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Lake Geneva 5/23/10 -
5/30/10
Finally the fish are starting to bite on Lake Geneva. The panfish
are just incredible right now, so if you have kids, now is a great
time to get them out fishing with you. The action is almost
non-stop. This past week I caught an 11 inch sunfish and bluegill so
it’s not all about action, there are also some quality fish to be
had.
Smallmouth bass, as of Sunday the 30th, most of the fish are still
on their beds spawning. It was hard to get live bait past all the
panfish to catch the smallmouth bass. I saw most of the beds in
10-12 ft of water. Belvidere Park and the Military Academy had most
of the fish. I was using a split shot rigged nightcrawlers and small
plastics. Green pumpkin grubs seemed to work the best.
Largemouth bass are in the shallows also spawning at this time. Look
for the fish in Geneva Bay or by Trinkes. I caught some on split
shot rigged nightcrawlers and a split shot rigged with a 4 inch Zoom
lizard. The best depth seemed to be 3-5 ft with scattered weeds and
a hard sand bottom.
Rock Bass can be caught just about anywhere on the lake. You can
catch as many as you have nightcrawlers for. The best depth seems to
be the 8-10 ft range. The highest concentration of them that I found
was in Fontana. You don’t need anything special to catch them, just
a hook and some live bait.
Perch can be found by the Military Academy and by Colemans Point.
I’ve been catching them on nightcrawler pieces fished on a single
hook with a very light weight. Again the problem is catching some
fish that are over 6 inches long. I think you can catch bigger ones
if you use minnows. When fishing with minnows, I will always fish
them on a slip bobber rig.
Bluegills are in the 4-5 ft depth range. They can be caught on leaf
worms fished beneath a bobber. The best location is by Trinkes and
in Geneva Bay. A lot of the bluegills were in the 8-9 inch range,
like I said earler, I did catch several over 10 inches this week as
well.
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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