I’m heading up to Whitefish Bay the second week in August. This is my first time up there in the summer. I will be fishing muskies. Looking for some advice on lure choice and structure to look for? And any other tips.
Thanks
Had me thinking I was going to get an update on the 860 foot ore boat, the Roger Blough, who’s run aground and taking on water in Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior. Wrong Whitefish bay. Sorry, can’t help you out but good fishing anyway.
I’m heading up to Whitefish Bay the second week in August. This is my first time up there in the summer. I will be fishing muskies. Looking for some advice on lure choice and structure to look for? And any other tips.
Thanks
I sent Pat McSharry a link to your post. He’s our in house muskie guy here at IDO and he fishes up there quite a bit every summer into the fall. I doubt he’ll check in over the weekend but I’m sure he’ll respond Monday.
Thanks James.
Hey Jonny were you going to spend most of your time fishing whitefish bay too? Whitefish Bay can be a little tough at times, historically it is much better in the fall. It’s more of a quality over quantity area. That being said it is pretty textbook. Bucktails, rubber, crankbaits, jerkbaits, topwater can all be good at times. More natural patterns and colors seem to be the best producers. The toughest part about clear water is trying to stay off the structure the best you can. A lot of times the fish will sit in 10-15 FOW so if you run the boat too shallow you are going right over the fish. So for the deeper structure I like to throw crankbaits and rubber and the shallower reefs and structure I like bucktails, shallow diving crnakbaits, and topwater. A lot of times I will make a few passes on spots that I know are good or that just look really good. Do a deeper pass and then spin around and do a shallower pass. It seems like every time I go up there the program is a little bit different and you have to adapt. (im still learning).
If you can find cabbage out there, it’s always worth fishing too. Especially that time of year. Keep in mind cabbage will grow pretty deep out there. If you can see cabbage below the boat, you are fishing too shallow.
Obviously with the clear water your best windows are low light so make sure you spend that time wisely. Hopefully after a day of getting familiar you have some areas where you are seeing some fish and you can try to capitalize in the mornings and evenings on some spots where you know there are fish
One thing that is nice about that area is you have a lot of options to fish other parts of the lake if Whitefish Bay is tough. The whole sunset channel area northwest of whitefish bay has fish clear over to french portage. Once you get up there through yellow girl, the water gets stained and a lot of times that can work out to your benefit. I always look for broken up rock on the shoreline mixed with bull rushes.
If you have any more question feel free to PM me.
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