Minocqua area fishing report 10.19.11High winds Friday and Saturday made being in the water rough. This alone limited angler participation on what otherwise would have been a great week of fishing.
Musky: Very Good. Sucker action is in full swing. The drop in lake temps back down to the low 50's has brought about an excellent sucker and jerk bait bite. Lots of good reports, with the best of a honeymoon bride on her first musky outing, catching a 48 inch Tiger musky.
Walleye: Good-Very Good. Small shallow lakes target shallow weeds with a 1/16 oz. Jacks weedless jig and a redtail chub. Deeper lakes require vertical jigging or drifting. For vertical jigging use a 1/4-3/8 oz. jig in 20-35 feet of water; tipped with a large fathead, 1/2 crawler or small chub. For drifting, 3/8-1/2 oz. slip-weight and Snell with a medium chub or sucker.
Northern Pike: Very Good. Very active with lots of action jigging live bait in a bay of 6-12 feet with standing weeds.
Crappie: Good. Slip bobbers and mediums fatheads scoring big crappies of 12-14 inch at the base of the coontail edges in 15-20 feet of water.
Yellow Perch: Good. Medium fatheads near drowned wood scoring nice perch of 9-11 inch. Jigs on slip-floats both effective.
With wind and cold temps at night, lake temps falling back to where they should be. Expect to see surface temps of low 50's to high 40's this coming week.
Kurt Justice
Kurt's Island Sport Shop
www.kurtsislandsports.com
