Minocqua area fishing report 10.11.10 What started out as a great musky week last weekend, slowed with a high pressure system that settled in for a long week. High temps (high 70's to 80) threw things for a loop, lakes have turned but surface temps worked back up into the mid 50's.
Musky: Fair-Good. Fish being caught, but windows are small. Better action on lures than suckers this week (personally), but sucker bite should return one waters start to cool. Twitch baits (cranes, big game), gliders (Warlocks, Smuttly dog, Smitys) producing. Fish shallow now (3-5') probably due to warming water.
Walleye: Fair-Good. Work deep (22-40'). Vertical jig minnows, 1/2 crawlers. Fish deeper this week, most likely due to high pressure.
Smallmouth bass: Fair-Good. Big fish (18-21") working the base of gravel humps in 20-30'. Use 1/8 to 1/4 oz jigs tipped with chubs.
Pike: Fair. Big chubs, slow working twitch baits (Husky jerks, X-raps), spinnerbaits in six to 12' weeds, look for the green stuff.
Largemouth Bass: Fair. Spinnerbaits, twitch baits over weed flats producing some fish.
Panfish: Crappies best along deep breaks in 18-28'. Work soft bottoms with small/medium fatheads on 1/8oz jigs or slip floats.
Kurt Justice
Kurt's Island Sport Shop
www.kurtsislandsports.com
