Minocqua Area Fishing Report 3.16.11 Once again wind played a big factor as far as participation over the weekend, but overall fishing is improving.
Bluegill: Good and improving. Action on high sky days best at dawn and from 4 pm till dusk. Moussees, waxies, chena or plasitc. Small dark jigs such as darts, gill pills ect tipped with red, black plastic tops in weeds of 7-10'. Work 2-3' off bottom, occasionally work a bright colored rocker jig to attract attention. if gills show up and refuse bright jig, go dark and small.
Crappies: Fair to Good. Anglers targeting flowages doing best on minnows and tip-downs. rosie red on glow trebles or glow #8 or #6 jigs to attract attention. To targe clear water crappies word deep transition breaks in 18-26', tip-downs with minnows work best here while crappies working the bays with 8-14' cabbage and coontails seem to prefer slow dropping jigs (little cecils, moon glos, #10 rockers) tipped with plastics of chena.
Yellow Perch: Good. While deep water anglers still popping fish from depths of 18-30' on wigglers, small minnows. Some anglers making nice catches in 4-8' using forage jigs tipped with waxies. Deep water seems better in am till about 11 o'clock, then starts up again around 4 pm. Make a disturbance on the bottom to bring in perch. Gold fire eye jigs tipped with waxies helped one area angler take a limit of perch to 12-1/2" from 6' of water (#12 gold) Drill lots of holes then work back down quickly to keep their attention.
With most lakes reporting 24-26" of ice you wouldn't think to worry much about access. reports of temps hitting in the 50's with mix rain could end truck traffic in a week. Keep eye on reports, this is a great time to score big catches of crappies, bluegills and perch, but our window could be shortened to the next two weeks.
We will try to keep updates on our website.
Kurt Justice
Kurt's Island Sport Shop
www.kurtsislandsports.com
