Lake Chippewa Flowage Vacation

2026-08-29

Walleye

The Walleye bite is still solid in the later evening hours. Fishing around weed edges with Leeches and Crawlers in 6 to 12 feet of water is very effective right now. In recent weeks the daytime Walleye bite has been tough, but one of our Hayward Guide Service guides has cracked the code a bit and graciously shared with us some info. Eric Schuelke stopped by the other day and said the trick to daytime Walleye fishing right now is trolling #5 Jointed Flicker Shads and Shad Raps in the Firetiger and Shad Colors, #7 firetiger Flicker Minnows. Troll the jointed flicker shads and shad raps about 40 feet back and troll the flicker minnow about 25 to 30 feet back. Target submerged bogs and timber and run your baits right through or right below the baitfish you mark on the screen.

Musky

The Musky action has been ok. some days people are reporting some solid success while other days people report seeing a good amount of fish but not a lot of connections. It seems that the early morning and later evenings are great for casting Bucktails and surface baits, while trolling seems to be the hot ticket during the day. Important note…make sure you figure-8 after every cast. A lot of these fish are hitting in the 8 and not further out.

Northern

Pike continue to be active in the weeds. The Chatter Flash along the weedlines has been overly effective this week putting Northerns in the boat. When fishing the thick weeds, Spinnerbaits and Weedless Spoons are the hot ticket. As per usual, the West Side is outperforming the East Side.

Crappie

Crappie fishing on the cribs and deeper timber and cover has been good this week. Crappie Minnows, Gulp Minnows, and Bobby Garland Mayflies have all been deadly. The bog bite has been slower but more from less people fishing at night this week than anything.

Bass

Smallmouth have been biting on the far east side. Ned Rigs and to a lesser extent surface baits have been effective. Neds however are consistently the bait that produces the most smallmouth action week in and week out. The Largemouth have been in the weeds and are hitting on a variety of baits. Frogs have been very effective particularly the Big Foot Frogs. The ChatterFlash has been producing some nice fish as well. Target weeds and Lily Pads.

Weather

This week's weather is looking to be fairly warm. This weekend and next week highs are forecasted to be in the low 70s to low 80s while lows are forecasted to be in the high 50s to low 60s. Expect some rain on Saturday and Wednesday.

Water Temp at time of this report

71 Degrees

General

The drop down menu measures the water by every half of a foot. So on there it is marked -3 feet but in reality it's about -2.8 feet. Leech Availability Report: Good News! Leech Season has been extended! We got another batch of leeches in stock and they are really really nice for this time of year! Come on in to Jenk's Bait and get them while they are available and fresh.