Hayward Fishing Report

August is in the books, and we’re definitely seeing evidence of the seasons changing.  I’m always sad to see summer go, but shorter days and cooling water temperatures usually mean some big numbers and big fish days are on the way.  Fall can arguably bring some of the best fishing of the year, so it’s…

Timing is everything…  If I ever had a doubt, it’s been proven this season…  It’s been a crazy year with lots of twists and turns in weather and fishing conditions.  One thing is for sure.  Patterns have been consistently changing, and you can’t get comfortable fishing one place one particular way.  Stay versatile, and you’ll…

Some much needed rain last week helped take the edge off of an incredibly hot and dry July, and we’ve enjoyed relatively stable weather over the past week with warm weather and reasonable winds.  I think we deserved it…  Although August isn’t on the top of many people’s “Prime Time” fishing periods, I could argue…

If there was any doubt that the Dog Days had arrived in our last report, I’m here to tell you that it’s official.  Typical for this time of year, you need to be flexible when locating fish with every body of water being a puzzle.  Sometimes historical patterns hold true, and sometimes not.  Water temperature,…

The Dog Days of summer usually arrive in August, but I think it’s safe to say that they arrived early this year.  Why wouldn’t they?…  We started our week out with smoking hot temperatures again, but a cool down is supposed to be in the forecast.  Things might finally be settling down after all the…

And just like that, its the 4th of July…  We’re burning through this fishing season.  Literally burning!  Our temps continue to be in the mid to high 80’s almost daily with even a few hitting the mid 90’s.  I have a feeling warm water temps will be a big part of our story over the…

We’ve got lots of good stuff going on in this report.  Walleyes, smallmouth, muskies, and crappies are all settling in to traditional mid summer patterns, and the fishing has been really good over the last week.  Here’s the latest news from northern Wisconsin.   Monday was originally scheduled to get some footage for Angling Buzz…

Flooding and road closures have been the news around here lately due to all of the rain we had last weekend.  It’s definitely a mess in many places with lots of closed roads, and lakes we can’t get to.  We’ll be using all of our options over the next few weeks.  We can’t let that…

It’s been one heck of a week.  I don’t even know where to begin, but we’ll try to cover all of it… Terry Peterson and I had an unexpected cancellation on Monday and found ourselves with a day to kill.  What do fishing guides do when they have a day off?  Go fishing of course!!! …