November 2-3, 2019 - Lake Wisconsin
Our 18th scheduled outing of 2019 was at Lake Wisconsin this past weekend. Nine members fished through cold and windy conditions. Several of us took pictures of how ridiculous it looked hooking up our boat trailers Friday morning, and our family and friends told us we were crazy.
When we arrived at the lake we found the dock had been pulled from the boat launch and there was skim ice on the lake. However, once we got out and started fishing, the bite was on! Many legal walleye and sauger were caught pre-fishing on Friday, along with several fish in the 20-28” protected slot. Mike Stanek and Jason Cashmore both caught thick 25.5” walleye.
The great fishing on Friday had us confident and excited about Saturday. Unfortunately, a cold front moved through. The fish weren’t biting as well as they had Friday, and the weather was a bigger factor. Strong winds made boat control difficult, and there was even a brief storm that blanketed us with ice pellets. But, it takes more than that to stop us! We fished through it all and managed to catch some scoreable fish.
Sunday was cold, but the wind had calmed down and the fish were biting a little better than they had the day before. By the end of the outing at noon on Sunday we had caught 1 smallmouth bass, 15 walleye, 31 sauger, 1 northern pike, and 7 white bass that scored points. Although bigger fish were caught pre-fishing on Friday, the big fish contest was won with a 20.5” walleye Jeff Haug caught Saturday night. Most fish were caught using blade baits, jig and minnow, or live minnows on a crappie rig. Although none of our members trolled, there was a tournament on Saturday with many boats trolling and catching fish.
