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Delavan Lake 6/1/09

Happy Memorial Day! Fishing has been improving with the warmer weather. The crappies and largemouth bass have almost completed their spring ritual of spawning. The bluegills are spawning currently.

Largemouth bass are cruising the shallows in 2-4 ft of water. They are being caught on white spinner baits or Senko type stick baits. The best color is green pumpkin or pumpkin with red flake. Look for the fish by the Viewcrest channel, Highlands channel or by the outlet. All the beds I have seen in shallow water are now empty and the bass are cruising the shallows eating the small bluegill.

Crappies are biting in the weedline in 6-10 ft of water. The best success has come on small plastics or slip bobbered fat head minnows. The best location is by Willow Point or just west of the Yacht Club. Some of the crappies caught last week were over 12 inches. The best way to catch the crappies on plastic is a very slow retrieve with many pauses. They will hit very lightly, many times it feels just like a weed.

Bluegills are starting to spawn in 2-3 ft of water. The best location is just west of Willow Point, Lake Lawn Lodge or west of Browns channel. The best approach is red worms or leaf worms fished on a bare hook and a bobber. I prefer anchoring over using the trolling motor. In such shallow water, the trolling motor seems to spook the fish.

Walleye fishing has been slow, the fish that are being caught are on the weedline in 12-15 ft of water. Some of my friends have been getting only 2 or 3 fish in about 4 hours fishing for them. I did try trolling one day last week in 16-18 ft of water without any success. I didn’t mark many fish either. The trolling bite is probably 2-3 weeks away yet.

Northern Pike fishing has been all right in the 8-10 ft depth range. The best results have been coming while trolling shallow diving crank baits. Clown pattern and perch pattern have been producing most of the action. I did try drifting suckers last week in 16-20 ft of water without any luck. Weedline fishing will again be occurring in the next week or so.
 

Good luck and I hope to see you on the water.

For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 608-883-2050

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