lake byllesby

im going to my friends cabin on byllesby on aug. 15th i plan on fishing walleye and was wondering how the bite is

maybe crappie updates too

August 15th is probably going to throw you into some green alge, pea soup. She can get really green…..really, really green!

Look at pulling cranks along the shorelines that are close to the river channel. You will see the contour lines on the DNR map. Doing this at low-light times should find you a fish or two?

There are good crappies to be found, as well as some smallies and lg mouth.

Plenty of channel cats and sheepshead, as well as a ton of carp and bullheads.

Come “high-noon” you get a lot of recreational traffic, but if the lake is really green, that might be a little slower.

Focus your energy on the rip-rap by the campsite, the bluff walls, and the north shore line, and also the southern shoreline between the bluff wall and the boyscout camp.

Those 4 areas are the “community” type fishing spots. Fish can be found in other places that are more “spot on the spot”, but takes a little time to find them and work those spots.

I haven’t been out there in awhile but what Gary said will work good, also try trolling #7 black silver shad raps on the north shore. Also try crappie minnows over by the bluffs. The water level maybe pretty low right now, with this full moon I should try & get out there this week.

thanks gary

yea thats what i heard about the greean algea stuff im not looking forward to that im gonna bring the kids for my buddies daughters birthday party so they want to go tubing and stuff like that and im not sure there going to want to when they see the lake though

The Dakota County park is probably one of the NICEST parks in the state. It has a great swimbeach facility with very clean restrooms and showers. Helps to wash of the algae. The campground also has a HUGE playground that is great for the kids as well.

Again, the only drawback is the “pea soup”…….It gets bad enough where you just can’t walk in the water.

yea his cabin is right next to that park and they love it there

but i think next ear im going to try going there earlier in the year to avoid the algea

Going earlier would be during the months of May/June. The algae starts getting thick about the 3rd week in June.