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Any kind soul want to give me coordinates to this on Mendota? My gps lost all it's waypoints due to a dead internal battery---and I;m cryin'. PM me if you like.

so there are a lot of valid points all around. i (now) have a nice boat and live on the lake but i shore fished in madison for nearly 17 years before that happened and found it to be some of the best...

bobber-d,

i had the same idea a few years ago. it is really tough to get to the creek except where the road (forget the name) bridges over it. once you get down to the lake it's all private on one...

put it back in the water. you would be busted as the warden would not be able to tell what really happened. all he sees is a dead undersized fish.

meddle

If this is your cup of tea, come to Waubesa. The water is crystal and the carp are going beserk spawning along the sandy shoreline between The Green Lantern and The Beach House. Most fish are right...

I really don't have an idea as to why the bluegill fishing has been so bad this year. Willow Creek, Mendota Cty, Marshall, Pheasant by and large stunk. In years past, the first day it hit 70 after...

FOG,

Man you did the right thing and was good for all involved--that took some courage.

My brother is a Dane County deputy. Police CAN issue citations, they are authorized to enforce all the codes of state statutory law. Problem is, most of them have no idea what fish and game...

No doubt. Have been fishing Madison since 1990 and never came across "Inner Lake". Thought I was in the know but maybe not.

Anyway (besides lakes in alternate realities) the gillers are not going...

yeah tracker is right, plenty of ice so don't worry about it. even the shoreline is still in good shape. obviously, stay away from anywhere with current (like pheasant branch creek). I would predict...

Well the easy pickings of early ice are over for the year. Sat out on Commodore last night for 3 hours. No action at all, not even a bite. A few came by but they weren't hungry. The chain has been so...

Tracker, yeah you're thinking of the same one. That pretty much seals the deal for me--it's just bad engineering of this product and getting a newer model will make no difference. The only difference...

So I bought this thing last year with high hopes. It shoots through the ice and the specs say it's rated to work at -22F. Bogus. The thing doesn't work at all when it gets cold and by cold I mean 30...

went back saturday. same spot (some company this time), better results. the rain really got the fish going. caught 4 or so <16", a 17", and a chunky (and i mean chunky) 25". all are still swimming.
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Time for a real report--1st time out. Fished from 4-7:30. A bar in the middle of the lake. Don't worry about the ice, there's plenty of it. 6" minimum or 9" by shore. The good news is the action was...

Captain Ron,

There hasn't been anyone out since my first report--at least on the north end of the lake, until this morning. Some guy was nearly a 1/3 mile out, again off the green lantern. This...

last night's cold snap froze the remainder of the lake--which was open up to yesterday. couple of guys are out in portables 100 yards out from the green lantern. sorry no report on the fishing but...