Weekly Fishing Report: September 15-22, 2012

Another week in the books and it was a chilly, windy one. We had our first couple good frosty mornings with the docks and tops of buildings getting covered, but havent had a hard frost on the ground yet. Fishing was somewhat tougher as a result of the cold front and high winds, but fish were still caught and people had action when they were able to get out on water.

Crappies havent really turned on yet, but were catchable...mostly in Obabikon with the winds making Miles Bay tough to get to, as well as fish. Once you located fish, you had to really stay on top of them and pay attention to a real light bite. Many anglers downsized gear to light action with super senstive tips to feel the slightest nibbles and set the hook on crappies. Good numbers of bigger fish and smaller fish..not as many of the medium 9-10 inchers that people are used to seeing.

Walleyes were in typical fall patterns. Current areas with deep water acess produced good numbers. No real giants yet this fall, but many nice fish up to 24 inches this past week.

Northerns have been active in the shallows of Obabikon Lake. Throwing up tight into the weeds has produced good action.

Muskies have been a little sluggish as they week went on after some good action the previous weekend and early part of the week. The heavy winds and significant drop in temps, particularly overnight would be the likely culprit behind tougher action. Fish up to 46" were caught and released, with several others that were larger seen and a couple lost. Rocks and some weed action also started to produce.

Smallies were caught on some classic summer humps. Jigging them up in the fall can be a lot of fun for anyone like loves to chase smallies.

Water temps dipped below 55 degrees at the dock as of Saturday morning, but shoudl come up slightly with the coming week's warmer temps.

Goood luck to all on the water in the coming week.

J-Man