November Fishing Reports and Pictures

To all the Rock River rats and IDO gang, yes Oct was a well let’s just leave it at that and move forward to Nov. I have a good feel about Nov, let go fishing.

As I’ve posted before, and am sure a few of you have found the same thing, about half of the November walleye I’ve kept and cleaned, had frogs in their bellies. Not sure when the frogs start leaving land to burrow into the muddy bottom of the river, but I’d say that the cycle of eyes looking for meals like that, would be repetetive year to year. Come on frogs!

Thanks for the tip Ed,

This fin-tech team will be heading out today on the Rock River and another fin-tech team is going to the Miss on pool 4 which is the Mike and Carson Huppert. Good luck to the Huppert’s. The Rock River should be ready to pop, the walleyes should be putting on the feed bag, I’m very excited to get out fishing this morning, can’t sleep. Heading out at 10am to 6pm, will report in a couple weeks.

Out today from 630 to 1. Fished blackhawk by myself with noting to show for it. Trolled the lake for 2 hours – ZIP. BTW just past the mouth it is 2 feet deep for about 1/4 mile. A little scary.

Back up the river to the VFW and got some rips on plastic but were white bass. Put on minnows and consistent white bass action up to 14 inches. Got one walleye at 15.5 inches on jig and minnow. Only two other boaters out and one duck hunter heading to Kosh.

Water very very low and the dock at the bypass has been pulled out.

Water temp 40.

That is it.

Derek

At least the nice size white bass were there to tug on your lines….plus one eye. Can’t be too picky this late in the game.

I didn’t think the game has started yet

Let’s hope your right, so we don’t end up with a no-show.

btw – that walleye was starving

Wefish and I fished hard Saturday for 8 hours to take home four nice keepers for the frying pan. Fish were caught in 9 to 11 fow on some plastic and a few on big fathead minnow. It was good to see Ed and Bob out fishing hard also. Looks like rain all day today(Sunday)so wouldn’t get out until next Friday. Wefish did ok running the trolling motor all day, man it’s nice fishing from the back of the boat, very relaxing. water temps 45 and water very low and still going down, be careful, walleye fishing is picking up since last week, need the rain, rain will help the bite. I have been picking up shorts also, blade baits have been starting to work good to. Time to grab some blade baits, 2-tone color nuckle ball jigs 1/8 and 1/4 oz, plastic’s (Berkley ribworms, pattletails, ringworms) and a few nice big fatheads for back up and get on the water. Hope to cya you all on the water next week, good luck to all the deer hunters.

a.k.a bola

Out Friday from 2-5 pm. White bass if you want to target them. One short sauger on the split shot dead stick. Talked to a few guys. Only heard of one walleye caught by some guys who were out all day.

Going to try somewhere else for a bit. Don’t know where yet but tired of catching white bass.

Hear some shots in the background and had three does watching me fish.

Also saw a couple owls flying in which is always cool.

At least there is always the beauty of nature to enjoy.

Derek

Took my long time fishing partner, John, out today from 9:30am to 4:pm. Lots of white bass, a couple of short saugers and just as we ran out of bait, this nice 20″ walleye caught in the shallows on a livebait rig.

Out on the Rock for about 3 hrs. this afternoon, after striking out on Monona lake chasing muskies in the morning. two short saugers, and a bunch of white bass, and that was it. Unless somebody starts posting some good reports, may be throwing in the towel on the Rock for this year, and spend the last few open water days on the Big pond, or some other waters.
Very difficult to understand, after a banner year for eyes last fall.

I tend to agree with throwing in the towel. The cold temps coming may help but thinking about putting the rig away soon.

Later all.

D

not me, got lucky and fill my buck tag so will be fishing all day Wed and most of the day Thur before cold front .

Nice Buck Jeff. Congrats!

thank you Eric, no keepers eyes today, will try on turkey day, last day before cold front, should have the river to myself I’m assuming.

Nice looking bambi, jeff. Good luck with the eyes on turkey-day. If i didn’t have family commitments, i’d be out there sharing the river with you on Thursday.
Happy thanksgiving to all Rock River Rats.

Nice buck Jeff, got the one ive been hunting for 2 yrs now, opening day of gun, now back to bow hunting till ice up.

holy crap that’a a awesome buck, congrats

Thanks jeff,have 2 yrs of trail cam pics of him, only 4th time ive seen him in the day time in 2 yrs. where i hunt im a long tee shot from the north shore of the big k, low water and 2 dinged up props kept me in tree stand this fall, and guess it paid off.

Yeah I know what you me, the k-mart lunch dinged up my lower unit, nothing seroius but a few sratches but never the less it sucked out there with low water and the fishing.

Seeing skim ice on the ponds at my home and that other site showing ice on Kosh. The clock is ticking for you die hards

Ron was out on the Rock on sunday afternoon, and pounded the white bass after giving up on walleye. As for me, not sure where I’ll spend the last day or two of open water fishing. Probably the Big Pond.

Just came back from madison for work. The rock and crawfish off I-94 is iced up. I would imagine the rest of the river is starting to do the same.

Derek

yeap, just went by rock and bark and most is iced up

I would say ice will be off most of the river by Sunday

Thu Nov 29

45°

32°

Mostly Sunny

Chance of rain:10%Wind: SSE at 9 mph
Details

Fri Nov 30

43°

32°

Mostly Cloudy

Chance of rain:20%Wind: E at 11 mph
Details

Sat Dec 1

52°

44°

Mostly Cloudy

Chance of rain:20%Wind: SSE at 11 mph
Details

Sun Dec 2

59°

39°

AM Clouds / PM Sun

Chance of rain:20%Wind: WSW at 12 mph

any dead head walleye anglers heading out this weekend? Hope to get out Sunday

I still have a bucket of minnows yet…but maybe I will take them to Lake Michigan. At least I know there are fish there!