~ Fishing guides Roger LaPenter and Luke Kavajecz from Anglers All, 715/682-5754, report the following:
This report is about the Ashland side of Chequamegon Bay. The smallmouth fishing continues to be amazing with large numbers of fish around. They are biting on flies, plastics and minnows – just about everything is working right now, according to Carolyn Swartz, co-owner of Anglers All in Ashland.
Folks are getting walleye at the mouth of the Kakagon Slough, around the Brush Point area out to the rock pile, and over the weedbeds using crawler harnesses and stickbaits. Along the Ashland shoreline, in addition to smallies, they’re catching northern pike, perch and walleye (during the low-light hours).
“Real early morning and night fishing have been more productive for walleye than the middle of the day,” Carolyn noted. “However, if it’s a cloudy day, then the middle of the day could be good, too,” she added.
The smallmouth bass are all over the bay, including in the shallows and wherever there are structures under the water. They are pretty much in post-spawn mode now.
“We’ve had a few great days of weather out there with calm winds and warm temperatures,” said Anglers All fishing guide Luke Kavajecz. “In fact, it was downright hot out there!”
“The fish have really responded well and we’ve had a great time on the water the past few days,” he continued. “The topwater bite has been great, turning on in the afternoon into the evening, and all kinds of other techniques are working, too.”
The same spots where you’ll find walleye and bass loitering are the areas where anglers have been catching a good number of northerns. The northern pike are still hanging around in the shallows and if you’re fishing from shore there has been some perch and northern activity off the base of the former ore dock.
“Northerns are being caught at the head of the bay all the way out to the breakwall as well as at Brush Point and in the Sand Cut,” Carolyn said.
Trolling for trout and salmon has been good offshore and out into the Apostle Islands, but there has been the occasional brown trout in the bay proper as well. The fish are shallow, or higher in the water column, early and move deeper as the day progresses.
Carolyn advises those in search of brown trout that they seem to be found more on the Washburn side of the bay and through the channel as they follow the bait fish.
For the most complete and up-to-date fishing report, just give them a call at Anglers All and they will gladly keep you informed!
~ The Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce, 1-800-284-9484, reports:
Fishing is always a thrilling adventure in the Ashland area! Chequamegon Bay is famous for its world-class smallmouth bass fishing.
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