Sunday will be the last day to launch at the by-pass, should help on the fall fishing pressure. Saw lots of familiar face yesterday on the water. Good to see you guys again. Fishing will be awesome the next few months. Screw bow hunting I’m fishing this year. 
Good talking to you, Jeff. glad to see that you finally got your priorities straight, and not letting bowhunting get in the way of fishing.
as for the fishing on the Rock yesterday, we got skunked. Ouch!
Nice to see everyone out. Too bad the fishing was tough. Saw some legals caught. Even had on a couple that felt like good fish but couldn’t convert. Even trolled the lake a little for a couple little white bass. Saw a couple legals come off the rock pile though.
Will be off the water for a couple weekends due to work but hope to get back at it soon.
Save a few for me.
D.
Was out on Koshkonong trolling and found, among other fish, a pod of jumbo perch. Of course, too late to get to work them since I had to pull up and pick my kids up at school. 
Spent a great day on the water today, but not productive. started by trolling Kosh from 8 till noon, and only one small eye. Moved to jig the river and immediately got a 16 inch eye on jig/minnow near Riverfront launch. but that was it…..moved all over the place, and nada…a few rips here and there, but no hook-ups.
Got schooled by Jeff in late afternoon, who got a couple legals pretty quick as we were chatting…. 
But what a day it was out there! warm, and no wind. Better luck next time.
EZ Better days ahead – caught a few more Friday and today tried new area and only caught this huge cat. Not easy by myself – sent her back for seed – CPR
Nice Cat. Too many of the big girls like that have been taken out of river from what I have seen.
Someone order cooler weather to get the water temp down and some rain.
D
Nice cat Jeff !! Gonna try to make it over next week. Back has been feelin’ better so what the heck. A day of fishin’ is much better than a day of doin’ nothin’. With the leaves changing color the ride will even be enjoyable.
Good luck everyone and let’s hope for some cooler temps.
Was out today from 11:am to 2:30 pm and hit the milk run. 3 northerns upstream of the Newville bridge. Had to keep one since I couldn’t dislodge my crank out of its gullet. The other two were 22″ and 16″. Moved out to the rockpile and picked up an 18″ walleye and another 14″er along with a few 4″ whities. Moved to my honeyhole and connected with 3 short saugers before I had to go pick up the kids. Tried a bunch of colors but one keeps producing and it doesn’t seem to matter which brand or type it is. Another tip-run them higher than you are used to and 2.0 mph is too slow, 3.0 mph is too fast.
thanks for the report Bob – forget the lake the river is the place to be, you know better thsn that 
WeFish –
how did you do by the 106 bridge this morning?
Not a Bite Jeff,
Was marking alot of fish, and not even a bite down at the mouth either. I did have a good Thursday morning at Ripley some very nice gills took 10 home for the pan.
WeFish
When I fished the 106 area I marked tons of fish also. 
It was a terrible bite yesterday. I didn’t see anybody even try to set a hook except for one guy fishing from shore at mouth that pulled in a largemouth bass. First one of those I have ever seen caught in the river. I bet I never see more largemouth caught than walleyes at Blackhawk ever again!
Downtown launch is not useable. I got beached on the hump that’s unavoidable and had a hard time getting off. I plan on trying Kmart tomorrow but might have to call it quits due to low water if nothing is producing up river.
how low is the water up there right now? im guessing theres little to no current at all.
Fished the Blackhawk island area from 1 till 6 pm yesterday, and ended up with three eaters from 15.5 to 17 inches, plus a 12 inch crappie. Not much action before 5 pm, except for the crappie and a couple carp/ then at 5, the dinnner bell rang. Caught the sauger and two eyes plus several good rips that I missed, in 5.5 to 6.5 fow, and all on jig/minnow….no fish on plastic. Only 3 boats out after 4pm….nice and quiet. Water temps At 58 degrees.
