Minocqua area fishing report 4.18.12
Weather that is more consistent with April slowed the fishing down in the mid to high 20's, rising to the high 40's- low 50's by afternoon put most of the bite in the later part of the day. Over the weekend, cloud cover held the heat in and water temps stabilized.
Crappies: Fair-Improving. Live bait (minnows) best during the colder mid-week, plastics (tubes), hair jigs picking up with warmer temps.
Bluegills: Fair. Afternoons best when sun shining in shallows. Waxies, gulp grubs on small jigs.
Perch: Fair. Mostly finished spawning (very prolonged spawn this spring). Medium fatheads over dark bottomed mud flats of 4-7'.
End of the week looks to return to last weeks pattern (cold mornings of 20's followed by mild afternoons in the 40's). Expect fishing to suit.
Kurt Justice
Kurt's Island Sport Shop
