August Fishing Reports

  • jeff-patrick
    Fort Atkinson, WI
    Posts: 2128
    July 30, 2011 at 10:47 am #1318911

    Dog days of summer, any ideas how to fish the lake and river in August, always been one of my hardest months to figure out?

    dugout
    Dubuque Ia
    Posts: 154
    July 30, 2011 at 11:13 am #985097

    Well I can speak about the River, You want Deep Rock, = colder water. and you want some good flow because it has more oxygen.

    So the Tips of the Deeper Wingdams are always a good starting point.

    Good Luck.

    jeff-patrick
    Fort Atkinson, WI
    Posts: 2128
    August 6, 2011 at 9:32 am #986603

    Fished Friday after work and found a few white bass in the river, water temp 88. Saw couple Friday anglers that had three walleyes from fishing all day. I asked them what’s the trick and they said drink lots of water.

    kv56
    Janesville
    Posts: 150
    August 10, 2011 at 10:36 pm #987622

    Haven’t been on the rock since early July. Hot weather and work are what I am blaming that for. Did have a few 25 fish days in August last year. Stayed in moving water dragging cranks and crawler harnesses with big blades faster than you would think.

    Gregg Pfeifer
    Fort Atkinson, WI
    Posts: 889
    August 22, 2011 at 3:10 pm #989972

    Caught my first Bowfin yesterday. It put up nice fight but I didn’t want to touch it.


    kv56
    Janesville
    Posts: 150
    August 25, 2011 at 12:21 am #990738

    Now that was frikin sweet! So did you steak him out or fillet him Hope to head out this weekend.

    Gregg Pfeifer
    Fort Atkinson, WI
    Posts: 889
    August 27, 2011 at 12:35 pm #991311

    I returned to the river for the first time since Walleye League for a couple hours before dark yesterday and was welcomed back by a nice crappie and a 5 pound, 24″ walleye. My first canoe ‘eye! I was dragging up river by paddle. I found a technique that you can’t duplicate with a boat/motor

    z-man
    Dousman, WI
    Posts: 1416
    August 28, 2011 at 12:02 am #991385

    Nice fish, Databoy. I’m beginning to get the urge to hed back there, too, but gonna give it a few weeks. Grabbed a bite at the ancor inn with my wife on thursday night, heading back from Dubuque, and the river sure looked inviting. saw a guy workig the hwy. 59 pylons pretty hard, but no takers. I miss the Thursday night tourneys.

    kv56
    Janesville
    Posts: 150
    August 28, 2011 at 8:19 pm #991482

    Got out today 6:30 – 10:30. Temps in mid 70’s and hard to find water deeper than 5 feet. Trolled cranks and harnesess in river and main lake. Nothing but a few whites and short northerns. Saw a few small ones caught by drifters in the river. Might have to get a canoe . Is the water high enough to get to blackhawk from the lake?

    jeff-patrick
    Fort Atkinson, WI
    Posts: 2128
    August 29, 2011 at 9:07 am #991562

    Quote:

    Is the water high enough to get to blackhawk from the lake?

    yes

    kv56
    Janesville
    Posts: 150
    August 31, 2011 at 12:49 am #991986

    Thanks

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