Chippewa Flowage Fishing Reports
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2026-09-28
Walleye
The Walleye bite has been decent. Trolling over deeper humps and basins with nice brush on the bottom has been very effective. Fishermen have generally been running Jointed Flicker Shads, Flicker Minnows, and Shad Raps at various depths over the top of said brush and humps. In the evenings, the live bait bite starts to turn on a bit. Despite being later in the year, Crawlers were very effective on the edges in about 6-12 feet in the evening.
Musky
We just had the Muskies, Inc. tournament up here this past weekend. Out of 435 Anglers 72 fish were caught by 55 anglers. Fish came on a variety of baits, but looking at the list, there seemed to be more bucktail action than any other bait. Other baits that stood out as being effective were Suicks and Swimbaits. A lot of folks reported seeing quite a few fish up shallow this past weekend. Fishing weeds is always a good idea, but don't neglect the rock bars and stump bars.
Northern
The Pike bite has been ok. Word has it that a lot of the Pike being caught are on the smaller side. They have been hanging around the shallows and mid depth weeds. The Johnson Silver Minnow has been the go-to artificial bait, but now that temps have cooled off….wild caught Creek Chubs have been increasingly effective
Crappie
The Crappie bite has been solid on the cribs and in deeper timber. The bite has been on a mix of live bait (Crappie Minnows) and plastics. 1 inch Gulp Minnows in Chartreuse Shad and Starry Night have been the most effective along with the Bobby Garland Mayflies.
Bass
Not much to report on the Largemouth this week but the Smallmouth action has been very good. Most of the people that have been catching them however have been catching them on accident fishing for other species. But the Smallmouth have been very aggressive. If you want to target Smallmouth…you should definitely throw some Ned Rig plastics in the stumps and rocks.
Weather
Good fishing weather this week! The majority of the week we are going to see highs primarily in the low 60s to low 70s while lows will range from the low 30s to the mid 50s. Expect a bit of rain on Tuesday.
Water Temp at time of this report
65 Degrees
General
Fall Color Report: Colors seem to be between 25 and 35% right now. Experts are predicting that peak colors will most likely fall on the 3rd Week of October.
