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In Beaver Lake, asof Wednesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 1,125.92 feet MSL (Normal conservation pool – 1,120 MSL).
Bailey’s Beaver Lake Guide Service said the stripers are moving back to the lower section of the lake, and are actively feeding. Spooks, Redfins and Rapalas are getting bites at daybreak, dusk and at night. They have begun their summer pattern and most are found in 10 to 25 feet of water. The best bite has been early in the morning with most fish being caught by 8 a.m.
JT’s Crappie Guide Service said bass fishing is very good on top-water baits fished close to cover near the bank either early or late. During the day, Carolina-rigged lizards and Texas rigged plastic baits are producing on the main lake points, flats, and near docks. Crappie are biting well on small tubes and curly tail grubs in about 25 feet of water. Catfishing is good with cut bait, liver or worms fished from the bank at night.
Bluegill have been biting well on crickets fished around rocks or flooded brush. Night fishing for crappie, whites and walleye has been great using dark-colored jigs or minnows fished under lights in 8 to 20 feet of water. There have been many fish caught at Hickory Creek and north to Prairie Creek.
Southtown Sporting Goods said the water is high. Bream are biting well on crickets and redworms fished in 2 to 8 feet of water. Bass are biting on top water lures early in the morning and on plastic worms and Carolina rigs later in the day. Catfishing has been good on rod-and-reel with chicken liver and prepared bait. Trotlines with live bait have also been producing catfish.
In the Beaver Tailwater, Zachary Hoyt at Just Fishing Guides said there is very little flow and the tailwater level is high from Table Rock Lake being back up. The tailwater level is 918 feet. There is not much wading available due to the high water unless you are near the dam.
Spin fishing has been best with rainbow and brown trout colored Rebel minnow patterns. For fly fishing, black/silver zebra midges and charcoal gray beadhead scuds have been the best lures.
In the Kings River, Just Fishing Guides said the water level is at 5.16 feet, and is slightly off color. The water is a little high for fly fishing, but spin fishing has been good. Spin fishing with tubes and lizards fished on the bottom has been successful. Watermelon Red and Green pumpkin seed colored lures are the best.
At Lake Fayetteville, Lake Fayetteville Boat Dock said the water is murky and at normal level. Bream are biting well on worms and crickets fished around rocky points. Crappie have been caught well by trolling minnows and jigs. A couple reported catching their limit two days in a row. Bass are biting well on any artificial lure and plastic worms. Fishermen Nathan White caught eight black bass over the weekend ranging from 2 to 3 ½ pounds. Catfishing has been good with stink bait, chicken liver and cut bait.
At Lake Sequoyah,Lake Sequoyah Boat Dock said the water is dingy and at normal level. Bream are biting well on worms. Bass are biting well on buzzbaits. Catfishing has been good with chicken liver. Crappie are slow.
The Michigan DNR is reporting that at St. Joe, Boats were heading out to waters 150 to 200 feet deep especially with the onset of warmer temperatures. Those able to find fish did catch coho and chinook. A few coho were caught off the piers.
In the St. Joe River, water levels were high so not many were fishing. Catfish anglers did well with some nice fish caught on crawlers, shrimp, and stink baits.
South Haven is producing chinook and coho. Perch anglers were still taking fish in 40 to 60 feet of water when using minnows.
The Grand River at Grand Rapids is producing good catfish action. Flatheads have started to come in so angles are using small bluegills or big sucker minnows. The channel cats are hitting on liver or cut bait. Northern pike and longnose gar have also been caught. Good fishing at Millennium Park for bluegills and crappie. Bass were hitting on top water lures such as hula poppers, jitterbugs or weedless frogs.
In the Grand River at Lansing, Moore’s Park is producing lots of catfish while the North Lansing Dam is producing pike, carp and smallmouth bass. Some large 20 to 30 pound carp along with some catfish were caught off Riverfront Park. Those fishing the point where the Grand meets the Red Cedar caught pike and catfish. Large catfish along with a fair number of walleye were caught near Lyons and Portland when fishing off the bottom.
In Lake Lansing, bass anglers were taking largemouth in the 3 to 4 pound range. Small pike were also caught.
Lake Ovid is still producing the occasional muskie along with some crappie. Fish the shallows and around the island for bass.
On Morrison Lake, bluegills were on the beds and hitting on red worms. Crappie were caught on minnows. Sessions Lake is producing bluegill and crappie.
