walleyemaxx
09-05-2010, 10:04 AM
Hi everyone,
Here's your DNR report for this week.
Park Falls DNR Service Center area
Upper Chippewa Basin fisheries report (Price, Rusk, Sawyer Taylor and inland Ashland and Iron counties) - Water levels in the local lakes, rivers and streams remain a bit high, and levels have been slowly dropping with the relatively dry weather of the last week. Flowages are near their normal levels as most of the dams have had to open gates to pass the excess water that resulted from the heavy August rains. Water temperatures are hovering in the low 70s. Wild rice was ripening on some Northwoods waters, but the rice crop has been reported to be very poor in the Price County area. With some stable and relatively dry weather in the last week, fishing activity has been pretty good in the Northwoods. Musky have been the highlight in the area and action continued to be good. Most anglers are reporting quite a few sightings, follows and strikes, and many catches have been made. Most of the musky have been in the 30- to 38-inch size but a few in the 42- to 47-inch range have also been reported. Large-size artificials have provided most of the action and some of the favorite lures have included stick baits, double-bladed bucktails, and Bull Dawgs. The musky have been found in a variety of locations, including the less-dense weed beds, the deeper weed edges, and some even suspended in the deeper water areas. Action for both largemouth and smallmouth bass has been sporadic, with smallmouth being most active on the local flowages and larger rivers. The smallmouth have been found near cover around deeper water areas, with the successful baits being plastic finesse lures and spinner baits. Largemouth action showed a little more consistency in the past week, with most of the fish being found in the mid-depth areas around cover. The top-water bite never really developed this summer and it seemed the largemouth have been holding around cover in 3 to 6 feet of water. Soft plastics, jig/craw combinations, and spinner baits have been the more successful baits lately. Northern pike action has been good, as the cooling water temperatures favor this species. Some good success has been found on spinner baits casted along the mid-depth weed edges. Walleye action has remained generally slow, with many of the anglers having given up until the fall patterns set in. Panfish activity has been fair - some decent crappie and bluegill have been found suspended around deeper water cover, and rock bass being found just about everywhere else!
Enjoy the outdoors everyone.
Walleyemaxx
Here's your DNR report for this week.
Park Falls DNR Service Center area
Upper Chippewa Basin fisheries report (Price, Rusk, Sawyer Taylor and inland Ashland and Iron counties) - Water levels in the local lakes, rivers and streams remain a bit high, and levels have been slowly dropping with the relatively dry weather of the last week. Flowages are near their normal levels as most of the dams have had to open gates to pass the excess water that resulted from the heavy August rains. Water temperatures are hovering in the low 70s. Wild rice was ripening on some Northwoods waters, but the rice crop has been reported to be very poor in the Price County area. With some stable and relatively dry weather in the last week, fishing activity has been pretty good in the Northwoods. Musky have been the highlight in the area and action continued to be good. Most anglers are reporting quite a few sightings, follows and strikes, and many catches have been made. Most of the musky have been in the 30- to 38-inch size but a few in the 42- to 47-inch range have also been reported. Large-size artificials have provided most of the action and some of the favorite lures have included stick baits, double-bladed bucktails, and Bull Dawgs. The musky have been found in a variety of locations, including the less-dense weed beds, the deeper weed edges, and some even suspended in the deeper water areas. Action for both largemouth and smallmouth bass has been sporadic, with smallmouth being most active on the local flowages and larger rivers. The smallmouth have been found near cover around deeper water areas, with the successful baits being plastic finesse lures and spinner baits. Largemouth action showed a little more consistency in the past week, with most of the fish being found in the mid-depth areas around cover. The top-water bite never really developed this summer and it seemed the largemouth have been holding around cover in 3 to 6 feet of water. Soft plastics, jig/craw combinations, and spinner baits have been the more successful baits lately. Northern pike action has been good, as the cooling water temperatures favor this species. Some good success has been found on spinner baits casted along the mid-depth weed edges. Walleye action has remained generally slow, with many of the anglers having given up until the fall patterns set in. Panfish activity has been fair - some decent crappie and bluegill have been found suspended around deeper water cover, and rock bass being found just about everywhere else!
Enjoy the outdoors everyone.
Walleyemaxx