Eagle River fishing report

[Lee Borgersen]

                            Eagle River WI fishing report 


 September 15, 2014




Walleye, northern and panfish are putting on a good to excellent bite, with muskie, smallmouth and largemouth bass all good in the Eagle River area.

Water temps in the Eagle River, Wisconsin area are in the mid 60s.

Walleye:

Walleye in the Eagle River area are locating off of break edges adjacent to main lake basins in 30 feet of water or less. Use a jig and a minnow. Walleyes are tight to bottom.

All day action and the bite is good to excellent.

Northern:

Northern in the Eagle River area are in weed beds in 10 feet of water or less. Use a small bucktail, bass style spinner bait, Husky Jerk (minnow or walleye pattern), or a northern sucker under a slip bobber. All day action and the bite is good to excellent.



Panfish:

Crappies, bluegills and perch in the Eagle River area are locating off of break edges and weed edges in 15 feet of water or less.

Perch are tight to bottom, with crappies and gills suspending up and down the water column (lake and day dependent). Use a chunk of crawler, crappie minnow or mico-plastic on a jig or under a slip bobber. All day action and the bite is good to excellent.

Muskie:

Muskies in the Eagle River area are locating off of break edges and in the weeds in 15 feet of water or less. Use a regular size bucktail, topwater, jerk bait or glide bait (some guides are starting to use live suckers, if you can find them!). Use a normal retrieve, and always do a 'figure 8' when the lure nears your boat. All day action, with short feeding windows, and the bite is good.

Smallmouth bass:

Smallies in the Eagle River area are locating off of break edges in 25 feet of water or less over hardbottom areas. Use a jig and a minnow or a plastic tube or craw. All day action and the bite is good.

Largemouth bass:

Largemouth have moved a tad deeper in the Eagle River area. Fish weed edges in 15 feet of water or less. Use a jig and a minnow, plastic rigged weedles, or a bass style spinner bait. All day action and the bite has been good.


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