Nemahbin (Upper and Lower)

On at 11 off at 5.  Fresh meat in the boat. Started un the north end of upper. No fish. Worked shorelines looking for warmest water.  38 to 42 degrees on main lake.  Wasted a lot of time but learned a lot.  Went to lower at the urging of "fresh meat" and found 45 degree water.  Fished in 2 fow. Bobbers with small jigs 10"under.   Chartreuse, pink were good but shiny gold was also good especially good at finding down branches. Tipped with waxes or soft plastic and orange gulp "worms" Found gills and crappies and pretty much non stop action.  Potato chips were most appreciated by "fresh meat"  LOL. Saw 2 10" tiger muskies in 14" of water.  Stripes were clearly visible.  A MOST ENJOYABLE DAY.  Some of you will be able to tell from this post who my guest was.  Definitely going to happen again.  BB

Late report.......Fished friday noon to 6.  Biggest thing caught was an anchor.  Most fish were 20 to 25 ft down in 25 to 35 fow.  Awfully difficult to stay on them cuz they are constantly moving.  Not ready to give it up yet.  The rivers are still open.  BB

Fished friday from 3 to 7:30.  Graph showed fish 15 to 20 feet down in 25 to 35 FOW.  Only fish caught was a small northern.  Last time out there were many eyes shallow when I was going in.  Nothing shallow this time.

Finally made it out Thursday 1:00 to 5:pm.  The wind was brutal.  I couldn't hold the boat down with 2 anchors.  And one of them is a 15# river anchor.  According to the graph the bigger fish were in 40+ FOW suspended 25 to 35 feet down.  I felt bad for the guy who was going out as I was coming in.  The wind picked up pretty good after I left.  

Well.....I couldn't stand it any longer and went for a few hours tonight.  Got on about 5. Off at 9.  Didn't even get all the rods set up and I landed an 18" smallie.  10 minutes later a 12"er.  Not what I was targeting.  I'm after the eyes.  Only got 1 at about 8".  So things started out pretty good.  Then it got dark and the line tangles started.  Thank the Lord for bright headlamps!..  Slip bobbers with minnows worked just fine.  I love bobber fishing especially with lights. I make my own bobbers that stand about 8" tall in the water.  All fish caught on the "cliffs" N.E. side of upper.  Had the lake to myself.  Saw many smaller eyes on the way in to the launch in 5' of water.  There is a healthy population of eyes in there. BB

08/21/2023: 0900 to 1130 hrs (Lower Nemahbin south west side)
Trolling with 1/4 oz head and yellow plastic frogs
Small mouth bass were extremely active today
10” to 15” nice-fighters; catch and released at least a dozen nice ones

CM - I've read reports of people catching catfish here, but I've personally never caught one. The DNR has also never captured one in any fisheries surveys they've done. 

I have caught some decent sized bullheads, but no channel cats. 

Does nemahbin have catfish?

Pontoons go under all the time.You'll have no issues. It's shallow so trim up your motor. Good luck 

Before the bridges were redone on 94 you had to remove your windshield on a single console, duck and make sure your motor cawal didn't hit.