Ranger Rick
06-07-2009, 08:47 AM
Guides Choice Pro Shop now offers leeches by the pound for those of you that have asked us to do it. So if you are coming to Eagle River fishing for walleyes or whatever and want to save money on your bait, Guides Choice has it.
Fishing has held up pretty well during the tide of cold fronts coming through the Northwoods. Walleyes are still being caught in the weeds in depths of 2 to 12 feet depending on the lake you are fishing. The Eagle River Chain is 2 to 6 feet. Everything that swims is in the weeds at this time. The morning bite is slower but as the day gets longer the fish start to bite. Sunlight in the afternoon seems to really get them feeding. The northern pike bite on the chain is great as soon as the sun gets high. Crappies have slowed due to the colder nights but look for them to crank up when we get a few days of warm weather. The Eagle River Chain has been a great producer for them this year.
Muskies are the only species not moving very consistantly. With the
H2O temperature hovering at and just above 60 degrees, they simply are not ready to feed heavily and are waiting for the warmer water. Good advice is to fish shorelines that are beaten by the sun for much of the day as the shallow water can rise as much as 3 to 4 degrees in an afternoon feeling good on the back of a musky. Remember these are cold blooded creatures that are affected dramatically by the water around them.
Time to go fishing, see you all up North,
Ranger Rick
Fishing has held up pretty well during the tide of cold fronts coming through the Northwoods. Walleyes are still being caught in the weeds in depths of 2 to 12 feet depending on the lake you are fishing. The Eagle River Chain is 2 to 6 feet. Everything that swims is in the weeds at this time. The morning bite is slower but as the day gets longer the fish start to bite. Sunlight in the afternoon seems to really get them feeding. The northern pike bite on the chain is great as soon as the sun gets high. Crappies have slowed due to the colder nights but look for them to crank up when we get a few days of warm weather. The Eagle River Chain has been a great producer for them this year.
Muskies are the only species not moving very consistantly. With the
H2O temperature hovering at and just above 60 degrees, they simply are not ready to feed heavily and are waiting for the warmer water. Good advice is to fish shorelines that are beaten by the sun for much of the day as the shallow water can rise as much as 3 to 4 degrees in an afternoon feeling good on the back of a musky. Remember these are cold blooded creatures that are affected dramatically by the water around them.
Time to go fishing, see you all up North,
Ranger Rick