Thanks for the report Ed, I’m planning to get out on the weekend. got bambi last week so I got a buck tag now so I will be temped to bow hunt for that 30 pointer
Was out Monday 10a to 2p, fished 106 to the Bark. Only two fish, a sheepshead and a dog fish…. The dogfish were chasing minnows all over in the slack water, they looked like LMB at first until I caught the one. I too marked lots of stuff around the 106 bridge but no bites at all and I drifted through 4 times. Was using my LX-5 over the bow so I’m confident in the marks I was seeing were fish, some rather large. Didn’t see many other catch anything either other than a few guys by the Bark pulling in carp. Water very low and almost no current hit a few rocks in the middle of the river just down from the Kmart launch so be careful out there.
Has anyone been doing any good lately? No reports in a few days means good fishing, I’m no dummying 
be out Sunday all day please don’t follow me 
Made it out there yesterday afternoon. got 6 eyes with two legals, 16 inch sauger, and 20 or so eye…didn’t measure the larger one. Both are still swimming….in a fish cage that sitting at the bottome of 7 fow near the mouth….string broke when we forgot to pull it in when relocating. 
All came on jig/minnow. Just haven’t been able to get any on plastics yet this year.
Started out by launching my buddy’s 14 ft. Lund, and as he drives the trailer away, I’m pulling the boat in towards the dock, and the line comes untied….and wouldn’t you know it, the wind picks up a bit, and blows it to the middle of the river. Sheepishly asked another boater for a ride to the boat, making darn sure that everyone knew it wasn’t my boat or knot. After a good laugh, we got the first legal across from the launch in a couple minutes. (Diesel…you got your larry, i got my Ron). Last time he was out here, he lost one rod in the water while lifting up his net to boat a 22 to 24 inch eye, which also got off the hook as he was momentarily stunned from seeing his rod sink, AND when landing the boat that night, smacked his gunnel- mount portable depth finder against the dock, and broke the clamp-frame, which…you guessed, also sank, not to be retrieved.
holy crap Ed, your starting to sound like that jinks databoy angler I warned you guys
I guess if you call your catch CPR I would have to say it sunny out today.
Hope the rain stops soon so I can get out with a buddy from two weeks back. Radar don’t look good for a few hours.
I’m afraid to go out with him again in his boat. thanks for the warning about Databoy, too.
With all the boats that fish the stretch near the mouth, hoping that someone gets lucky and snags the cage. Those fish should live for a few days….7 fow, somewhere up from the lower bar launch.
ED,
When you were out last was there lots of boats out? I was assuming with by-pass launch not the best the fishing pressure would be low.
There were only 5 boats between the launch and the mouth when we launched at the riverfront bar on friday at 1 pm. Only one left at 6 pm. About the same the previous Monday.
I was out Monday morning with a fellow angler ON THE LAKE (not the river) and had such a busy day fishing that it was exhausting and a little embarrassing. I like to fish for a meal and go home while others like to fill their limit. This time the fishing was so good that the capacity of the livewell was the limiting factor. We caught everything from 14″ white bass, 30″ norts, 14″-18″ walleyes and sauger to 14″ jumbo perch. I won’t have to go fishing for some time. It was more like catching since any bait we threw at them they hit with surprising viciousness. As we were reeling in to go, we had a triple and had at least two doubles during the three hours we were out. Too bad these high winds will spoil the bite. I have pics, but you’ll have to ask for them.
Bob can we see pic’s?
Good job Bob. Just as Jeff said. Would love to see some pics. Not doubting your catch, I just have not seen a rock river walleye this fall .
Your action reminded me of my fall last year. Lots of fun.
D
anyone know how the river is looking after the wind and rain? probably going to get out Friday or Saturday or both. 
and since diesel hasn’t been able to look at a walleye a fall heres some i got a month ago trolling.
Ahhh. Feeling the love 
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the river actually came up a few inches and water looks dirty looks like the river has some curret again also I’ll be bow hunting the next few days so if you guys get out fishing CPR some walleye for seed.
Bow hunting isn’t going very well, haven’t seen a buck all year. Guess I’ll try my luck at fishing Sat – anyone doing any good lately?
Wefish how did you do? your hands had to be cold this morning, got to give you cerdit for go out this morning. I hope the fishing gods rewarded you.
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