Winnebago 6-3 report

tyee Posted 6/3/2007 10:12 PM (#56729) Subject: Winnebago 6-3 report Member Posts: 1406 After most of the traffic disapeared it gets nice. It is getting to be a pleasure to come home and sit down as I haven't been able to in the boat lately. Many Many fish, wasn't able to put anything in the boat today over 23 but did get the chance to run a bunch of new baits.... found a blast from the past in the glovebox and that even produced a Yo-zuri in Green and it caught a fish everytime. The darker colors seemed to be better and the fish were down just a bit deeper this weekend with the storms that went through but they were just as hungry. Although I did give up on shad raps as they attract to many whitebass now. Multiple 18"+ fish in the boat this evening as well as my fair share of 10". We managed to move around a bit more and still found plenty of active fish. Had two teenagers in the boat that had a ball tonight one got his biggest walleye ever at 21". He's going to start saving his pennies now for trolling rods and reels. It's great to get kids "hooked"! Good Luck Tyee Axl Posted 6/4/2007 1:07 AM (#56733 - in reply to #56729) Subject: RE: Winnebago 6-3 report Member Posts: 160 Location: Menasha, WI The reefs are doing well when there is wind. This past week I had several good days and several bad days. It is amazing how the wind can and does effect the action on the reefs. Last week we boated close to 75 walleyes or so and most were from 14-18 inches. We did happen to pull one nice 5 pound fish that was CPR'ed. When there is no wind the action is so slow it seems like a waste of time, and those bugs get nasty too. Some good spots this week seem to be: South end of Stevens Reef in 6 feet of water, The slip bobber gang is doing well here and there has been several boats in this area all week. Outer Bar always seems to have a crowd, and I actually went here this past week and gave it a shot. I never go where there are boats, and as I was heading back into shore I noticed noone was there, so I thought why not, try it, I did and was not let down. I made two drifts over the bar, and caught 6 walleyes. Do not woory all, they were all released to swim again and be caught by you outer bar guys and gals. The trolling bite is on fire. I do not really know where to start here. There are fish in the mud and it seems that almost any type of bait you wanna throw at them is working right now. I was out on 6/3/2007 from 9 am to 9:30 am and we had 6 walleyes and 3 whitebass. We then gotta call that someone needed some help with engine trouble, so we pulled the pin and towed them into shore. Being safe is always more important then catching fish. I was simply amazed at the amount of boats out from Calumet Cty Park in the mud. I talked to several boaters and they all pretty much said the same thing. The whitebass are on top and the walleyes are hanging just below them. When we caught our whitebass, we only had 35-50 feet out behind the boards, so we lowered them and instantly the whitebass were gone and the walleyes were on. I have never , i stress, never, marked so many fish in the mud, as I did on 6/3/2007. If you are looking for some nice sized fish and want some action, go out 2.5 miles from Calumet Cty Park, and troll north or south, and you will be on fish. We used Rip Shads, Flicker Shads, T-stick Jrs, and color did not seem to matter, the action was awesome. We had our fist board out, and before we could get our second or third in, we had fish on the lines or in the boat. I had several reports from the Supple Marsh area and it seems there are soom good walleyes there as well. 1/8 oz. jigs tipped with chartruese twister tails cast along the shelf seemed to be working. Winnebago Point along the East shore is doing well for guys who want to slip bobber for them. 6-8 feet of water and dusk seems to be the best time of day. The mouth of the fox river is doing well for vertical jigging with 1/4 oz jigs, and tipped with leeches. I was told that along the break, where it drops from 5 feet to 20 feet is the hot spot. I have not been there yet, so I cannot confirm this, but it was a report sent to me. The NE corner of Bago is full of whitebass, and they are small, try to avoid this area, unless you wanna go out and just pound on little great whites. They are there because the carp and suckers are spawning and those whitebass are feeding on the spawn. We actually kept a whitebass last week and checked out its stomach and it was just full of that grayish milky spawn. There is a nice school of walleyes approx. 1 mile east of Garlic Island. Trolling with harnesses seems to be the hot ticket here. Some or most are running 50 feet back with a 1/4 ounce inline keel sinker for weight. The best color seems to be perch or fire tiger. When jigging this past week I noticed that the walleyes are now accepting both leeches and crawlers. This is a great sign. Last week we caught almost all of our fish on leeches and this week I would say it is about 50/50. I hope the crawler bite stays strong, so we can switch to them and save some cash. Leeches are pricy and this year the leeches are not the greatest, to say the least. ok, noone ever does this on here, so I thought why not be the first. here are some GPS coordinates for all of you that want to hit the reefs and catch some fish. I have been using 1/16 oz. jigs and dragging both leeches and crawlers on this spot and we are on some nice fish. Fish seem to be anywhere from 13-19 inches. so here you go: N 44.07.701 W 88.26.309 Let me know if they work for you!