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Fishing has started to slow down a little, I think the trolling bite is the most
effective pattern with most of the fish suspending. The water is still in the high
70's to low 80's depending where you are fishing. Didn't get out to much this week.
Thursday night one of my clients Dave took the rod for his first Pewaukee Lake muskie a 34 plus incher, we were only out for 20 minuits. I hoped this was going to be one of those great night but there was no more muskies boated. Saterday was my MuskieFirst challenge match against two good sticks from northern Wisconsin. We started before sunrise and the first fish came at 8:00am, a welcome 35 incher to get us on the board. The next fish came at 12:45pm and this fish taped out at 34.5 inches. After a short lunch break we were back out by 2:00pm and were hitting it hard to put another fish in the boat. We stuck it out until dark without a hit, luck has it there team did not boat a fish. Eight teams left out of 32, next month things will get harder as only the best are left. Tonight I took out my kids and my son Mikey boated his first muskie a 33.75 incher that ate one of the new Bagleys prisom DB04's just off walks island in about 18 foot of water. There is nothing like the excitement of a 10 year old catching his first muskie. Heard about some night casting action from a friend, night fishing should only get better as the water cools. Try creapers, tally wackers, bucktails or crank baits along the weed edges. Work the weeds closest to deep water first then work your way into the larger weed flats like the west end or the narrows. Trolling at night is also a excellent choice. So far this year night trolling has produced some good results and you will most likely have the lake to your self an hour after dark. Slammers and Depth Raiders have been the best choices for night trolling. Most of the fish caught this week were in the mid thirtys, next week we are going into a new moon phase and should get some of those big girls going again. See you on the water !!! |
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This has been the hottest week so far, after a small cold front the fishing started to
get better. With each day of stable weather the fishing just got better. I got out
Tuesday morning early and caught a 39.5 and a 45 inch muskie before 8:00am. After
catching two muskies that early I was out by 5:00am the next morning. The pattern
held up and scored a 38 incher before 6:00am. A 37 inch pike crunched a Slammer off
the Beach Park area later. You bet I was out the next morning before it got light out
and it was worth it, the first fish came before I got the third rod in the water. The
45.5 incher was a real fat and healthy fish, most likely a suspending muskie that
came in at night to roam the flats. This fish was taken from the Rocky point ares.
The next fish was a 36.25 that ate a Bagley Bait from 22 foot of water. The third
fish was a 37.5 inch northern pike that came off Walks Island in 16 foot of water.
You bet I was out the next morning same time and caught a 38 inch pike off the north shore from 27 foot of water. I did stick a muskie off Walks Island from 17 foot of water. I fished Oconomowoc Lake with a friend and he caught a 35 inch muskie at dark, we fished until moon set(3:00am) with no more action. Sunday morning at 6:40 I caught a 34.25 inch muskie off the north shore in 20 foot of water. The muskie ate a Bagley DB04, later that day I took a friend out and I caught a 20inch largemouth bass and a 39 inch muskie both ate a DB04 crank bait. Tonight I had clients and the fishing was still great. The first fish came off Beach Park, a quality walleye that measured 24.5 inches. The second fish was a 42.5 inch muskie that was suspended in 30 foot of water between Beach Park and Rocky Point. Fishing should stay hot with the full moon phase now here. Bagleys, Slammers and Depth Raiders are working. Under low light conditions or dark use the Slammers and Depth raiders. The water temps are still in the 80 to 82 range and the handling of the fish should be kept down to minuits. Please do all the work on your fish in the water. A big net is a must, also a good pair of sidecutters makes hook removal quick and easy. Get out there and get in on some of the hotest action of the season. There is a lot of fish suspending off the breaks and are mostly 14 to 24 feet down. Early and late in the day has been the best times to catch the muskies. Most of the walleye action has been the last hour of the day. There is a lot of trollers out now and if most of the trollers can go the same direction it would make things alot easer. My best run is going west on the north shore and east on the south shore. Good Luck and see you on the water !!! |
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Fishing had its first slow down after the cool front that set in on Tuesday night, the
east wind that stayed with us for four days only made it harder to fish because of all
the floating weeds that were pushed into the narrows and big lake from the weedy east
end. There was a few fish that were caught trolling that I know of.
