Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Wolf River is hot right now! That's the word from Larry Martochko, of Larry & Jan's Resort in Fremont. All the rain we got here in Wisconsin in June really slowed things down on lakes and rivers. The Wolf was high for a month and many people just plain stopped fishing it. "We lost a month of business," Larry told me today. "And there's no way to recoup that." The rain not only flooded the river, it kept water temps cooler than normal, but now that the river has come back down and the skies have dried out a bit, the fishing is great. Larry says the bluegills are just now moving into the shallows to spawn, about a month behind schedule! "Fish the wood anywhere along the river banks and you'll catch bluegills," Larry says. The walleye and northern pike are also hitting, and some people are still catching white bass in good numbers. Fish backwaters and cover anywhere in the river for pike. Anglers are taking some nice walleyes early in the morning (dawn until 8 a.m. most days) casting perch-colored Shad Raps under docks right in town, Larry says. The Wolf is known mostly for its April walleye run and May white bass run. Few people know that walleyes are active there all summer, usually in deeper holes and over gravel, where you can catch them on jigs and minnows or crawlers. Right now, however, they're still quite active near shore, so go get 'em. For more on the Wolf, visit Doc Kunz' website, walleyeonthewolf.com. Later... 10:21:42 PM    comment []