Minocqua Area Fishing Report July 29, 2024
July is exciting as planned. Hot and sticky with a few heat showers. Good time for angling with certain species, such as “the bass of summer” and evening musky. The heat brings out some exciting fishing for the summer anglers.
Smallmouth bass; good to very good
Smallie action up on rocks and along coon tail edges. Drop shotting Minnow and craw imitations, Ned rigging ,tubes and football jigs with Sweet Beavers working very well. Mornings , work Top water frogs or chug bugs, inside weed lines and near wood or docks .Dandy Fish over 20 inches this past week .
Largemouth bass; good
Heavy cabbage holding largemouth that appeared to be feeding heavily on crayfish. Ply 8 to 12 foot cabbage beds, using Sweet Beavers, wacky worms or 7 inch plastic worms rigged Carolina style. Jig/leech or jig /chubs combos also producing for the live bait anglers. Action was slower on cool mornings, but picked up with the warmer temperatures. Whopper, poppers, and buzz baits rule in the hot evening action closer to shore.
Musky; good
Best reports from anglers, casting rubber bait for suspended over open water during the day. Evenings are good for casting Fat Bastards, Whopper Ploppers and Flap Tails.
Bluegill; Good
Actively taking worms, waxes, small leeches under floats or small on small jigs. Tiny plastic, such as 1 inch twister tails and mini mites working as well.
Northern Pike; good
Taking chubs or suckers on weedless jigs with wire leaders also hitting spinner baits worked over cabbage flats of 6 to 9 feet.
Crappies; good to fair
Narrow leaf cabbage in 10 to 14 feet holding crappies taking Charlie B’s and Crappie Thumpers worked over weed tops.
Walleye; good to fair
On deeper lakes, look for walleye cruising 14 to 18 foot Coontail edges or 22 to 28 foot rock, gravel humps using red tail chubs or large leeches. On Flowages look for weeds and 7 to 9 feet of water using whole nightcrawlers on 1/16 ounce weedless jigs.
Yellow perch; good to fair
Work cabbage flats, using slip floats in pockets of cabbage of 6 to 9 foot. Medium leeches, fathead minnows or beaver tails for bait.
It’s the Midsummer, water temperatures are high averaging 74 to 78°. With the water temperature high, so are the fish's metabolism. They need to feed, but there is also a lot of feed out there. Work lures and baits a bit faster than usual to trigger bites and cover more water.
The recent full moon time may have affected the daytime bite some, but get out early or late in the day to capitalize on this summer bite.
OUR SECOND EVER BARN SALE at 9238 County Highway J and Woodruff will be held August 2, from 7am to 5pm,
August 3, from 7am to 5pm and
August 4, 7am to 3pm.
We have to make some room for some changes to the business and just time to clean out the old bait shop closet. They’ll be deals on Rod’s, reels, overstock tackle, fishing line, Shanties (both flip and hub style) clothing, footwear, ice electronics, ice augers, discontinued St Croix Rods. Check it out! lots of good inventory at sale prices to move on out.
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