We had our first snow fall for the season just a dusting most of the storm hit to the south and east of here. Just getting set to switch gears and get things cooking for the up coming hard water season. If the temps stay on track from here on we should be fishing the inland lakes around the first part of December. From there we will be in high gear after some hot inland Panfish & Pike action for a few weeks while waiting for the Chequamegon Bay to make enough ice to walk on. Use caution first ice “spikes, spud bar, pfd, rope, and a fishing partner is a must. This year we are looking at great fishing for Browns, Splake & Perch early ice on the bay. Due to the great stocking efforts the Brown Trout numbers are up and we are expecting a great ice season for them inside the Chequamegon Bay and Apostle Islands area. We are targeting these fish from northern shoreline the head of the bay working our way right along to Washburn and right around Houghton Point to Pikes Creek area. Than as Ice forms in the Apostles We are fishing for them near shore around the islands. We are generally fishing shallow for them from as little to 4 ftow to 30ftow and sometimes a little deeper. He in WI we are able to use 3 lines so on most of my trips I will run two Automatic Fisherman spooled with a good 6lb co-poly or Berkley Vanish. On my first I like to send down a spawn sack 1 to 2ft off the bottom with a small split shot above it, The second Automatic is set up with a snelled hook with a loop lock because I can open it just a bit to fish wigglers “mayfly” on it I push the first two legs in and very easy pull back the loop to keep the wiggler alive so it can swim below with no problems with another small split shot above it as well. My third is a rod in hand I like to start off with medium sized pimples tipped with a fathead or lake shiner. Other lures I use a lot of are rattle spoons, jigging raps, small flyers & when the current is not bad Williams spoons are deadly. My top picks in colors for all are white, black , silver, copper, blue / silvers green / silvers. Keep posted for more weekly reports as we change over and gear for ice season. Think ICE! Good luck and be safe.
November 13, 2011 at 1:16 pm
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