Saturday I took my wife out for some quality time on the water and she caught a nice 25.5 inch walleye just before dark and a 36.5 inch muskie at moon set, both fish were released to fight again. The walleye ate a Bagley DB04 and the muskie ate a Depth Raider, the fish were both taken in around 20 to 22 foot of water. I went out Sunday night 10:30 to 12:00 and had two fish on but nothing made it to the boat for pics. The night bite is so underfished on Pewaukee Lake, Sunday night I shared the lake with one other boat, they caught a smallmouth when we talked around 11:00pm. Got a phone call from a friend today and he caught a 43 inch musky around noon today on a Crappie Baby Raider trolling the west end. Fishing is going to stay good if the weather can stay somewhat consistant with little changes instead of extreme changes. If you have not tried the night bite you are missing out on some of the most peacefull muskie fishing the summer has to offer. Try trolling for a few hours after dark and then casting the spots that are closest to deep water and holding the most bait fish. This one two punch has been one of my most productive patterns for the last few years. I will be hitting the lake hard this week both day and night to see what is working the best, bottom line is, the more time on the water the more fish and knowlege you will pick up. Get out there and enjoy some of the great fishing Pewaukee Lake has to offer. Good luck and see you on the water !! |
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Fishing has stayed as hot as the weather. The muskies are very active and the walleyes
are being caught on the weedlines,the dropoffs and also suspending in open water. The
muskies are moving deeper and being caught trolling from the flats to open water. I
had a client catch his first legal muskie Tuesday night trolling the flats.
Wednesday morning I caught a nice fat 38 incher suspended in 30 feet of water at 6:10am and later that day I trolled up a 35.5 inch muskie that came out of 16 foot of water close to a good weedbed. This morning I got out early again and a 37 inch muskie hit one of my Slammer Deep Divers at 5:45am. There was a bonus 33 incher at 7:30 that crunched my Golden Shiner Slammer, both fish were caught trolling open water. So far the night bite and top water bite has been silent mostly due to the large amount of floating weeds that has seemed to be everywhere this month. Try to fish the second day of a consistent wind and most of the floating weeds will be blown to one side of the lake and the other will be mostly free of floaters. With the new moon phase coming soon I will be out working the night bite both trolling and casting, for the best results try a high activity day to target your night fishing trip. Sunday nights have been my most productive nights for this pattern. Get out there and get into some of the action before it starts to slow down. Please keep the fish you catch in the water while cutting or removing hooks, please keep the time out of the water to 2 to 3 minutes tops during this high water temperature period. When the water temps reach 80 degrees and until it goes back down the stress on the fish is critical, this is when you can do everything carefully, quick, correct and still have some problems releasing these fish. Remember these fish are living in cooler water under the surface then stressed while being caught then put back into 80 to 85 degree surface temperatures, please keep an eye on these fish until they swim down, some of these fish will stay on the surface for a while before going down and with all the recreational boaters out on Pewaukee Lake it would really hurt to see a speed boat run over a 40 inch class fish while it was recovering from being caught and released. Good luck and see you on the water !!! |
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The heat wave is still here and is pushing the water temperatures up into the 80 to 83
degree range on the west end and over the 84 degree mark in the east end of the lake.
With the water temperatures this high please keep the fish you catch out of the water
for only a few minutes. Please do all the work on the fish in the landing net while
in the water, only removing the fish for a quick picture and measurement if needed.
Last week I watched a guy catch a 35 to 36 inch fish and put the fish in the bottom of his boat and work on the fish for 13 minutes then took the fish and placed it into the water and wondered why it was so hard to release, after I explained why the fish was so stressed he understood. There was another fish that was a 43 incher that was dropped during some photos that I was told about that was out of the water for at least 15 minutes, this time must be kept down a few minutes. Both of these fish might swim away but will have some type of problems due to bad releases. We all want to see the fish we catch live to fight another day and all of us need to help each other learn the little things that will make our fishing better in the future. With that off my my chest on with the reports. The muskies are being pushed out into deeper water with the rising temperatures and are being taken trolling. Last thursday I was out for three hours and caught a 20 inch largemouth bass, a 30 inch northern a 24 inch walleye and lost a 38 incher at the boat reaching for the camera for some in the water pictures. If this fish was bigger I would have netted her then took some pictures but the pictures are much better when the fish is in the water when your alone. Remember if boated please don't place the fish on carpet or anything not wet, better yet ask the nearest fisherman for some help with a picture while leaving the fish in the water in the net. There was a nice 47 incher CPR'ed this week and a few 40's also that were caught. Casting early and late in the day is still working with some good results and trolling is starting to pick up now that the water temperatures are rising into the 80's. Casting crank baits like Depth Raiders, Ernies, Bagley's and Slammer Deep Divers were the baits of choice. Trolling the same baits was working also. The night bite is going also with little to preasure from other fisherman after dark. This is one of the best ways to catch the trophy musky your looking for. The floating weeds are everywhere and have been a real problem for the trollers, motor around and look over the places you want to fish and pick the best areas with the least amount of floaters, this will keep the headaches down and the production up. Good luck and see you on the water!!! |
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