Joel Ballweg

11-28-08

The west winds that blew in the day before continued through out the night. This was a good thing because they kept the open water areas from freezing over. Even better yet, they had let up some making boat control much easier today.

We arrived at around 11:00am and not more than 10 minutes after dropping lines, Paul & Tyler were battling a double. It could have been a triple but Chuck lost his fish. Paul's first fish of the day was a dandy 22 inch sauger and Tyler pulled in a real nice 17" sauger. A couple more legals came in soon after before the bite slowed. That's kind of how the rest of the day went as well. We would get some steady action, then things would slow down for awhile.

Our best depths changed through out the course of the day. Early on, we did best in 30' of water or more. But with bright sunshine, it appeared as though active fish began to move into somewhat shallower water and we began to catch more fish in the 23' to 25' deep sections.

We ended the day with a total of 20 walleyes & saugers. Four of them were over 20" long, ten were in the legal slot range and the rest were shorts.

Dressing properly made the cold weather a non-factor and spending the holiday fishing with family just made it that much better. Catching lots of fine looking saugers, walleyes & and even a saugeye will make everyone look forward to coming back and doing it again next year.

Hope you all had as much fun over the holiday as we did!

Fish Species: Walleyes & Saugers
Bait Used: Jig/plastic combo's & minnows
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Method Used:
Water Depth: 23'-33'
Water Temperature: 34
Wind Direction:
Wind Speed:
Nephew Tyler Knox with a personal best 22
Nephew Tyler Knox with a personal best 22

Brothers Paul & Chuck with keepers for a fish fry
Brothers Paul & Chuck with keepers for a fish fry


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Joel Ballweg

About The Author: Joel Ballweg

Company: Ballweg's Guide Service

Area Reporting: Lake Wisconsin, near Madison, Wisconsin

Bio: Hi, my name is Joel "Boog" Ballweg and I run professionally guided fishing trips primarily on Lake Wisconsin. I am a life long resident of this area and grew up fishing Lake Wisconsin and the Wisconsin river. Ballweg's Guide Service was started in 2003 and has grown every year since. Lake Wisconsin offers excellent fishing for walleye, sauger, crappie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegills and white bass. We target walleye, crappie, bluegill and white bass. On average, I will spend between 75-100 days fishing on Lake Wisconsin and the Wisconsin river each year. Lake Wisconsin covers approximately 9000 surface acres and it is the furthest down stream reservoir on the Wisconsin River system. It is located about 30 miles north of Madison, Wisconsin. A strong network of local anglers and several other local fishing guides is an added benefit of growing up in this area. These guys know whats going on out on the water and sharing information helps all of us stay on top of the latest action. In addition, if you have a large group of anglers, we can arrange with the other local guides to accomadate you.

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