High water and plenty of bait up in the Wolf River has delayed the return of the walleyes to the lakes.  They are starting to show up in small numbers from Winneconne to Lake Winnebago and trolling the shallow areas along the shorelines have been the best method for catching fish.  #5 Flicker shads, salmo hornets or shad raps in natural colors have been best for me...especially the black and gold.The cold weather has delayed the panfish bite on the smaller lakes but fish can be found in pre-spaw...

Its only the middle of April and whitebass have made their way up the rivers already.  Typically, the whitebass run happens late April and peaks around mother's day but with the early spring and warmer than normal temperatures, the fish have come early.Walleyes are starting to make their way back down the river from the marshes and have been very sporadic from New London down through Fremont.  This past week of fishing had one day with excellent catches and the next proved to be a struggle.  We ...

The spring walleye run is underway on rivers across the Midwest.  The fishing on the Fox River in Green Bay and DePere has been outstanding for big fish while the smaller Wolf river around Fremont has been giving up a lot of nice eater sized walleye.  The recent rain has increased the current drawing fish upriver to their spawning grounds.  Water temps are slowly rising and on a warm sunny day this past week, I had surface temps hit 41 degrees.  It won’t be long until the water in the marshes wa...