![]() That is also rigged with a 4 inch Yum worm. For finesse fishermen, the Arkie U bolt jig has been deadly. I’ve also been using a drop shot rig with a 4 inch Yum worm. Green pumpkin or smoke pepper are the best colors. The best method has been casting grubs on a 1/8 oz jig head. The spawning fish are in the 9-12 ft depth range and the post-spawn fish are off the first break in 20-22 ft. Smallmouth bass are concentrated in two depths. With all the rain we’ve had, it didn’t seem to harm the fishing. Both the largemouth and smallmouth bass are in the shallows and are readily available. Sticking to that low-water theme, Ken Gortowski emailed this:įishing is fantastic right now. The water can’t be too terrible if mayflies are doing well in there. Mayflies are part of a very pollution-intolerant order of insects. But I may have to give it a little more respect. I consider the Fox, while it’s better than it was decades ago, to be pretty degraded I don’t eat anything from it, not even walleyes, and don’t wet wade it. I started looking for more after that and saw a fairly steady hatch: they’d rise to the surface, allow their wings to dry for a moment and then fly off. It turned out to be a small-size 16 or 18-yellowish mayfly. On the way back out, in some faster water, I saw something leave the surface and swiped at it with my hat. Some caddisflies were depositing eggs and occasionally a carp would come up and sip it off the surface. Everywhere there was slack water, carp were occupying it. There were shoals of carp, big numbers, just slowly circling an area. I waded across in the Oswego area and never found water that reached beyond mid-thigh. It was as low as I’ve seen it in a long time. My daughter and I went to the Fox to practice our casting on moving water for an upcoming outing she with her Tenkara rod, I with the trout spey. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 26 Good luck and I hope to see you on the water. Delmar subdivision or east of Willow Point are some of my best spots. The fish I’ve been catching are all lindy rigged nightcrawlers in 20-25 ft of water. My buddies who troll for them are only reporting one or two per day. I’ve been catching one here or there but there isn’t a true pattern. I’ve been catching them on half of nightcrawlers or leaf worms. The deeper fish have been averaging a legitimate 9 inches. They are moving shallow to spawn and the bigger ones I’ve been catching have been in 20-25 ft. Like the largemouth bass, the Bluegills have two patterns. Look for the fish by Browns Channel or west of Willow Point. Some days I’ve been catching one every cast. I’ve been casting small purple plastics on a 1/32 oz Arkie jig. ![]() Most of the fish I’ve been catching are in 10-15 ft of water right on the weedline. I’ve been dragging suckers around with very limited success.Ĭrappie fishing has been awesome. The water is still a bit cold for the deep weedline bite. They could be caught casting jigs with spider grubs also. My presentation is lindy rigging nightcrawlers. The key is the weedlines that have rocks underneath. This last week, I’ve been catching some nice Smallmouth off the deep weedlines. The best locations are the Oriental boathouse or by the gray condos. The deep weedline bass are being caught on Crank Baits that are trolled or by casting nightcrawlers fished on a lindy rig. Green pumpkin is the only color I’ve tied on. I’ve been casting a Texas rigged weightless All Terrain Stik. The shallow fish can be caught by Lake Lawn or by the Highland Bay or Viewcrest Bay. The deep weedline has been the slower pattern since the majority of fish don’t seem to have made it out there yet, it will improve daily. Largemouth bass can be caught on two patterns the shallow post-spawn, 4-5 ft depth or the deep weedline. Fishing in the shallows remains very good.
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