Minocqua area fishing report 5.11.12 Well, I figured we would be paying for such a nice April. Hows 4-5" of wet snow (2" laying) grab ya. Water temps have dropped 4-5 degrees on average thanks to the snow and cold. Fishing has dropped off along with the tmpes.
Crappie: Good. Fish are either staging (on larger lakes) or if reports I'm getting are correct, have finished on some smaller lakes. In either case fish 6-8' weeds or cribs. Minnows have been best, but scented plastics (Gulp Alive, ect.) also good under small floats.
Pike: Good. Liking cool weather. Jig and chubs best, by afternoons hitting spoons (Daredevils). Weeds of 5-8' best.
Largemouth Bass: Good. Stagin up in soft bottomed bays. Afternoons best due to cool nights. It's all catch and release and they seey to understand with fish to 21" taking jig and chub combos meant for walleyes and pike. Slow retrieved pre-rigged worms also producting.
Walleye: Fair. First wind, then cold have slowed the bite. Be patient and use medium fatheads or smaller chubs and slow drag to pick up light biters.
Smallmouth Bass: Fiar. Off first breaks cast tubes to fish staging outside spawning areas. Go light on jig heads (1/16 to 1/8) for slow drop due to cool temps.
Bluegills: Fair. Best on live bait (leaf worms, thunderbugs). Cold finished off top water bite. Nice fish, but need the sune to warm things up.
Rain was scheduled for Tue/Wed this week (not here yet) then looks like a gradual warm up stating Friday. Hopefully back to May weather.
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