01-13-2004, 12:22 AM
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Cold fronts and heavy holiday pressure resulted in tougher fishing conditions this past week. Anglers doing better than most are reporting they had to work hard and move a lot to find smaller more active groups of fish. The best spots this past week for perch have been Haybale Bay, the south end of Black Tiger, Skadsen’s, and the Stromme/Storm Sewer area. Hali’s, forage minnows, kastmasters, hanger rigs with ratso’s and ratfinkies, or a plain hook with a minnow were working the best. For bait, minnows, perch eyes, spikes, and wax worms all seem to work at times. Walleye fishing was slow as well this past week. The better spots were the trees in Dead Cow bay, Haybale, Rocky/Military Points, the trees along the old sand reef in Wolfords, and the north end of Six Mile Bay. For pike, Wolfords Bay, the north end of Six Mile Bay, Sweetwater/Morrison lakes, and Lake Irvin are all producing fish. Smelt, herring, sonars, or jigs with white twister tails are all working.
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Cold fronts and heavy holiday pressure resulted in tougher fishing conditions this past week. Anglers doing better than most are reporting they had to work hard and move a lot to find smaller more active groups of fish. The best spots this past week for perch have been Haybale Bay, the south end of Black Tiger, Skadsen’s, and the Stromme/Storm Sewer area. Hali’s, forage minnows, kastmasters, hanger rigs with ratso’s and ratfinkies, or a plain hook with a minnow were working the best. For bait, minnows, perch eyes, spikes, and wax worms all seem to work at times. Walleye fishing was slow as well this past week. The better spots were the trees in Dead Cow bay, Haybale, Rocky/Military Points, the trees along the old sand reef in Wolfords, and the north end of Six Mile Bay. For pike, Wolfords Bay, the north end of Six Mile Bay, Sweetwater/Morrison lakes, and Lake Irvin are all producing fish. Smelt, herring, sonars, or jigs with white twister tails are all working.
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