Joel DeBoer

HOT weather continues making for some excellent action during the morning as well as evening/nightime hours in our area. Smallmouth Bass have been very active, especially since this last rainfall and are consuming surface baits such as PT Poppers as well as in-line spinners like the Mepps Aglia and Aglia Long; orange or gold blades have been working well. With the increased current, look to the shallower rocky areas to hold the most active fish.

Though we are in the dog days, walleyes are available to the angler willing to incorporate a little patience. Trolling crankbaits has taken some nice fish for us as of late as has slowly working livebait rigs along deeper structure, be it in the river of one of the local flowages.

Musky activity is very good right now, with fish aggressively pursuing a number of presentations. Bucktails such as the Mepps Musky Marabou "burned" to the boat are good during the mid-day hours; also try aggressively working larger rubber style lures such as the 11" or 13" Suzy Sucker or Dunwright Tackle's Lifelike Lures northern pike model; again, I recommend fishing a heavy rod such as the St. Croix XXXH for these heavy lures. Early morning and evening has seen a tremendous surface lure bit with Topraiders, Top Dancers, and Super Topraiders scoring on a lot of fish in the past few days.

Tight lines,

Joel DeBoer

Fish Species: Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Musky
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Craig Finley with a nice WI River smallmouth
Craig Finley with a nice WI River smallmouth

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Joel DeBoer

About The Author: Joel DeBoer

Company: Wisconsin Angling Adventures

Area Reporting: Central and Northern Wisconsin

Bio: Greetings and welcome to the Northwoods! My name is Joel DeBoer; I grew up fishing the waters of Central and Northern Wisconsin and enjoying the beauty of Wisconsin's outdoors - I can guarantee you will enjoy them as well! As owner of Wisconsin Angling Adventures, I'll work hard to keep you on the fish and show you a good time out on the water! Through countless days and nights on the water, I have worked hard to uncover local "hotspots" while prefecting the techniques necessary to produce trophy fish from them. I have been an active member of Muskies Inc. and Bill's Musky Club, and am responsible for numerous awards for muskies caught and released by my clients as well as myself. In addition to guiding, I am an active musky tournament fisherman, having multiple Top 10 finishes. Not only do I fish tournaments for muskies, but a variety of local tournaments for walleyes and bass. I am active on the internet - providing articles and fishing reports to over 15 different web sites, in addition to doing web-radio shows. I am a published outdoor author and educator, including my weekly column, "The Guides Corner" in the Everest Herald. I specialize in multi-media presentations and seminars on the vast aspects of musky fishing. Please feel free to email me, at ANY time. In addition, take an opportunity to visit my bio pages at the St. Croix Rod or VMC Hooks Pro-Staff pages as a further reference. I am thankful to the wonderful companies I am privileged to work with promotionally: Bait Rigs * DeLONG Lures * Ducktail Lures * Dunwright Tackle * Frabill * Mepps * Mister Twister * Mercury * Optima Batteries * Pure Fishing (Abu Garcia, Berkley, Stren) * Roberts Outdoors * St. Croix * VMC Hooks

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