Green Bay is still the place to be for walleyes. It's amazing to watch this system spit out 4 pound fish after 4 pound fish. It's actually tougher to catch a small fish in Green Bay than it is to catch a quality fish. However I have seen more 15 inch fish this year than in years past and thats a good thing to see.
We have been focusing our fishing on the 18'-25' depths north from Suamico up the the "Charles Pond" area. Each day the depth of the fish varies. Yesterday we caught a majority of our fish in the 20'-23' range while the day before we were doing very well in 18'-19' of water. The name of the game is mobility right now. Watching some of the other boats out there I have been noticing that they are making very long passes, this is the absolute opposite of what we try to do aboard our Ranger. If an area is producing numerous fish I will lay a waypoint on the GPS and go back over that area as soon as I have a short lull in the action. So for us there is no big secret, just staying as mobile as possible.
Our fish catches have been right around the 30 fish mark per trip, lots of these fish are in the 4 pound class. There have also been some big fish mixed in with these catches, over the past five days we have put 7 fish over 8 pounds in the boat, one (the photo above) of these fish went 31 inches and 11.5 pounds!
Our best baits have been crawler harnesses trolled behind 1oz and 1/2oz weights. Lead lengths are dependant on the day but have ranged from 15' back on a 1/2 oz weight to as deep as 45' back on a 1 oz weight. The key is to also keep your baits mobile in the water column , each day we start with baits high and low in the water column and we let the fish tell us what they want. Our best colors have been Purples, Perch Imitations, Bubble Gum (Pink/Chartreuse Blades with matching beads) and Anti-Freeze (Green/Chartreuse Blades with matching Beads).
Hopefully this report helps, if you need a more detailed up to the minute report give me a call (920) 660-7275. Good Luck and Great Fishing!!!!
Join us at our Green Bay "Late Summer Walleye" seminar sometime in August at the Sportsmans Warehouse in DePere, WI. I will have giveaway items from my sponsors like Reef Runner, Frabill, Bait Rigs, and Tica. Someone will win a Frabill Troll N' Shovel Net!
