Fishing report July 27, 2023

Musky:
Musky fishing is good and consistent, with fish around weeds, weed edges, rock and other structure, and baitfish and panfish concentrations in depths to 22 feet. Go deep or troll during daytime hours with warm water temperatures, but if too warm, avoid stressing fish and delay fishing to cooler periods. Use small bucktails, gliders, and topwaters for casting.

Walleye:
Walleye fishing is fair to good, but inconsistent. Deep weed edges, humps, and areas with suspending baitfish hold fish. Fish head deeper if water temperatures warm. Leeches, crawlers, and minnows work well, as do trolled crawler harnesses, Lindy Rigs, bottom bouncers, crankbaits, and stickbaits near the bottom.

Northern Pike:
Northern pike action is good to very good and an all-day bite. Smaller fish provide good action in and around shallower weeds in depths to 12 feet. For bigger pike, work bigger baits on deeper weeds and brush. Baits of choice include northern suckers, minnows, bucktails, spinners, spinnerbaits, spoons, swimbaits, and crankbaits.

Largemouth Bass:
Largemouth bass fishing is good to very good around shallow weeds, wood, lily pads, slop, and sandy shorelines, with some fish holding on somewhat deeper structure. Best baits include drop-shot and Ned rigs, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, swimbaits, crankbaits, and topwaters/weedless frogs.

Smallmouth Bass:
Smallmouth bass action is good to very good. Look for fish primarily on deep rock, wood, and other structure and hard bottoms. Sucker minnows, leeches, and crawlers work well for live bait. For artificials, use Ned and drop-shot rigs, finesse baits, plastics, tubes, swimbaits, and topwaters.

Crappie:
Crappies are less active, with fishing fair to good. Find fish on deep weed edges, humps, cribs, and other structure, and bogs in the evening. Crappie minnows, panfish plastics, and Gulp! baits on small jigs work well, as do Beetle Spins.

Bluegill:
Bluegill fishing is good to very good for numbers around shallow weeds and docks. Bigger bluegills are near the bottom around deeper structure. Leaf worms, crawler chunks, leeches, various panfish plastics, and Gulp! baits on small jigs and plain hooks are all excellent offerings.