Walleyes were literally banging into my waders as they tried to find their way upstream. This south-central Wisconsin river keeps getting better every year, with shore-fishing opportunities available from downtown Fort Atkinson downstream to the old Beloit sewage treatment plant just 200 yards north of the Illinois border. But timing is everything.You can catch walleyes right in the downtown park just west of Highway 41 if you're on the water when the migration window opens and the fish push upstream. The float below Lock & Dam No. For me, the spring bite on the Fox wasn't that good last year, but it offers you the best chance to land a wallhanger walleye of any water in Wisconsin when the run is on and you hit it right. No problem! Although the action is almost entirely at night, chartreuse plastic tails and fire-tiger stick baits seem to have an edge over other colors. 9 recently re-opened, offering a super walleye fishing opportunity for just a few dollars. The Shore Fishing Capitol of Wisconsin! A Wisconsin license is valid for fishing essentially anywhere between the railroad tracks that run along both sides of the river. A lot of the foul-hooked fish will be suckers, but all foul-hooked fish must be immediately released. A white bass spawning migration also occurs during early April and May. You'll also need to bring along a stringer or fish basket -- and extra clothes.The floats are moored between wing dams, offering perhaps the best walleye action the river has to offer when fish are on the move.
Access is much better below the dam at Jefferson, but you certainly won't be fishing alone.Contacts: Riverfront Resort, Blackhawk Island, (920) 563-2757; Dick's Tackle & Bait, Beloit, (608) 362-8712.The Lake Winnebago System is Wisconsin's premier walleye factory. Tackle and food is usually available on the float, but in most cases the angler needs to bring his or her own bait. The fee ranges from $14 to $20. That's why there are at least four two-piece rods, reels and a backpack full of gear -- including a short-handled net -- stashed in my truck next to a pair of waders, a Polarfleece vest and a rainsuit.A long career as a Wisconsin professional firefighter has given me a Semper paratus mindset. In the fall of 2017 the causeway was reconstructed, adding parking lanes and fishing platforms to make it a great spot to stop and catch a meal!©2015 Marquette County Tourism & Visitors Bureau All rights reserved.
It is now called Hubbard's Fishing Float & Café, which has special 5 to 7 p.m. evening hours when you can get a outstanding T-bone steak!Fishing prospects on the Mississippi -- and on these barges -- can change virtually overnight. (March 2007)This 11-pound walleye was caught near where the U.S. Highway 41 bridge crosses the Menominee River in downtown Marinette.
You can fish a lot of water and I'm limited to one shoreline spot that I have permission to hunt from. The Rapala tracks just a little shallower in what is truly a game of inches. The ThunderStick has just the right profile to stay in the fish zone on this water. Of course, the basic jig also works, too.The run occurs each spring like clockwork sometime between April 10 and April 20. The epicenter of Posey Rapids is a big, flat rock. There's more to successful long-rangePerspective from the National Shooting Sports Foundation.New gear for kids and beginners from the annual fishing trade show.Winter walleyes gather in deep river pools and eddies. You need a boat to catch fish consistently when they are staging out at the edge of ice in the waters of Green Bay, but when they move inland, the best odds for ruining old Wanda's day are from shore or by wading knee-deep in the river.Two years ago, I made the 250-mile trip up to Marinette three times and came away with essentially bupkis.
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