WI Fishing Reports

I was hoping and intended to have a Lake Superior trolling report for you this week, but no such luck.  Strong NE winds on the big lake shut that whole idea down.  Instead I spent the weekend preparing gear and getting organized for the season.  Believe me…  I’d rather have been fishing!   Warm temps…

Tick, tock…  Time is running out on our ice fishing season, and I don’t have to tell you why.  An incredible warm up over the entire mid-west even reached us, and our ice conditions are fading by the day.  Sunny skies and temps reaching the mid 60’s are doing some serious damage, and this will…

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…