Hayward Fishing Report
Hayward Wisconsin, & Chequamegon Bay Fishing Report 5-25-18
It’s been an in interesting start to our season for sure, but I don’t think anyone should be surprised. Late ice outs have a way of keeping you on our toes. That’s certainly been the case so far this year, and every day has presented certain challenges. A typical May cold front that blew into…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay & Hayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 5-20-18
We’re wide open! Hard to believe that it took until the middle of May to say that… The ice finally left Chequamegon Bay last week, and we are officially open for business on all of our water in northwest Wisconsin. As expected, the smelt run came and went in a hurry, and every kind of…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin, Chequamegon Bay, & St. Louis River Fishing Report 4-27-18
I’m not breaking news that it’s been a LONG winter. Recovering from shoulder surgery in January didn’t make it any easier, and my cabin fever is at an all time high. We’ve also been preparing to launch our new web site over the past several weeks, and there hasn’t been a whole lot to report other than…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay & Hayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 4-2-18
It’s safe to say that we’re all feeling like April Fools right now. Old Man Winter is hanging on for dear life across most of the upper mid west, and northern Wisconsin is right in his grasp. Last year at this time boats were starting to troll on Lake Superior and snow was mostly gone from my…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay & Hayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 3-20-18
Sorry for the silence… It’s been a couple of weeks since we posted a report, but it wasn’t because of a lack of fish biting. I checked in with the guys after last weekend, and there’s certainly plenty of things going on to keep ice anglers busy in northern Wisconsin. The inland game fish season…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay & Hayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 3-1-18
March has arrived. How did that happen!? A big blast of snow that hit northern Wisconsin last weekend definitely changed things things up in regard to travel and ice conditions on our lakes. Some areas received around 2′ of white stuff over the course of the week, and this is as much snow as I’ve seen…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin & Chequamegon Bay Fishing Report 2-19-18
If you've been following our latest reports, not a whole lot has changed over the past week in regard to fishing and ice conditions. A good shot of snow is hitting northern Wisconsin as I write this however, and some significant accumulations may pile up in some areas. That's welcome news for anyone interested in the…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay & Hayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 2-8-18
The days are getting noticeably longer, and it looks like we’re in for a bit of a warm up this coming weekend. You’re not going to get any complaints here as we’ve been locked into sub zero and single digit temperatures for quite awhile now. The mid winter grind has been real over the last…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay & Hayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 1-30-18
What was setting up as the first really good ice conditions we’ve had around the Apostle Islands in several years changed in a hurry last week when warm temps and strong northeast winds broke up much of the ice that had been made. Such is life on Lake Superior, and another good reminder of how quickly…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin & Chequamegon Bay Fishing Report 1-22-18
A classic mid January thaw landed on northern Wisconsin, and I didn’t hear one complaint about the weather around here. The Lake Superior snow belt received a pretty good dumping of white stuff along Hwy 2 during a mid week system, but much of it was lost as temperatures climbed into the high 40’s and…
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