A few eater lakers mixed in are an added bonus and definitely…

This week’s report has a little bit of everything in it.  From small fish, to big fish, to strange fish, it’s all happening right now both inland and on Chequamegon Bay.  Josh Teigen reports a strong mixed bag bite of trout still happening around Bayfield and the Apostle Islands.  He spent a day with Josh…

Well, it’s been an eventful week around here for lots of reasons.  We had a new addition to our family.  Ms. Berkley arrived at our home after her journey from Minnesota on Saturday, and she’s already become irreplaceable.  Morgan has a new buddy, and we have a new fishing partner.  However, her football allegiance has…