Minocqua Area Fishing Report - 4/1/25

Inconsistent weather this last week including an ice storm Saturday night into Sunday morning (3/29-3/30) followed by a wintery mix made for very few reports.  Shorelines can be iffy especially on the warmer sunny days but some anglers were “planking” out earlier in the week with some success.

Yellow Perch:  Very Good-Good – Deep Perch in 16-24’ being caught using wigglers.  Others catching decent Perch as shallow as 4’, but 8-14’ being the more common theme.  Wigglers and rosies producing best whatever your method.

Crappie:  Good – Less wind, for the most part, has been good for tip-downs with rosies or Crappie minnows.  Also jigs tipped with dark plastics producing.  Less reports of a deep basin bite 20-26’ (although not done yet).  Slowly more reports in 8-14’ also finding fish.

Bluegill:  Good-Fair? – Very few people targeting but the few who did gave OK reports.  Tipping jigs or small spoon with waxies or spikes working in shallow weeds of 4-10’.

Looks like another storm may be dropping a couple of inches in the Northland area overnight and into tomorrow.  With temps this week ranging from the upper 40’s Fri/Sat (4/3-4/4) to lows at night as cold as the upper teens the ice isn’t going anywhere YET.  Shorelines will be the battle to get access in some spots (north sides of lakes being the biggest challenge).  Safest bet getting on would be south end of lakes.  Ice thickness still 20” plus with still about a foot on smaller lakes.

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