HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! I am running a Father's Day Special: $30 off or an extra hour free for a booked trip or a gift certificate purchase by June 30th, 2011. The best fishing is yet to come! I am also putting together a referral program where you can earn a free trip! Thanks All!
As June 1, I have been guiding full-time! I will be on the water 300+ days a year, fishing more bodies of water chasing more species of fish and I will have more availability for my clients.
I will have my latest brochure, rate card and my new newsletter, Rod and Reel Times-Lakes Area Fishing Journal on my website home page. Check them out! I can also email them to you, just send me a request.
Lake Michigan Report: Cohos are still being caught but many of the fish have moved off shore in as deep as 130 feet of water. A few Kings are showing up in the mix. I will be guiding mostly inland lakes until the mid-July Kings show up around the gaps jigging and casting for them. I will keep you posted on the bite! If you are interested in getting out on the big pond in the near future, I can recommend a few excellent guides for blue water fishing.
Wind Lake Report: the large blue-gills have been starting to bite consistently ranging from 8-10" with a few fish over 11". Crappies are biting in the last few hours of the day with many around 8" with fish over 12". Large-mouth have been spawning and are still up in the shallows. A few walleyes have been caught early morning and dusk into night.
Geneva lake Report: Geneva has been slow to warm with a surface temp under 60 degrees yet. Rock bass have been biting everywhere with many over 11". Small-mouth have been scattered in 6-20 feet of water. Large-mouth bass have been biting in 6-12 feet of water fishing crawlers drifting or drop-shotting. Walleyes have been biting at night long line trolling cranks in 8-15 feet of water. Nice yellow perch have been biting in 15 feet of water or less. Pumpkinseeds are coming in between bass fishing crawlers with many large fish over 9". Have not caught many sizeable blue-gills but many are suspended over deeper water adjacent to weed flats.
Delavan Lake Report: the lake has finally reached 60+ degrees which has seemed to take forever this year. Many of the large-mouth bass have spawned; many are spawning with fish in between. Fishing 6-8 feet of water has been productive. Crappies have been biting excellent with limits coming every day in a matter of minutes it seems......fish every cast. Northern Pike have been biting consistently on large minnows in 12-20 feet of water. Walleyes have been biting in the first and last two hours of the day.....with a few coming during the day fishing anywhere from 3-25 feet of water depending on whether it is sunny or overcast. Small-mouth bass were up spawning on beds a week ago and most of the fish have moved to the first break-line in 12-17 feet of water. Bluegills are staging in 10-20 feet of water full of eggs ready to spawn. As we reach 70 degrees in the shallows the bluegills should be spawning very soon.
Rock River Report: the Rock has been producing some numbers and size of fish. Many of the large female walleyes are migrating back into Lake Koskonong from their spawning rituals. Many fish have been over 20" with a few pushing 30" and over. The white bass are still to show up in numbers.....hopefully soon!
The past few weeks fishing has been a little in consistent with all of the cold weather. The heat is finally showing up! I will post a few pictures ASAP.
