Warmer weather-Crappie action  

Remembering those who gave their lives

A steady warm weather pattern was the story for this week. This had water temps warming up fast and the fish getting a little more active. Currently the eater fish still seem to be deep 25-35 feet and bigger fish 10-20 feet.

The weeds have begun to show up in some of the shallow bays and this will have the walleyes in shallow to feed on all the small bait looking for weed cover. This means lots of big walleye and keeper walleye will be moving shallower through the next couple of weeks.

Crappie action will be good the following week or more, as water temps are perfect for the crappie spawn. Big shallow bays are perfect areas to look for these crappies. A little tip I have found to be true, is that the crappie bite will be a lot better on cloudy, rainy days, over bright sunny days. This means that if you know it will be sunny and you want to find crappie, try fishing them early morning or towards evening when the sun isn’t so intense.

Memorial weekend is over and now is the perfect time to make your summer plans to get up to the Ash River area to do some fishing and enjoying the National Park! It looks like temps this coming week will stay warm with a few scattered storms throughout the week. Water levels are almost near normal again.

Always remember that the freedoms we enjoy today were not free but given to us by the ones who gave their lives!

Fun Fishing From,
Dominic Ruis
Northern Limits Guide Service


http://www.ashriverfishing.com

What beautiful weather we are having, doesn’t get much better, mid 70’s most of the week. Forecast for next week low to mid 60’s.

Lack of rainfall has us sitting in a low water situation, it will prove to be a bit inconvenient until nature cooperates, but following last year’s high water most of the docks in the area have been re-built.

On Kabetogama, boat ramps at the VNP Visitor Centers and Woodenfrog State Campground are useable, some resort ramps might be, check them out before launching.

Many docks on Kab can be used for loading and un-loading, but not many harbors can dock boats with the current situation.

Kab on many years had low water openers, before the rule curve and fishing those years was usually above average, so that is encouraging.

Water warming nicely and spawning activity should be over for many species. Smallmouth spawning remains to be seen, and crappie spawning will be close.

Normally live bait is best for opener, this year that will include leeches and crawlers due to warmer water.

Crankbaits may also be very effective in the 15’ range and Northern Pike should be quite active.

I am very excited for opener this year, weather looking good, fishing should be great, of course we are optimistic here.

Water levels can improve rapidly if we start getting some significant rainfall.

See you Very Soon!!

Can’t hardly wait,

(Not so – alias: Crabby) Phil and Ellen Hart