Chequamegon Bay & Hayward, WI Fishing Report 6-6-14
Spectacular, incredible, awesome… The past few days on Chequamegon Bay has been hard to describe, so that’s the best I can do. Mike Hannell from Elgin, IL and his father Pat from Lake Geneva, WI joined me on Tuesday and Wednesday for two days of great fishing. Day #1 started with a twist. Strong NW…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 6-2-14
The weather and the smallmouth bite continued to be off the charts for day #3 of our trip with Bobby Wren from Bella Vista, Arkansas and his band of bandits. In fact, it got better! Hot and humid conditions kept the mosquito population in full force, but we were fortunate to avoid a storm system…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 5-30-14
If you like sun, hot weather, big bass, and mosquitoes, you’ll love this report. Just like that, it’s summer… I can’t believe the pace we’re moving at in regard to water temperatures and fish activity. We had ice on the lakes three weeks ago folks! Wednesday was spent with two great guys out of…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin & Chequamegon Bay Fishing Report 5-26-14
This weekend was superb in every sense, and I couldn’t have written a better script. Warm weather has officially returned to Wisconsin in a big way. Temperatures in the 80’s have definitely kicked things into gear on all of our lakes, and the fish seem to like it as much as we do! Peter and…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 5-23-14
Our favorite bunch of Razorbacks from Fayetteville, Arkansas fished with us this week for their annual Bass O’ Rama. It sure was good to see Doc and Creed Holladay, Bill Whitfield, Josh Maier, Bobby Whitfield, and Steve Lindley. The arrival of this crew always kicks off our smallmouth season. Dave Brown, Josh Teigen, and I…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 5-19-14
The past several days since my last report have been an absolute blur, with many changes in weather conditions as well as fishing conditions. By the time the weekend was over it actually felt like spring. Warm temps, trees ready to leaf out, and birds singing. Man it feels good to be warm… On Wednesday,…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 5-14-14
My good friend from Mauston, WI Brent Jacobson and his father in law Otto Gunther headed north just in time for a nasty weather system to show up. They were greeted on Monday by rain, fog, wind, and temps in the 40’s. Welcome to northern Wisconsin! Lucky for us however, the crappies were cooperative. We…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 5-11-14
Finally… I think I said that last year too! Open water, warm temps, and great fishing. What’s not to like? Josh Teigen and I had on opportunity on Friday afternoon to get on the water and knock off a little rust while checking out the crappie situation. Although we dealt with rain, wind, and falling…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay, St. Louis River, & Hayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 5-7-14
The uncertainty of open water in Wisconsin for our opener provided an opportunity last weekend, and we took advantage. My father and I joined Nate Berg from Babe Winkelman Productions on a trip to the Rainy River in Baudette, MN to fish sturgeon. Typically my trips to northern, MN include wind, cold temps, and all around tough…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay, St. Louis River, & Hayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 5-2-14
The Wisconsin fishing opener is upon us, and I’m giving you some good news… There are some open lakes to fish in northwest Wisconsin. Not all, but some. Many small lakes, less than 300 acres have opened up over the past couple of days. It also sounds like the Chippewa Flowage is mostly ice free…
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