In Whitehall, salmon fishing has started to pick up for those trolling downriggers, lead core and dipsey divers. Green and orange were still good colors. Most of the chinook were small in the 7 to 8 pound range.
The DNR is reporting that on Lake Erie, Fishing was hit-or-miss but walleye were found in 20 to 25 feet of water south Stony Point and near Bolles Harbor. Trolling was the most productive. White bass are hitting in good numbers in the shallow waters off Bolles Harbor.
The Huron River is producing good numbers of white bass and smallmouth bass. Anglers are using minnows, crawlers, spinners, crank baits or flies. A couple nice muskie were caught in the backwaters and near the dam. Walleye fishing was slow.
Lake St. Clair is producing a few walleye for those casting from shore at night. Channel catfish and rock bass were also caught.
In the St. Clair River, anglers were catching a fair number of walleye. Those fishing near Port Huron were starting to catch more walleye when drift fishing up past the Blue Water Bridge.
In Port Sanilac, Lake trout and pink salmon made up the bulk of the catch for those trolling in 65 to 75 feet of water.
In Harbor Beach, limits of lake trout were caught north and south of the harbor when trolling dodgers and spin glows just off the bottom or spoons with downriggers in 60 to 130 feet of water. Good colors were pink with white dots, yellow, green, black or anything that glows. Chinook, coho and pink salmon were still being caught on spoons off boards or downriggers 30 to 70 feet down. For offshore boards, try adding tadpole weights with spoons to get the lines down deeper.
Steelhead are in 90 to 120 feet of water. Try bright colored spoons. Walleye were caught off the north wall in the early morning or late evening when casting small body baits or spoons. Try green, silver or shades of blue. Those out trolling did well with crawler harnesses, small spoons or body baits. Perch fishing has started to pick up.
In Grindstone City, those trolling close to shore between here and Port Hope were catching lots of bass with crank baits.
In Port Austin, anglers had good catches of lake trout from 80 feet of water. Walleye anglers trolling crawler harnesses were also catching whitefish in 65 feet of water. Walleye were caught off the Flat Iron Reef which is west of the port.
Saginaw Bay had good walleye action in all the usual locations. The Callahan Reef was good in 5 feet of water in the early morning however the water was clear so many were fishing deeper. The area around the Spark Plug was good in 20 to 25 feet of water. The Slot between Quanicassee and Sand Point was also producing fish. Most walleyes were being taken on crawler harnesses, but hot-n-tots were getting fish out in the deeper waters. Purple and blue were good colors. Lots of bass were caught around the islands. Bow fishing for carp and gar was well underway near Geiger Road. Good channel cat action in the Hot Ponds.
Small boats trolling the Saginaw River for walleye were still taking fish in the lower river between the mouth and the Coast Guard Station. Most were trolling crawler harnesses along the edge of the shipping channel.
On the White River, Sportsman’s White River Resort said the river has been very mossy with the generators running. They run from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., and about four generators run in the afternoon. There has been good wade fishing on the river, and nice rainbows and browns have been caught. Shrimp and minnows are the best live baits. Spinnerbaits, Power Bait, stick baits and pink worms are the best choices for artificial baits.
Cotter Trout Dock said fishing is very slow. The best time to try to get a bit is early morning or just after dark. Fishing during the first hour of generation may produce a bite. Fishing for stripers by the dam is recommended.
Guide Davy Wotton said fishing has been great over the past week, and generations have provided opportunities for wade and float fishing. The low water levels in the early morning have provided great surface fishing using midges, dries and small caddis.
Once the sun rises, the trout will move into deeper water. Fishing with wets and soft hackles and indicator nymphing with white tail, prism and zebra style midges has produced great fishing in the riffles. Sowbugs in tan, neutral and gray, scuds in olive or tan have also been good baits. Try to avoid fishing in rising water because algae and other trash has built up due to generation.
The Norfork, Bull Shoals, and Rim Shoals catch-and-release zones have been producing great fish. Spin and bait fishermen have been going great with a number of different natural and artificial baits. Stick baits, Rooster Tails, Cleos, Mepps, Buoyants and jigs are all producing fish. If you are after a trophy brown, dawn or the late evenings to dark are the best times to fish.
ON the White River (From Buffalo City to Red’s Landing), Jim Brentlinger at Linger’s Guide Service and Fishing Lodge said the stained water and heavy moss has caused fishing to be slow. The moss has caused most of the problems with fishing, but if you have a favorite spot that usually produces fish stick with it.
