Minocqua Area Fishing Report - 11/11/24

Moving into mid-November and still with such mild temperatures.  Daytime highs cresting 50 degrees some days and lows in upper 30’s to low 40’s continue to buoy lake surface temps.  Have reports of lakes as low as 44 degrees with large lakes still reading 49-50 degrees.

Fishing pressure light with most anglers targeting Musky, though a few taking advantage of mild weekend to pursue Perch and Walleye.

Musky:  Good – Suckers accounting for most catches.  Holding rigged suckers in 14-24’ of water while casting gliders and twitch baits worked slowly up across weed edges.  Fish will become more sluggish as water temps cool making slow moving lures and suckers more appealing.  Takes (bites) can start getting softer and will continue to be so as water chills.

Yellow Perch: - Good – Surprise entry, but a good one as anglers working weeds of 12-14’ finding nice numbers on Crappie minnows.  No jumbos but lots of good 9-10”+ eaters.

Northern Pike:  Good – Liking the cool water!  Pike providing some fun, late season open water action.  Target remaining green weeds of 8-14’.  Jig and chubs or suckers (4-6”) best.  Like their bigger cousins, Pike bites surprisingly light, hence the live bait preference.

Walleye:  Fair - Anglers working mud flats of 22-30’ reporting some fish on redtails and Walleye suckers on Lindy style rigs.  Best along edges or flats where hard bottom meets.

With high, cold winds from the North mixing things up today (11/11), water temps will most likely slide down.  Lows the rest of the week in 30’s with highs of mid-40’s will continue trend.

As a side note, rarely mentioned Whitefish on Trout Lake have been biting as they stage in 30-40’ off potential spawning flats.  Swedish Pimples tipped with waxies, minnow heads or Gulp.

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