Chequamegon Bay

  • tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    June 4, 2011 at 12:44 pm #1321452

    Some of the great Smallmouth we caught Thursday morning on Chequamegon Bay… 12 Bass from 16 to 21 inches. I don’t have the pic of the 21″ Toad yet as Dave has it in his camera. The hottest lure was a Terminator Swim Jig and Trigger X trailer. My two largest bass were caught on a Rapala DT Flat Rap in Hot Mustard.

    Weather had been horrible for two days and no one

    got out due to 4-5ft waves blowing in. Kakagon Bay turned as brown the MeKong Delta. We braved some windy,chilly conditions Thurs with 15-20 mph NE winds and air temps in the 40s off Lake Superior.

    We avoided the bumper boats up shallow looking for bedded bass and drifted deeper flats with good success, using swim jigs, Senkos, and cranks.

    A big thanks to my friend Capt Chris Beeksma for sharing his knowledge of this vast fishery. I’ll be back up there next week.




    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    June 4, 2011 at 3:14 pm #970990

    The second and last pictures are nice ones Tom but thier all nice fish.

    .mnmike
    red wing, mn
    Posts: 165
    June 4, 2011 at 7:18 pm #971014

    Nice fish

    red89
    Hudson
    Posts: 918
    June 7, 2011 at 2:14 am #971413

    Do you work for the Linders or something?… Terminator, Trigger X, Rapala.
    Nice job on the smallies though,I haven’t been up there for a few years. The wind can definitely get crazy, but its an awesome fishery.

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    June 13, 2011 at 2:27 am #972846

    No…but I like Al Linder, and use Rapala products in my guiding/fishing
    My best success this young season has been on the Terminator Swim jigs and Trigger X grubs. I also like/fish Brovarny, RC and All Terrain swim jigs.

    Jack Naylor
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 5668
    June 13, 2011 at 5:49 pm #972959

    Tom,
    Great looking fish, sure miss The Bay. Don’t think I can get up there this year, am out in CA this week til late tonight, then LOTW friday.
    Need to see more BIG SM pics, keep them coming.
    Jack

    fishrman
    SE Iowa
    Posts: 18
    July 4, 2011 at 2:19 am #978160

    Can a guy do any good there in early August? I have have it on my short list of places to try. Any other ideas would be appreciated too! I am strictly a CPR smallie type of fisherman. Thanks, I only get to chase them about 1 week per year and my years are getting fewer.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    July 4, 2011 at 12:45 pm #978184

    For a place closer and is a couple hours from you Fish, try the Turkey river up by Elkader and the Volga river just south of there, in N.E. Iowa. Both rivers have a nice smallie population of good sized ones too. The Turkey river is also a good river for walleyes. If you can put together a weekend for a canoe trip, float both rivers, even one day and you’ll catch lots of smallies, especially in the Turkey. There are quite a few camp grounds in that area and loads of pretty scenery. PM me if you need help as I’ve fished both quite a bit.

    fishrman
    SE Iowa
    Posts: 18
    July 21, 2011 at 12:01 am #982549

    I just am not much of a canoe guy. Knees just won’t take it anymore. Thanks for the tip on NE Iowa though. Would be very interested to hear whether or not Chequamegon Bay is worth going to in August though.

    DrewH
    s/w WI.
    Posts: 1404
    July 21, 2011 at 12:10 am #982552

    Tom: A great job of fishing there.

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