Joel Ballweg

Sunday, 5-17-09

Tim Roeben and I trolled crankbaits in 18-23' of water from 6:00-11:00am this morning.

Tim easily took home his limit of keepers between 15-20' long with the rest all going back in the lake. I could have kept my limit but chose not to keep any. Maybe next time I'll keep a few.

I don't believe we made any trolling passes today where we did not catch a fish of some sort. All those fish were caught under clear, bluebird skies which would typically signal poor fishing. That was certainly not the case.

I keep expecting this hot bite to cool down but so far, its just moved to another part of the lake.

We trolled everything from deep diving shad raps, jointed shad raps to stick baits like the rapala husky jerks & the F13 floating rapala's and caught fish on everything we put down there.

Typically, we'll see the preference switch from crankbaits over to night crawlers but so far that just hasn't happened.

Fish Species: Walleyes & Saugers
Bait Used: Crank Baits
Tackle Used:
Method Used: Trolling
Water Depth: 18-23'
Water Temperature: 63
Wind Direction:
Wind Speed:
Tim Roebens 22.5
Tim Roebens 22.5

Tim Roebens with a 32
Tim Roebens with a 32


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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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