Green Bay Fishing Report: March 25, 2010
Brown Co.
Boats dominate the waterscape at Voyageur Park. Shore fishermen are casting for walleye with twister tails and Rapalas. Boaters are vertical jigging with lead staying within a foot of the bottom; hooks are tipped with gulp or minnows.
Oconto Co.
Due to the warm weather over the past few weeks and the lack of precipitation, water levels this spring are low. Water temperatures at the landings are in the low 40's with good clarity, although a bit stained. All boat landings are open with the exception of Oconto Park II. Care should be taken went venturing out on the bay because the ice flows will move in strong winds. Fishermen in Oconto County have been keying on the Oconto Breakwater landing looking for walleye, trout, and pike. Success has been limited. Stiles dam is seeing its share of fishermen also searching for the above named species with the same results. It is very early in the year, but with rising water temperatures you can expect the fish to become more active.
Marinette Co.
The big story in Marinette County is the walleye bite on the Menominee River. Boaters out of Boom Landing are reporting good catches of walleye along the wall adjacent to the Turn Basin and in the Turn Basin itself. Vertical jigging with lead headed jigs tripped with a minnow has worked extremely well. Shore fishermen are also catching walleye from the dam to Stephenson Island. Raps, twister tails and lead jigs tipped with minnows work well. The down side with the shore fishermen is when the dams are shut down the bite suffers. The Peshtigo River is fishing slow for walleye and trout at this time but more walleye are starting to show up; things will get better.
The Green Bay Fishing Report is updated once a week until October 31, and then again during the ice fishing season.
