Musky:
Musky fishing is consistent and good, though action slowed somewhat during the hot temperatures. Give them a break when water temperatures warm, and delay fishing until cooler times, if at all. If you catch a fish, minimize the time you have it out of the water (also if at all). Look for fish on shallow weeds, weed flats, wood, rock, and structure and baitfish concentrations in 8-18 feet. Small live bait, glide baits, bucktails, spinnerbaits, and topwaters are all catching fish.

Walleye:
Walleye fishing is fair, with most fish scattered deep, in summer patterns, difficult to find, and plenty of natural food competing with angler offerings. Otherwise, things are peachy. Baits of choice include leeches, crawlers, and walleye suckers, with presentations on jigs, harnesses, and slip bobbers all viable. Trolled crankbaits and stickbaits also work well, with trolling a good method for locating fish.

Northern Pike:
Northern pike action is fair to good. Smaller pike are good for action fishing around shallow weeds, weed flats, weedy shorelines, and panfish and baitfish concentrations. Bigger pike are on deeper structure and ledges in 12 to more than 20 feet adjacent to the shallow water holding food sources. Northern suckers and minnows, spinners, spinnerbaits, spoons, swimbaits, crankbaits, jerkbaits, and plastics are all effective. Present bigger baits deeper for trophy pike.

Largemouth Bass:
Largemouth bass fishing is good to very good, with anglers finding fish in shallow weeds, wood, slop, lily pads, and along sandy shorelines, with some fish around deeper weeds and other structure. Crawlers, minnows, and leeches, spinnerbaits, plastics on drop-shot rigs, and topwaters such as buzzbaits, Whopper Ploppers, and frogs all produce action.

Smallmouth Bass:
Smallmouth bass fishing is good to very good. Find fish on deep weeds, rock, points, and hard to soft bottom transition areas in 10-25 feet, depending on the lake. The most productive baits include plastics on drop-shot rigs, Ned and Texas rigs, deep crankbaits, leeches, and sucker minnows.

Crappie:
Crappie action is good when you locate them. Fish are in and around cabbage, suspending over deep basins, or tight to deep weeds, wood, cribs, and other structure. In the evening, fish move higher in the water column to feed, and try the bogs at that time. Crappie minnows and plastics on small jigs fished under slip bobbers, and Beetle Spins all work well.

Bluegill:
Bluegill fishing is very good for smaller fish around shallow weeds and structure, and good for larger fish around deep weeds and wood. Some fish are running with the crappies. Best baits include leaf worms, crawler chunks, small plastics, and Gulp! baits fished on small jigs and plain hooks under bobbers.