Green Bay/Fox River Fishing Report, May 1st

Thursday May 1st marked another outing on Green Bay and the Fox River. Upon arrival I found that the water clarity had visibility at about 6 inches. I decided to troll and jig the Fox River, the water tempatures on the river are between 50 and 51 degrees. There are alot of fish in the river right now but we need a significant clarity improvement before consistant fishing can occur.

My first plan of attack was to troll a variety of crankbaits on "the flats" north of the 172 bridge. This produced numerous fish but I was not satisfied with the size of the fish so I decided to make a move to jigging nightcrawlers over some key locations. Jigging also produced fish and produced them at a more consistant rate. I was suprised to catch a few males which were still milking when they were lifted into the boat.

This still seems to be a transition peroid leaving the fish very scattered. There are fish both in the river and the bay. The next few weeks will be very interesting, we need a warm-up to really get things rolling.

Good luck to everyone who goes out this weekend for the opener! I hope everyone has a safe and succesfull opening weekend!