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Well after a fast paced weekend of fishing, here is the scoop on what is
happening out on Lake Wisconsin. I fished from Thursday April 20th
through Sunday April 23rd. The High temperatures for those days remained
constant at about 65 degrees. The wind blew from the North/Northwest all
four days as well from 5-15 miles per hour and It was partly cloudy over
that time, except for some scattered showers on Friday. The water
temperature started out at about 55 degrees, and went up to the upper
50's by Sunday. Water temperature was dependent though on what part of
the lake you were at.
Now for the important information. The fish were going crazy! I love
this time of year. The males are up in the shallows and some of the
females are moving in behind them. The males are more than willing to
bite as well. By Sunday, I found a lot more males up in the shallows and
it should only get better by next weekend.
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Darrin and Savvy
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I was fishing in about 2-4 foot of water most of the
time in a shallow bay. I caught all of my fish in this bay on three
baits. I am not going to mention the specific bay at this time due to
the fact that there are two more tournaments on the lake over the next
two weeks that I am hoping to fish, sorry, but I will give more details
if you want to PM me. The three baits would include a Blue Devil
Brovarney Baits swim jig tipped with a Junebug colored grub; a prototype
round head finesse jig by Brovarney Baits; and a sweet beaver knock off
Texas rigged.
With the swim jig, I was burning it trying to get reaction strikes. Most
fish really slammed it. I was following people up all weekend that were
throwing spinnerbaits and not catching the fish. After I worked the area
with the swim jig, I would either follow it up with the beaver knock
off, or the finesse jig. Either way, the results were great. I caught
numbers of cookie cutter 2-2 1/2 pound fish with the biggest being just
shy of four pounds. I expect these numbers to go up in this spot as the
water temperatures continue to rise.
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Darin's Nephew Connor and Savvy
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The other place I focused on this weekend were main lake
rock ledges with deep water close by. By deep, I mean 15- 20 feet within
20 yards. There were three baits that worked well in these areas. They
were; a jig worm, a glass fat rap and a X-rap. On Sunday, I had the most
success on the jig worm, but I am sure that was a confidence thing.
All in all, it was great to be on the water for the weekend catching
fish with friends in my new boat.
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