The moss should flush through over the next few days and hopefully fishing will pick back up.
On the Buffalo River, Zachary Hoyt at Just Fishing Guides said the river is at 6.88 feet. The surface temperature ranges between 65 and 72 degrees. Spin fishing has been successful with soft plastics and heavy weights.
On Crooked Creek, Zachary Hoyt at Just Fishing Guides said the water level is still high around Yellville. The water temperature is between 65 and 72 degrees and is slightly off color. Large plastic lures have worked well in green and brown colored water. In the mid section, the water is too high for fly fishing, but anything above Pyatt has been producing good fish.
At Bull Shoals Lake, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 667.24 feet MSL (Normal conservation pool – 654 MSL).
At Lake Norfork, as of Wednesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 560.61 feet MSL (Normal conservation pool: Sept.-April – 552 MSL, April-Sept. – 554 MSL).
101 Grocery and Bait said the surface temperature is in the mid 70s. The fishing has been good overall on Lake Norfork. Bluegill are biting well on crickets. Crappie are good on minnows fished along the bluffs and around brush piles. Bass are biting well on any plastic baits, spinnerbaits and buzz baits.
White bass are fair using spoons and inline spinnerbaits. Stripers are biting well on live bait such as shiners and shad, crankbaits, Road Runners and spoons. The best time to fish for stripers is in the morning or late evening. Catfishing has been good using worms, shiners and stink bait.
Guide Steve Olomon said stripers and hybrids are still coming up in the early morning chasing shad. Look for the surface activity near points and along bluffs. Use a jigging spoon fished at 40 to 60 feet.
Guide Tom Reynolds of STR Outfitters said the best time to fish is in the afternoon and evening. Stripers are in 35 to 45 feet of water, and Tom said they caught their limit in 30 minutes fishing in the 6A area. Although the stripers are very active later in the day, fishing in the morning has not been very successful.
At the Norfork Tailwater, Jim Brentlinger at Linger’s Guide Service and Fishing Lodge said generation has been off and on which has caused fishing to be slow. It is still possible to catch fish upstream with jigs and Power Bait tipped with a piece of shrimp.
Zachary Hoyt at Just Fishing Guides said generators are running at least eight hours a day providing low water wade fishing. Nymphing with various patters has been the most productive method. Scuds, sow bugs, midge, caddis and mayfly patterns are all producing successful fishing. Observe how fish are feeding to determine which fly to fish.
In Lake Conway, Bates Field and Stream said the water level is normal. Bream are biting excellently on crickets and redworms fished around the bank. Bluegill should spawn soon. Bass are biting well on frogs and worms fished around lily pads. Catfishing is good on goldfish and bream. Crappie are slow.
At the Little Red River, Lindsey’s Resort said the water is low with the generators running around noon every day. Fishing has been good using Power Bait, nightcrawlers and wax worms. Over the weekend, the mid-morning hours provided the best fishing. Continue reading Central Arkansas Fishing Report
The Michigan DNR reported that warmer temperatures produced some good fishing for bass, bluegill, crappie, pike and catfish. Spawning is taking place around the state. Fly hatches could be in full swing in the next few weeks.
In some parts of the state, the salmon fishing has slowed, and the Lake Trout action has also slowed slightly. Some rivers are still producing steelhead, but anglers are catching fish. You just need to put in your time.
The Wisconsin DNR reported that this coming weekend, June 5 and 6, is Free Fishing Weekend when people of all ages can fishwithout a fishing license or trout stamp. More than two dozen free fishing clinics are scheduled and free loaner equipment is available from 50 state parks and offices. All waters of the state are open; remember, all fishing regulations including bag and size limits still apply.
A number of parks have fishing clinics and other events planned to coincide with Free Fishing Weekend. Check the DNR website for more details.
Very nice summer-like weather brought out many people over the Memorial Day weekend, and improved conditions for fishing. Water temperatures climbed into the low 70s on northern lakes.
Crappie, largemouth and smallmouth bass have pretty much completed spawning; while bluegill, pumpkinseed and rock bass are still on nests. With the northern zone musky opener last weekend,
musky anglers were out in good numbers but reported only mediocre action. Walleye fishing showed a little more consistency. Panfish action has been generally good, with bluegill providing most of the success. Continue reading Wisconsin Fishing Report and Fishing Outlook
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department recently reported on New Hampshire’s fishing action throughout the state, including the coast. They also provided the fishing report and outlook for the coast as well.
