Summer is here! June 22nd Fishing Report

June 22, 2015    //   

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Summer is officially here, and that means we will get more daylight than any other time of the year to enjoy the things we love.  The long days also mean warmer water temps and that makes nearly every activity more enjoyable, including fishing of course!  With water temps near 70 degrees, many lakes are putting out a good variety of fish right now.

I’ve been catching the majority of my walleye in 10’-16’ fow.  Lindy rigs tipped with either leeches or night crawlers have been working best. I’m still moving quite slow at .1-.5mph.  The walleye are holding in and near the new weed growth.  I will pull Lindy rigs where I can and I use slip bobbers in areas that are too weedy or rocky.  These techniques will be my prime focus until we see a drastic summer warm up.

As we head into July and the water temps spike more and more walleye will move deeper.  It will be common to fish the outside weed edge in 16’-24’ fow with a faster presentation like a spinner or crank bait.  I like to pull these baits at 1-3mph to cover as much water as possible.  During the summer months there is an abundance of food, so just because you find walleye doesn’t mean they will be hungry.  That’s where moving fast will help you find the hungry fish as well as trigger some reaction bites where the fish just hit your bait out of instinct.

I concentrate my time mostly on walleye so that’s what I generally write about, but I can’t forget to mention all of the great panfish opportunities that are coming up.  Over the next month I will catch more big sunfish and big crappie unintentionally while I’m fishing walleye than any other time of the year.  There are many times where I just put away the walleye rods and enjoy the day catching crappie over the weeds in 10 fow with a small twister tail jig or put on a small hair jig and fish the pencil reeds for big bluegill.  The options are endless and the panfish are flat out hungry, so it’s a great time to bring out the kids!

Check back in a couple weeks right after July 4th and I will have a bunch more awesome pictures to share with you!  Good luck fishing and feel free to drop me a line with any questions.

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