Fellows Fishing Report

[Jim Elam]

Fished Fellows for crappie with my son this weekend. Fished only the afternoons. Water temp 37 to 42 F avg about 39-40F. Water clarity was about 5 feet Saturday due to moderate winds, more like 8 feet on Sunday afternoon. I didn't see a lot of people catching fish, but we managed to catch 10 between us each of the 2 evenings. Fished in 30 - 40 ft vertical jigging 1/8 and 1/16 oz white and olive marabou jigs, 1/16 oz split tail soft plastic minnow grubs, and black and chartreuse tubes. The takes were light and close to structure. Relied heavily on electronics to find the fish, and the bite seemed to start around 5pm and end around 6pm both days. Each day we were also able to catch a few other species, such as white bass and walleye, and managed to have a pretty good time. Nice to pick up a few fish on the first really nice weekend we have had in a while.

[hendernt]

went to fellows today after work for a couple of hors and caught my 1st musky. It was a small one about 16 inches bt on an ultralight rod (was actually fishing for crappie) it put up a good fight. That was all I caught and I only had 1 other bite. The water is still muddy east of the bridge and also in spots west of the bridge (mostly where the water flows under the road.