Remember that Free Fishing Days are June 5 in most state, including New Hampshire. Get out and get those that don’t usually fish out there to experience the joy of fishing.
In the northern part of the state, the Department reports that the weather has been hot and so has the fishing in multiple stocked waterbodies in the North Country. Try your luck at Cedar Pond. Despite the August-like water levels, shaded brooks and spring-fed ponds remain productive. Check out some of your local beaver flowages. Beavers make lots of small pool habitats that brook trout love.[mappress]
Continue reading New Hampshire Weekend Fishing Report & Fishing Outlook for June 5
The DNR reports that in Willow River State Park, the panfish action on the lake has picked up. The water has been quite clear in the lake. The campground is full for the Memorial Day weekend. The camp host is in the 300 campground selling firewood from 7:00pm to 8:00pm daily.
In Merrick State Park, river levels are at normal. Fishing has been slow.
In Perrot State Park, fishing is slow.
In Crawford County, fishing activity has been spotty to good in most areas. Prairie du Chien Area’s Lower bottoms and Ambro Slough Complex: Now that the water levels have begun to drop panfish action is improving.
Anglers have been looking for bluegills in Horseshoe Lake, Garnet Lake, the Upper and Lower Doubles, Big and Little Missouri, and Fish Lake. Success have been spotty, but with warm temperatures action should get better. Most anglers are trying small ice fishing jigs tipped with a worm fished under a bobber. Perch action was reported in Dillman’s pit.
Walleye anglers are starting to target the wing dams on the main channel in the Prairie du Chien area. Also look for walleyes on the Roseau Slough.
Large and small mouth bass have been active throughout the area. Cold Spring: The Cold Spring area remains very spotty. Most anglers are venturing under the train bridge to the Mississippi River where small mouth and large mouth bass and walleyes are more active. There has been some bluegill, perch, and crappie action in Cold Spring, but generally it’s been very slow.
Boat operators are reminded that the Cold Spring area is a slow-no-wake area. Also, Cold Spring (east of the railroad tracks) is considered inland waters.
Mississippi River Fishing Report: Walleye Bite Gets Good
Walleye and sauger action was pretty good this week. The Lynxville dam area and the McDonald cut were producing some walleye and sauger. Wing dams along the main channel have been pretty good.
Walleye tactics include dead lining, drifting with jig and minnow, trolling crank baits, or anchoring above a wing dam and working live or artificial baits. Another place to check for walleyes is the “S” curve by Harpers Ferry. Walleye activity has been decent there.
Anglers fishing at the mouth of the Wisconsin River have had limited success. Trout anglers are finding that local streams are in good shape. Trout anglers will find insect pests and shoreline vegetation might cause some problems. Even so, trout fishing conditions are very good and action has been good.
In the Chippewa Moraine Ice Age State Recreation Area, the DNR reports that the fish are biting! Bring lots of bait, and either fish from shore or from your boat.
In Buckhorn State Park, the DNR reports that people have been catching fish from the pier and at their campsites. Osprey are back to their nests.
In the Peshtigo DNR, state and federal fisheries staff released 36,000 brown trout Green Bay this week. The fish were stocked at a larger size and in deeper water than normal. Biologists hope this will boost the fishes’ survival by decreasing the chance that natural predators such as birds did not prey on the fish during their release into the water and afterward.
The fish were raised at the DNR Brule River State Fish Hatchery in northern Wisconsin and transported by DNR crews to Marinette. There they were loaded onto a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service research vessel and stocked in water 50 to 100 feet deep at three off-shore locations between Marinette and Sturgeon Bay. About 12,000 fish were stocked at each of the sites.
Water temperatures at the landings in the low to mid 70s. The weather has turned hot and so has the fishing for some species. Fishing pressure has been light to moderate during the week and heavy on the weekends.
In Marinette County, the DNR reports that Peshtigo harbor anglers have been bagging some real nice nice catfish along with some huge carp and the occasional sheepshead fishing on bottom with crawlers. Smallmouth bass were also active, being drawn to stick and crank baits. The Menominee River walleye bite is alive and well with most of the best action taking place in the evening. Some musky were being caught on top water baits and large spinners.
In Oconto County, brown trout were still being caught in the Stiles Dam area on bead head nymphs and caddis, smallmouth bass were being caught on small Rap’s and crank baits, and the bluegills were biting on slip bobbers and worms/crawlers. Pensaukee landing anglers were catching their share of walleye trolling crawler/harness in 8 to 12 feet of water; sheepshead were also part of this bite.
