As Fall moves along less and less anglers are seen launching their boats heading out on the waters of
Green Bay. The cooler overnights have settled in our water temps at about the 50 Degree mark for now
and as things normalize, we should see an increase in feeding activity. The issue will be fish will have a
tendency to spread out a bit more.
Anglers looking to do some trolling around University Bay you can still find a few Walleye willing to bite
trolling Flicker Minnow #7’s in natural patterns as the water begins to clear. Keep your trolling speeds
slow around 1.5 mph and make frequent “S turns” to trigger strikes. Also do not be afraid to toss a
larger profile bait like a P-10 out behind your boards as hungry Walleye will look to feed on larger
opportunities as we draw closer to winter. Walleye anglers wishing to fish out of the Bay Shore area I
would advise you to troll morning and evening time frames along rocky shorelines as that water is fairly
clear up along Point Comfort to Shoemaker point. Get your baits up shallow and run out lures like
Smithwick P-10’s and Rapala Husky Jerks to add length to your profile to tempt the hungry fish.
Like wise the night bite along the shorelines from Chaudoir’s Dock up to Little Sturgeon are a good bet
for both a few eater fish along with a potential trophy this time of year. Keeping your boat in 8-10 fow
and running your baits on one side of the boat up shallow and the other side deeper off the break is a
great technique. Again, keep your trolling speeds low around the 1.5mph range. Stick with chrome or
more natural color presentations.
The action in the Fox River is still fairly slow overall. Casting hair jigs and jig/plastics and blade baits on
shallow flats or the edges of flats adjacent to the channel edges has been producing some walleye. For
example, casting toe 8-10’ edge of the channel out in front of Voyager Park and up to the dam has been
ok at times. Jigging around the channel edges and shallow flats and a few of the bridges through
downtown has also produced a few Walleyes but with the lack of current that has been tough. Folks
casting at night around the moth of the river are having good success on a multitude of species.
Musky anglers reports have been few and far between but most are trolling the University Bay and the
lower stretches of the Fox River and the mouth of the river out to Grassy Island. Super Shads continue
to be the most popular bait. I have witnessed a few successful Musky anglers landing fish casting the
areas upriver holding bait along the bays and some of the shoreline structures along the river. Plastics
like bull dawgs and jerk baits have both been favorites. Shore fishing at metro is still producing some nice walleyes and Muskys. At Voyager they are catching some walleyes, water level is very low.
If you go, please be safe, and take a kid fishing
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Capt. Robert Claus
FinFanatic Charters
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