Fishing report September 9, 2022

Musky:
Musky fishing is good to very good. Target inside and on the edges of shallow thick weeds and structure. Bucktails, spinnerbaits, swimbaits, jerkbaits, gliders, and topwaters are working, as is trolling crankbaits and stickbaits, and musky suckers will soon come into play.

Walleye:
Walleye fishing is fair, with fish dispersed in various locations, cover, and depths from 6-35 feet or deeper. Weeds, weed edges, rock, points, and humps can all hold fish. Best baits include fatheads and crawlers on slip bobbers, Lindy rigs, bottom bouncers, and crawler harnesses, and trolled crankbaits and stickbaits.

Northern Pike:
Northern pike action is very good. Fish thick weeds and near panfish and baitfish concentrations at varied depths. Top baits include minnows, spinners, spinnerbaits, spoons, jerkbaits, rattle baits, and chatterbaits and pike put on an all-day bite.

Largemouth Bass:
Largemouth bass fishing is good to very good. Look for fish on weeds, weedlines, wood, and rock from shallow to deep, as well as in brush, lily pads, and near baitfish. Crawlers Senkos, Ned rigs, drop-shot rigs, spinnerbaits, and topwaters will all tempt the fish.

Smallmouth Bass:
Smallmouth bass fishing is good when you find them. Depending on the lake and water clarity, fish can be in/on weeds, wood, rock, points, and humps in 8-25 feet. Live bait, Ned rigs, drop-shot rigs, tube jigs, Senkos, crankbaits, and various topwaters are all effective offerings.

Crappie:
Crappie fishing is fair to good, but fish are somewhat scattered. Look for them in weeds and near cribs, logs, bogs, and brush in 10 to more than 20 feet, with some suspending over deep water. Crappie minnows, fatheads, plastics, Mini-Mites, and Gulp! baits on small jigs and hooks under slip bobbers are working, as are Beetle Spins and similar baits.

Bluegill and perch:
Bluegill and perch fishing is good to very good in and on mid-depth and shallow weeds, bays, brush, and cribs. Bigger fish are deeper. Waxies, worms, crawler chunks, plastics, and Gulp! baits on small jigs, teardrops, and plain hooks fished with/without bobbers work well.