report 7/4
despite a cold front arriving last sat with n n/w winds 30-40,rain,and water temps dropping from low 70's to low 60's in a matter of several days fishing remained verygood/excellent though patterns changed and fishermen/guides had to adapt and fish out of the wind for the first 1/2 of the week.thurs-sat nice weather returned and water temps are rising again into the upper 60's and should reach 70's again by sun.
end of last week 1st part of this past week walleyes were on an excellent bite the first 1/2 of the week on flats and emerging weeds 6-14' .humps were very sporatic and spotty fishing.
as the week progressed the bigger fish made a move and a terrific sand and marled rock hump bite emerged last 2-3 days of the week at 18-24' and should continue.still lots of fish on the flats but mostly small. it remains to be seen if there will be a major move back by the bigger fish on the flats now that water is warming again and mayflys starting to hatch and i would assume some groups will but with so many fish midlake now many will now stay i'm sure. there were many 60-100+ fish days last week with alot of fish of all sizes and year classes but the hump bite was primarlily 22-28" fish.
the diana group fished through the worst first part of the week with guides and had some of the best walleye fishing they've experienced in canada on many trips despite the weather avg. 60+ fish per boat/day under severe conditions on the sheltered flats with lots of eaters,slots, and some nice fish to 28".the humphals fished with travis thurs and creamed em' on the humps.the curnutts fished with danny fri first time fishing walleyes and had a day to remember boating 150+ fish 70% of which were 22"-28" and a 49" muskie. both the rohrers and burhardts had 200+ fish days on 4wds and fly-ins and great days on eagle with fish boated to 30".
on the flats jigs and minnows were main presentations though gulp and plastics produced well even better than live bait on some spots when aggressive competing groups of fish were found. spinners and cranks also now producing very well.
tip;
as the water cooled off and with extended high winds for several days the calmer lee side spots produced much better as they were a few degrees warmer and easier to fish and conmtrol the boat,as the warm weather and sun arrived warming surface temps back up the wind blown spots was much better as breezes pushed the warmer water into them. for now look for the wind to be your friend and consistant catches especially when fishing shallower.
on the humps rigging far put produced jigs with minnows and jumbo leeches now kicking in strong as a prefered bait .crawlers catching fish but with the large numbers of young year classes of perch especially in the weeds it's frustrating tap-tap tap bait gone. as the crayfish start to molt soon on the humps they will be a choice to consider.
all in all walleye fishing is reaching the next level and if it continues to improve it could be one of the best years ever coming up.tremendous multiple year classes of all sizes showing up.
bass have for the most part completed spawning with only a few males still guarding nests. females been gone for better part of a week moving to nearby rocky shorelines,points and rock reed combos.with the wind and water roiled up sight fishing was impossible plus they are more scattered so covering ground with topwaters,spinnerbaits,flukes,and jigs /gulp-plastics and leeches were best .tom sterner fished with danny on wed. and they boated 60+ fish to 21 1/2" with all but a very few 17-19".the burkhardts and rohrers had 100+ fish days avg 14-17" with some 18's on a 4wd lake.
some big pike now showing up while casting muskys in best developing weed beds, the vitas and moherman groups had fish 43-44" last week.
at the end of last week it appeared the muskies were ready to really start going and with the rapid drop in water temps (over 12 degrees in 3 days) i feared the worse but all in all it wasn't to bad.they were affected some as they were right on the edge after just completing spawning last week in many areas and the rapid drop in water temps (remember 1 degree of water temp change is equls to 7-10 to us and they got no coats to put on or take off)only 1 group really concentrating on muskys 100% and they (the van koppels) caught fish to 48" and chasing some bigger,the vitas got a 42 and a 44" and lost 2 dandys one 50+ with me on thurs.and we had 12 up 3 that looked to be in that same class , wed i got a 53" off the dock!!! the curnutts got a 49 with danny fri..and cal had a 48.
i've seen it better but all in all just coming off spawning,the weird weather it could be much worse and now with the stable weather and warming water temps,beds beds thickening up,etc they should kick in big time in the next week or so. the waqy they started to crank up end of last week before the front hit it won't take much.
been mostly blade baits #8's,9's,and thurs fri some 10's started moving fish. minnow baits like shallow invaders and double d's in walleye and perch patterns,bulldawg,were moving fish especially early in the week when water temps were colder.
been alot of weeds but fish on shallow rocks and rock weed combos also.topwater should start moving fish good by weeks end.
AND YA I KNOW I NEED TO GET A BUNCH OF THIS YEARS PICS UP I WILL SHORTLY ,GOT SO MANY NOW CAUSE I BEEN PROCRASTINATING I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START BUT I WILL FOR YOU ALL TO SEE.
while fishing has been very good definatly the best is yet to come.
still got one cabin open july 11-18 and one 18-25. aug 22-oct 3 we got some scattered opening throughout,great time to be on the water and big fish.
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Fishing update
Originally Posted by Steve Herbeck
