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FISHING REPORTS: Wind, Rain and Cold. No, that's not a rock and roll group from the 60's and 70's! I wish I had a great "You gotta be here" report to put up but I think we are paying for all our beautiful weather in April. Highs in the 40's, north winds and rain have been the norm. All this can make for an fishing trip deemed uncomfortable at best. But I bring you good tidings. The weatherman says warmer weather is on the way this weekend and thru next week. So dust off the poles, buy some minnows and get ready to put that "Gone Fishing" sign back on the front door. I'll post another report later this week to tell you where they are. Don't forget when you go to take a kid fishing with you and make sure you have FUN! ----------------------------- Jeff Bolander, also known as 'How' of Dewey, Catchem and How at www.deweycatchemandhow.com Check out my Real Estate website at www.jeffbolander.com and my Up North fishing and resort web sites at www.upnorth.info. jeff bolander <jeff@upnorth.info> - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 08:50:00 (PDT) I haven't been out much myself lately but this is what I am hearing from reliable sources. We are about 2-3 weeks behind normal so these reports should be very accurate. The weather -- IT'S FINALLY WARM!!!! At least with all the cool weather and rain the flowages are up, only about 7' or less below normal. But, as any flowage fisherman knows, BE CAREFUL. And the switch from minnows to crawlers has not fully taken place yet. Some lakes are showing the start of a mayfly hatch which will hurt the Walleye bite. This will move the Walleyes from the weeds to the mud on the lakes that have the flies. Use leeches which are a good imitation of "wigglers", which are the larvae swimming to the surface. Bass action varies by lake but you should be able to find some on the beds or adjacent to them. Look in shallow rocks and weeds and use minnows and 'rattler' cranks to provoke the strike. Musky action has been good. Most of the spawning is done so the dinner bell is about to ring or is warming up to ring. I love twitch baits and husky jerks along weed edges and rocky humps in deeper waters. Panfish continue to be king with gills and sun fish on the beds and crappie still active after their most recent spawn. Use waxies for the gills and white twisters and bugs for the crappies. Use minnows and waxies for the perch which should be hanging in the Walleye haunts. Also, this is a great time of the year to pull the fly rod out for the surface bite on those calm evenings!!! It's a blast. It should be good fishing for the next couple of weeks as long as those lake temps keep rising. Get out there and prove me wrong A personal note: We have our YouTube channel up but getting video has run into problems. Next week we should be able to post a bunch. Thank you for your patience and positive response so far. Jeff Bolander <jeff@upnorthpublishing.com> - Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 12:24:03 (PDT) (from Tommy Zinda) Well folks, 3 inches of snow fell yesterday across the Great Northwoods. Time for me to head south to Arkansas to continue to fish "soft" water. This whole fall has been as goofy as the rest of this fishing season. Water temps finally have dropped into the low 50s, even into the high 40s. This normally occurs in late September. Muskies the past two weeks have picked up dramatically as expected. Most fish are now being caught on live suckers. Northerns and bass have remained strong in October, but walleyes have been much more finicky. Eyes that have been caught have been in the deepest holes in all lakes in mud, adjacent to rock humps, feeding on wigglers. Fat head minnows on 1/8 or 1/4 oz jigs dragged in this mud is the way to score. There has been movement of larger eyes into shallower weeds the past few days as turnover is now complete in most lakes. However, green weeds right now are the key and deeper weed edges are the ones to fish. In a few more days, these bigger eyes, along with larger pike, will move into shallow weed flats of only 5 to 10 feet, where they will remain for early ice fishing. This is because they are feeding on larger perch that are now in shallow water, too. It's a great time to start fishing these shallow weed flats of 3 to 8 feet with 1/32 or 1/16 oz jigs tipped with fat heads for jumbo perch. Not only will you catch lots of these perch, but eyes and pike will hit these fat heads, too. Take advantage of any decent weather that is around until ice up now and you will produce. The remaining shallow water open water bite will be short and sweet this year. As usual, it was a blast to fish with all you folks again this season and report to the rest of you. As usual, I will continue to report our progress on the water in Arkansas starting next week, so keep checking this site. Have a great winter and come join me in Arkansas if you can. See ya soon. Good Fishin' jeff bolander <jeff@upnorthpublishing.com> - Friday, October 31, 2008 at 08:51:08 (PDT)

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