Panfish and bass were being caught in the river proper. Bass were being caught in the Oconto River on crank baits and twister tails, while walleye are being caught in 18 to 22 feet of water off shore. Oconto Park II anglers were catching pike, bullheads, and panfish from shore using slip bobbers and fishing crappies rigs. The walleye bite is also in the deeper water.
From the Green Bay DNR Service Center area, the light winds out of the southeast and temperatures in the high 60s to low 70s throughout the week created excellent fishing conditions. Water temperatures ranged between 50-52 degrees along the lakeshore, with temps reaching the low 60s in the harbors. Fog limited some boaters from fishing over the weekend, and those who made it out had to earn their catch.
Anglers put in long hours with limited visibility, with average catch resulting in four to six fish per boat. Boaters who ventured south of Manitowoc had more success landing rainbow trout ranging anywhere from 160 to 250 feet using orange and green spoons on high lines and downriggers. Downriggers were down deep, usually 100-140 feet.
A few 12 to 14 pound chinook salmon were mixed in with the rainbows also coming down deep on the downriggers using green flasher/green fly combos. Ranging just north of Manitowoc to the north Two Rivers water tower, chinook salmon were dominant in anglers’ coolers along with a few coho salmon.
Anglers had success starting outside the trap nets out to 180 feet using green and pearl dodgers with green and white flies down deep on the down riggers. If you aren’t having any luck on down riggers, try different colored dodgers and troll out deeper.
The salmon appear to still be scattered due to the cold water temperatures. A few whitefish, up to 5 pounds, have been caught off of the north pier in Manitowoc on shad and smelt gulp on the bottom. If you don’t know the location of the trap nets off of Manitowoc and Two Rivers, Seagull Marina has maps of their location at the boat launch. For those fishing shallow south of Manitowoc, the Manitowoc Marina has forms with GPS coordinates of the large submerged rocks located at their fish cleaning station.
In Door County, the nice weather during the Sturgeon Bay Bass Tournament last weekend stuck around for the week allowing anglers to hit the water. Calmer conditions provided for good fishing conditions on the Lake, something that had not been seen for quite a while. Next week looks to continue the trend with some very warm days predicted.
Perch fishing opened on Green Bay Thursday. Not much success was had in Sturgeon Bay, however more action was had South towards Chaudoir’s Dock using minnows in about 25 feet of water. Smallmouth bass are on their beds and fishing has been very good. Fish can be found in many of the bays moving North on the West side of the county, and north of Baileys Harbor on the east side in spots like Rowleys Bay. Tube jigs and other plastics have been very productive, along with working crank baits and live bait in anywhere from 3-10 feet of water.
Many lunkers have been reported, some fish venturing into the 7-pound range. Walleye have been active during the day throughout Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay around Fish Creek and the Strawberry Islands. Most anglers have had their success on crawlers harnesses; however, stick baits and crank baits have still landed some fish.
Northern Pike fishing has slowed somewhat in Sturgeon Bay. Working the weed edges and marinas with spoons, stick baits and spinners have proven to be most productive. Exciting reports of Salmon and Trout have been the talk this week. Although a little early, Salmon and lake trout have been reported off the bank reef in 100-200 feet of water using flies and flashers, and working the 60 foot and above region has produced some nice Steelhead too.
In Kewaunee County, the weather in the last week has been variable. A large number of rainbow trout and chinook salmon were being brought in off the lake from boats launching from Kewaunee’s city ramp.
The fish being caught in the area have been found in depths of 180-260 feet of water. A few anglers were reporting large schools of baitfish at those depths. A few fish have been caught in the 100-140 feet of water but have been much less sporadic.
The Kewaunee pier has seen a few anglers trying their luck with little success. The majority of the fish being caught off the pier have been carp with an occasion rainbow trout. The Algoma Pier has seen little to no fishing pressure as of late due to high winds and lack of fish being caught in the shallow waters.
The Algoma ramp has seen an increase in use and fishing pressure due to the increasing amount of reports of rainbow trout and chinook salmon are being caught. Some of the boats are returning to the ramp with full limits or close to full limits of fish. The anglers have caught the salmon on fly and flashers combinations. There hasn’t been one specific color working the best but many fish are being caught silver flashers with green flies. Many of the fish being caught are reported in depths ranging from 180-240 feet.
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