Well, the warm stretch of beautiful weather we enjoyed last week is giving way to a more unsettled pattern, and honestly, that’s not all bad news. We started the week cloudy and mild with some rain, and look to have another system moving through mid-week. The good news is that last week’s heat did its job — water temps have stabilized in the low 70s on most area lakes, and the fish are firmly into summer patterns now. We’ll take the rain. We still need it badly!
Walleye are responding well to the developing weed growth. Work leeches on light jigs through cabbage patches in the 6 to 12′ range, focusing on wind-blown edges where fish stack up. The warm mid-week window will keep midday activity solid, …
Well, we’ve made it to June, and the weather seems to want to celebrate right along with us. What a long, mostly cold and miserable Spring we’ve suffered through! We’ve got a dry to start to the week, with highs expected in the low 80s through at least Wednesday. That’s as good as it gets up here in early June, and the lakes are responding. Water temps that had been inching up over the Memorial Day weekend have climbed quickly into the upper 60’s and even low 70’s on many area lakes, and that is going to flip switches across the board for most species. Take advantage of this stretch while it’s here, because showers and thunderstorms look possible Thursday through the weekend as the pattern begins to shift. …
Well, Memorial Day weekend has come and gone, and now we find ourselves in that first real week of “summer” fishing. The weekend itself brought the beginning of yet another welcome warm-up, and this kind of warmth, even with clouds, is exactly what we need. If you were out over the holiday weekend, you probably found water temps climbing on your favorite lakes. That’s the trend we’ve been waiting for. Heading into the week, we’re looking at a real heat-up, and that will change those temps quickly and get us right to where we should be for this time of the year.
Walleye have continued their transition away from the shallows, and are now setting up along weed edges and transition areas in the 8 to 14 foot range on most lakes. …
We’re right at that in-between stretch, past the excitement of the Opener but not yet into the summer grind – and the fishing is just starting to find its footing. Our temperatures have not helped, as they’ve been a rollercoaster. And that wind! That wind has been as much or more of an issue than the temperatures!
As of this writing, a warmup starting later in the week looks mildly promising. We need it to help push water temperatures in the right direction, as right now things have kind of stalled out. Some of the big lakes up North still have readings in the upper 40’s, the Chain has been stuck in the low-50’s, and if you’re on a small lake, …