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Nice, stable summer weather. A little cool in the AM, but warm enough in the afternoons. Surface temps hovering around 73° on average. That, and the moon period coming in and should be a good week. Largemouth Bass: Very Good-Good – Continuing to top the charts as the “green goblins” keep action up for all types of bassin’ tactics. Top-water, buzz, spinnerbaits and chatters for the restless. Wacky, Neds and urchin style baits for the patient. Time of day? Topside daw

Here we are in August, feels like it…warm & sticky! Fish don’t seem to mind as much as some of us do. Overall, good reports. The Bass, Gill and Crappie bites have remained strong. Walleye and Pike okay, but still good enough to pay some time on. Water temps from earlier last week that fell into the low-70’s are back in the upper-70’s, making most Musky anglers back off once again. Largemouth Bass: Very Good – The boys (and girls) of summer! Pick your poison chasing B

Minocqua Fishing Report July 27th, 2026 Weather cool enough to get our local surface temps back down to the 72 to 73° mark last week. Enough for some musky angling. But warm weather has temps back into the 77 to 78° mark as of today. Now a cool down on Friday may ease some of the temps, but forecast has most days back into the mid 80s this week and next. Largemouth bass; Very good Scourge of the Northwoods to some anglers, but keeping the rods bending! Top water action sti

Given a few cooler mornings, but the heat just hasn’t let up quite enough to get surface temperatures much below 80°. Thanks to that, I’ve personally canceled some musky trips and there won’t be a musky report till water temps drop. Other species have done well, though taking care of the fish after catching and getting back in the water is key. Largemouth bass; very good Early mornings and evening using top water lures such as Clap Tails, Choppo’s, Whopper Ploppers,

With a sweltering heat hanging over the North-woods for the next several days, lake surface temps are coming in at 79 to 83° and climbing As a precaution, it’s advised to not Letters, target musky during this time. Those large fish expend a lot of energy during a hook and line battle, building up a lot of lactic acid, which in this hot oxygen depleted water takes longer to recover from. If you want to catch them in the future, best to layoff them this week! Blue gills; ver

Fully into the summer swing. Surface temps ranging 73 - 77 degrees, fronts moving in every few days due to heat and humidity. With the warm weather, boat traffic has increased with more skiers and jet skis on the lakes! Target early mornings or late evenings for some quieter time on the water. Largemouth bass: Very good - good Wide a variety of tactics working with the warm water. Wacky worms and Ned rigs and "urchin” baits are always a good bet, but with weather like this y

Happy 250th Birthday to the Greatest Country in the World! Nowhere else do we have the opportunity and freedom to enjoy fishing like here in the Good Ol’ U.S. of A.! Last week started a little off on 6/22 – 6/23. High pressure and some Mayfly hatches required early and late in the day fishing, jumping lakes, a little praying and a little cussin’! Largemouth Bass: Good-Very Good – Hard to ignore the Wacky Worm, Amoeba, Fuzzy Dice bite. Fishing heavy weeds has been best

Feels like I’m constantly retracting parts of my previous reports, just like the things I tell my wife, only this is in writing (dang!). Contrary to last week’s report, there were some Hexagenia (Mayfly) hatches on some of the flowages (especially the Turtle to the north). Must have started their two-day migration before the colder weather moved in (my excuse). More mild weather, some rain (nice, what’s the Northwoods without some more mosquitos), and a forecast moving our

UNCLE! Last week’s report I whined about the lack of rain, then we got it plus cooler, fall-like temps! Lake surface temps have fallen into the mid – upper 60’s, which will probably delay any Mayfly (hexagenia) hatches with not much forecasted for hot weather (80’s) until the 24th. Cool down seems to have affected some bites, moving fish out of the shallows (at least on the high-pressure days) and scattered fish until they adjust to the new “June” weather. Bluegill: Good

Beautiful week of weather, could have used some more rain, but… With the warmth, water temps climbing into mid-70’s already, pushing fish out of the late May patterns and into early summer a bit ahead of schedule. Expect bites from last week starting to shift this coming week. Smallmouth Bass: Very Good-Good – Anglers reporting fewer bedding fish than last week. Temps speeding up the spawn. Post spawn Smallies outside spawning areas hitting suspending jerks (Husky, X-Ra