Fishing report June 6, 2022

FISHING REPORT
Fishing is very good for spawning bass and panfish and they are running the full gamut of it from start to finish. Weather fronts can interrupt their activities, so check with your favorite bait shop personnel for current specifics.

Musky:
Musky action is good in shallow panfish spawning areas in depths to 6 feet. Small bucktails, spinnerbaits, swimbaits, and crankbaits fished slowly can entice action, as will a small sucker under a bobber or off the boat side.

Walleye:
Walleye fishing is good around weed edges, breaklines, and drop-offs in 6-20 feet. Best fishing is in early morning and late evening into dark. Walleye suckers, fatheads, leeches, and crawlers on jigs and harnesses, and jerkbaits and crankbaits, are all catching fish.

Northern Pike:
Northern pike action is very good on shallow weedlines, sandy shorelines, and near panfish concentrations. Mid-morning into mid-afternoon offers the best bite window. Northern suckers, spinners, spinnerbaits, spoons, bucktails, and crankbaits all work well.

Largemouth Bass:
Largemouth bass action is very good for spawning and post-spawn fish in 2-8 feet in bays and around weeds, brush, and sand bottoms. Top baits include walleye suckers, fatheads, crawlers, leeches, plastics, chatterbaits, and topwaters.

Smallmouth Bass:
Smallmouth bass are moving to their spawning grounds and you will find them on sand and gravel bottoms, rock points, and steep breaklines in 6-12 feet. Sucker minnows, fatheads, and various crayfish imitations and crankbaits are all grabbing the interest of smallmouth.

Crappie:
Crappie fishing is good to very good with fish in various spawning stages, from starting to finishing, depending on the lake. Start shallow, moving deeper until you find fish. Weeds, brush, bogs, and cribs can also hold fish. Crappie minnows, fatheads, waxies, crawler pieces, leeches, plastics, and Gulp! baits on jigs and/or under slip bobbers are all working.

Bluegill:
Bluegill fishing is very good to excellent as fish are on or heading to spawning areas. Look for them on very shallow sand bottoms and shorelines. Waxies, crawler pieces, leaf worms, leeches, and small plastics will all catch bluegills. Fish are vulnerable, so use some restraint!

Perch:
Perch fishing is good around shallow weeds and other panfish, but it could take considerable sorting to get enough for a meal. Crappie minnows, fatheads, and waxies on jigs and plain hooks under slip bobbers are all effective.