Joel DeBoer

While spring got quite an early start her e in North-Central Wisconsin this year, recent cold temperatures including a couple of inches of snow over the weekend have dropped water temperatures quite a bit and slowed the fishing a tad. That being said, there are still good numbers of fish shallow, with activity increasing throughout the day as the sun brings the water temps back in line, fish have just been more scattered the past few days.

Both bluegills and crappies are available up shallow, and taking both livebait such as worms and minnows, and artificial offerings such as Cubby Jigs or small jigs tipped with Berkley Gulp or Powerbait. Look for emerging weeds, brush piles, stumps, and cover such as docks to all hold fish.

Smallmouth Bass have slid a bit deeper off some of the shallow rocky areas, but are catchable with a variety of plastic offerings such as 3" and 4" tubes and Carolina rigs. Deeper running crankbaits, including lipless crankbaits fished slow, are also producing fish during the day.

There are plenty of northern pike up and active in the shallow weeds and stump flats. The best action has been during mid-day, with fish greedily consuming swim baits, spoons, in-line spinners, and crankbaits. Brighter colors have been best in the sun while metallic colors have been producing on cloudy or overcast days.

The walleyes have been scattered throughout the river channel expect in areas where current breaks exist. Jigs and livebait have worked well, as has live bait rigging options such as slip bobber rigs. Anglers looking to troll should pull crankbaits or spinner rigs along irregular stretches of the river channel as it cuts through the various shallow flats on both the River itself and Lakes Wausau and DuBay.

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Fish Species: Bluegill, crappie, smallmouth bass, walleye, northern pike
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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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