This past week brought more good fishing to the Green Bay area. This system never ceases to amaze me, it has been an awesome year for numbers of fish on Green Bay. Most of the fish we are seeing are 4 and 5 years old which is amazing to see them in the 22'' to 23'' size class. If good numbers of these fish reach maturity then we will see plenty of fish in the 28'' to 30'' class in a few years. In conversation with one of the DNR's lead fisheries people we heard that this season may have provided another record spawn in Green Bay. This would be great news providing a bit of an insurance policy for us!
After the big west blow on Saturday the fishing on the east shore was awesome. We fished in 4'-8' of water along the dirty water line Sunday and did really well. The fish were stacked in that key depth all along the east shore. Fry Pan Shoal was also good to us this weekend providing some nice action during Saturday's big blow. It is very important to pay attention to the direction of the wind over a period of a few days. When the wind blows into an area for a day or so that area will "load up" with fish, the fish move in and it's for one reason only, EAT. This weekend was a prime example of that situation.
Our best colors this weekend ranged from our usual more natural colors to the brighter colors we ran through Saturday and Sunday's dirty water lines. In the cleaner water we ran Purples, Greens, Perches, and Golds. When moving into the dirty water we ran Fishlanders in: Erie Watermelon, and Anti-Freeze along with Bait Rigs metallic Chartreuse. A plain #6 Gold hammered blade also worked well paired with the "Bumble Bee" bead pattern. We ran our leads from 30' to 45' back at 1.0-1.2 mph.
Now that it has been calm for a few days we will see things change to the deeper bite, as soon a we get another blow things will heat up shallow again. Good Luck to everyone and stay safe.
After the big west blow on Saturday the fishing on the east shore was awesome. We fished in 4'-8' of water along the dirty water line Sunday and did really well. The fish were stacked in that key depth all along the east shore. Fry Pan Shoal was also good to us this weekend providing some nice action during Saturday's big blow. It is very important to pay attention to the direction of the wind over a period of a few days. When the wind blows into an area for a day or so that area will "load up" with fish, the fish move in and it's for one reason only, EAT. This weekend was a prime example of that situation.
Our best colors this weekend ranged from our usual more natural colors to the brighter colors we ran through Saturday and Sunday's dirty water lines. In the cleaner water we ran Purples, Greens, Perches, and Golds. When moving into the dirty water we ran Fishlanders in: Erie Watermelon, and Anti-Freeze along with Bait Rigs metallic Chartreuse. A plain #6 Gold hammered blade also worked well paired with the "Bumble Bee" bead pattern. We ran our leads from 30' to 45' back at 1.0-1.2 mph.
Now that it has been calm for a few days we will see things change to the deeper bite, as soon a we get another blow things will heat up shallow again. Good Luck to everyone and stay safe.
