HACKENSACK 06/27

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HACKENSACK - Swanson's Bait & Tackle, Jim Tuller, Hwy 371 on the north end of Hackensack, www.swansonsbait.com (218-675-6176)

Fishing has continued to be great.  Bass, Walleyes, Crappies, and Sunfish have all been cooperating with the anglers the past few days.  Bass action has been incredible all year.   A few anglers have seen success throwing spinnerbaits into the shallows but the best action has been with plastics on the breaks.  Cast a jigworm onto the break and slowly work it back down into the deeper water.  Green or brown plastics are working well, especially on the clear lakes.  Birch Lake is still the "hot spot."  

Ten Mile, Stony Lake, and Webb Lake would all be good choices for Bass today as well.  I heard some good Crappie reports over the weekend, having calmer water helped.  Most are finding the Crappies in 12-15 feet of water over the weeds.  A minnow and jig under a bobber or slow trolling a spinner jig have been productive.  Have some waxies with incase a school of sunfish come through.  The Sunfish are off of the spawn beds now in most lakes and headed back to deeper water.  There were a ton of sunfish caught over the weekend on all of the lakes.  Five Point and Pleasant Lake had the best reports of catching nice fish.  The key to catching nice panfish is to remain mobile, don't stay in one spot for too long.  Walleye fishing has slowed some, they are still catching them though.  

The other area lakes have been producing a few fish each day, mostly on leeches and nightcralwers.  Trolling in 15-20 feet at dusk would be a good bet on most lakes as well.