Fishing Conditions

Fishing Conditions on Little St. Germain Lake
June 9, 2008


Surface temperatures are in the mid 60's on most lakes right now. We finally are seeing the bass, bluegills, and crappies moving into the shallows and on their beds in West Bay, so West Bay is producing fish. The Popple Fuzz is on the water, and the old timers always said you switch to leaches when you see the Popple Fuzz. So, I'm switching over to leaches and leaving the minnows back at the bait shop. With cooler water temps, I'm preaching smaller baits and slower retrieves for the muskie. Keep in mind those muskies are following the smaller fish, and it would be common to see these big fish in some shallow water right now. Water levels in most of the lakes appear normal again!! The Rainbow Flowage is back to normal, and any dam controlled lakes appear slightly above normal. Seepage lakes still can be lower than normal, but in much better shape than last year. Our guide, Steve is available for open water fishing the back country potholes and smaller lakes for $250/day, two people to the boat. He has some introductory packages to Little St. Germain too, so please call for half day pricing with that. Get your boat ready, it's open water season, and remember to practice some catch and release fishing for our future generations.

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