Lake Wisconsin - November 8, 2020
Ordinarily, this is a weekend outing that many club members fish. This year, due to the pandemic, it was made into a day outing and only six members fished it. Conditions were windy, but it was unseasonably warm and the fish were biting.
Sauger outnumbered the walleye this year, and as always there were a lot of short fish caught. One walleye and 14 sauger were big enough to score club points. Gregg Stockey caught nine of those sauger, but per club rules could only count a maximum of five. Gregg caught most of his fish using a jig and a minnow. The outing’s big fish contest was for walleye or sauger and Jason Cashmore won with a 15.5” sauger. That fish and a 15-incher caught by Gregg were the only two legal sauger caught. (On Lake Wisconsin walleye and sauger must be larger than 15” but less than 20” to keep.) No legal walleye were caught. Jason caught some fish with a jig and minnow, but also caught quite a few on a silver blade bait, including a white bass, a crappie, and a yellow bass.
There were some surprise catches. Jeff Haug caught a smallmouth bass, Gregg Stockey caught a 22” sturgeon, and Jason Cashmore caught a 33-3/4” sturgeon. Both the sturgeon were caught on a jig and minnow in the late afternoon. Jason’s sturgeon is now the leading fish for the club’s big fish of the year award.
We have only one more outing scheduled for this year—Lake Michigan in December. Historically, members have mostly shore-fished for salmon at Kenosha harbor for that outing, but this year we are planning to fish for northern pike at North Point Marina. Can someone catch a 34+” pike to nab big fish of the year? Join us for the outing and find out!
