Fishing on Green Bay for walleyes and perch is on the upswing, as fish are starting to set up in their typical summer locations. Trolling and jigging took walleyes during the last week, with jigging Wapsie Lures Ripper minnows in purple goby being my number one presentation. Some days a more aggressive lift was needed to trigger bites and other days a one foot lift was best. 2 mile reef, Point Comfort, Vincent Point, Kidney, College reef, and Geanos Reef put out fish. For trolling, a combination of #7 Flicker Minnows and #5 Salmo Hornets worked best. Perch fishing was excellent in Oconto, with rock/weed areas around CP2 and the north shore putting out perch, including jumbos up to 15”. Minnows, crawler pieces, and soft plastics on small jigs worked best. Smallmouth bass fishing was good in Door County, as Egg Harbor and Fish Creek rock structures put out as many as 50 fish per morning for some knowledgeable anglers. Casting Ned rigs, tubes, and jerk baits all caught fish. Musky fishermen continued to put nice fish in the net, as casting bucktails, swimming dawgs, medusas, and surface baits took big fish. The west shore weed edges, Pensaukee shoal, Chaudoirs area rock/weed area and Geanos reef were best areas for these fish. Musky fishing has been slow but a few are being caught trolling alewife colored cranks and casting bucktails. Shore fishing by Metro remains the same, you never know what species you are going to catch. If you go, please be safe, and take a kid fishing! Yah, only at Smokeys!!!
Capt Jerry Ruffolo
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