We had the best luck by changing alot, if something stopped working we switched to something else, it seemed they wanted the smaller jigs with the one big eye in the middle the best (glow on one side, gold on the other) but at one time or another we caught fish on jigging spoons, plain hooks, small jigs, big jigs. It took us a little time to find the real action but once we did it was too much fun. Only 1 big perch and the walleyes and saugers were mixed in together out on the deep fishing shacks, all our Pike we caught with a simple hook and small treble and a little shiner or fathead. The 4 man shacks are more suited for three or two guys if you are sleeping in them like we did and I’d have them out deep so your noise won’t effect the fishing plus the best walleye/sauger bite was out deep. Don’t bother shallow unless you want a few nice Pike, we did have a good walleye bite up shallow but evening was way better, no walleyes up there during the day. The bottle neck at Zipple Bay resort is getting through the main desk, they have one person up there and she is taking phone calls, checking out customers, getting bait, handing out advice, talking on the two ways for the workers in the field, printing up licsenses,taking meal orders. If I were you when you first get there get everything you need before then all you need is your ice pass, that still might take an hour if you come at the wrong time. Thats my ony complaint. But atleast you know what to expect ahead of time. They have a nice heated fish cleaning house and a nice bar/ resteraunt and the service all around was friendly…..Good luck its a blast.
