Minocqua area fishing report 9.11.12 Warm days have kept the lake temps up after the cool nights, though water temps on most lakes have dipped below the 70's with forecasted highs for Tuesday the 11th to be in the mid 80's, don't be surprised to see 70's on the water (briefly). The following week should put temps where they belong. Expect the bites to be more consistent than the past week.
Smallmouth Bass: Good. Lots of fish covering gravel bars and humps. Any deep, drowned wood will also hold smallies. Walleye anglers seeking eyes using leeches, crawlers and chubs are finding lots of smallies. Anglers targeting bass using drop-shots with 3" senkos, 3" Gulp Alive minnows, 2 1/2" - 3" Craw Papis scoring well. Skirted grubs (Chompers) and sculpin imitations on 3/8-1/2 oz jigs are good choice on gravel humps topping at 22-34'.
Largemouth Bass: Good. Spinnerbaits (Boonies), Chatterbaits, lipless cranks and pre-rigged worms over weed flat tops. On high pressure days, plunge plastic craws, beaver baits and jig and pig combos into weeds to draw bites.
Bluegills: Fair-Good. Action best away from weeds. Small tubes, crappie minnows and 1/2 crawlers on jigs best. Work 10-14' edges.
Walleyes: Fair-Good. High pressure following unstable weather slowed what had been a promising week of walleye fishing. Some strong bites on deep gravel of 20-28' and some shallow water flowage bites all seemed to slow over weekend. Hopefully cool weather on horizon will improve action.
Musky: Fair-Good. A few nice fish including a 48" over weekend. Bucktails and rubber baits best this past week. Sucker bite slow due to warm temps.
Crappie: Fair. Not a lot of reports. Should pick up as temps near mid 60's.
Perch: Fair. Few reports.
Pike: Fair. Rising temps slowed bite over weekend. Live bait in deeper weeds producing best.
Kurt Justice
Kurt?s Island Sport Shop
www.kurtsislandsports.com 
