Joel Ballweg

8-30-08 Saturday

Sean Doyle woke his son Patrick up pretty early this morning so that the two of them could chase crappies here on Lake Wisconsin. I don't know how much of a talker Patrick is on a normal day, but I'm pretty sure he didn't make a sound for the first couple of hours of fishing this morning.

He was wide awake after a couple of crappies began pulling on the end of his minnow rig. In the early morning hours, he was out fishing his dad pretty consistently.

Our best rig in the early morning hours was a plain and simple minnow rig.

Later in the morning though, when the bite slowed down a bit, Sean found that casting a 1/16oz jig/plastic combo tipped with a waxworm was hard to beat.

By the end of the morning it was pretty hard to say who caught the most. Between the two of them, they managed to put over 20 in the livewell between 10-1/2 and 12" long.

Nice fishing with you two Sean and Pat!

Fish Species: White Crappie
Bait Used: Minnows, Jigs/plastics
Tackle Used:
Method Used:
Water Depth: 10 to 15'
Water Temperature: 77
Wind Direction:
Wind Speed:
Guide Boog Ballweg with a decent crappie
Guide Boog Ballweg with a decent crappie


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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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