Flambeau river reports?

[St Croix Kid]

bulldawgs- check
spinners- check
tubes- check
Joe I read an article that some of the bigger smallies will relate to weeds on the river and won't hit topwaters. a good technique might be throwing unweighted t-rigged plastics into the weeds and weed edges. does this make sense to you?

[Joe Brezinski]

It sure does. Anytime you can place a bait on top of a non agressive smallie good things can happen.A bait with little to no weight with the tantilizing action of a tube maybe all it takes to get a strike. I still would work zaras and poppers but I would move them at an extremely slow speed. I have actually witness smallies sit right below or behind a bait for what seemed to be an eternity before I got them to strike.
Good luck
Joe

[St Croix Kid]

I intentionally never threw to weeds on the river for smallies. will have to give that a try this year. Herbie from 9 Mile says the river is as low as he can ever remember and he's like eighty years old. I guess when we find holes we will find fish..

[St Croix Kid]

the fishing was nothing short of fantastic. i can't even remember how many smallies we boated. some walleye and catfish. moved a big muskie the last day there.

[Joe Brezinski]

Congrats on your recent fishing success. How big were the smallies?? The water levels on the area lakes have risen due to the rains this week. I could not tell you how the fishing was last week because I was on Vermilion for a few days. Nasty weather, high winds and rain but we still managed to get the muskie up. I heard of some BIG muskies caught buy a few fishermen from my area of wisconsin but i cant confirm anything. I believe a 56,53, and 51 by 1 angler. Awesome.
Good luck fishing
Joe Brezinski

[St Croix Kid]

Joe
the size was much better than the last couple of years. I have been fishing that stretch every year since 1997. the last couple of years I was frankly disappointed by the size. this year was much different. I personally caught at least 2 dozen fish over 14" and a few that approached 17" No real big bruisers but a 17" riverine smallie will flat wear you out! That muskie came after a smallmouth I had hooked. I was wading and didn't have a lure or pole big enough to go after him. I know where he's at. he's been in that hole for a couple of years. it's either him or another fish that may have replaced him.

[Joe Brezinski]

I would say that you have the smallies dialed in!!! I think some anglers expect to catch 20" smallies and if they don't its a ##### day. I would love to have action all day long and catching fish in the 17" range can really put up a fight in the river. By the way where did you say that muskie was located? Just kidding!!
Take Care
Joe