Delavan Lake Fishing Report

  Fishing Home Page  Lake Geneva Report  Daily Fishing Reports

Delavan Lake 8/17/09 - 8/24/09

Fishing remains excellent on Delavan Lake. With the end of the season coming quickly for the weekenders, the lake has been exceptionally busy with pleasure boat traffic. If you can tolerate the bumpy ride, you’ll find great success.

Largemouth bass are schooled on the weedlines in 14-16 ft of water. They are being caught either drop shotting 4 inch worms or jigging pigs or my clients favorite, live nightcrawlers. The key to my success is to keep the boat moving until you find an active school of fish. Some days main lake points seem to be the best, but other days its better by the scattered weeds. Look for the fish by the island, west of Willow Point and near the Yacht club.

Bluegills have been very aggressive. I’ve been catching them in 14 ft of water or in 25 ft of water. It takes a little sorting to catch some big bluegills but they are there. It seems that the lake has a lot more small to medium bluegills than the past few years. The method I use is a single hook with a split shot fished beneath the boat. The best location has been by Assembly Park, Township Park or down by Browns Channel.

Walleyes have been available. Last week, I probably caught 3-4 legal fish. The biggest was 22 inches. The bigger fish that I’ve been catching have been on medium suckers fished on my northern poles. The bigger ones have been found in about 24 ft of water west of the Yacht club or Assembly Park have been great choices. For crankbait fishermen, the walleyes can also be caught on 300 series Bandits or Wally Divers.

Northern Pike have been biting on and off, depending on the sun and water temperature. Some days its been no problem to catch as many northerns as you have suckers, while other days its been a struggle to catch one or two. The one consistent thing has been the water depth. They’ve been in 20-24 ft of water. I’ve been using medium suckers instead of large suckers allows you to catch other game fish like walleyes and bass. The best location has been by Belvidere Park and Browns Channel.

Good luck and I hope to see you on the water. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 608-883-2050

Back to the Fishing Home Page

Lake Geneva Fishing Report

Daily Reports