Lake Monona

Got in on the action in the triangles today. Not gangbusters, but enough consistent action to keep my 6 year old occupied! Most were catching that I could see. Probably 15-20 crappies over the span of an hour and a half. All still swimming.  A biggen bass mixed in as well. Really fun on light tackle. I think I coulda fit a softball in its mouth. good luck out there!

FYI - Piers are in @ Olin as well now. Tight lines all! 

Piers are in at Olbrich as of this morning. 

Out last Thursday.  Skunked. Not a bite.  It happens so infrequently I had to post it.  I see my controversial post about water levels last week got yanked. Didn't mean to stir the pot. LOL Rat.

For what's worth - the water is up enough that the piers at Buck & Honey's are now floating. If you look back at Sheephead Rules picture/post from early March you will see there was exposed mud/bottom. Looking at USGS data suggests Monona is up roughly one and a half feet since beginning of March. ​

I'm excited to see the water levels after all the precip we've had lately.  

Olbrich lake side has 1 pier in . Back side has 3 piers in . Olin has no piers in . 

Out Friday and Sunday.  North triangle on Friday.  Different spot Sunday.  Started at 10:45 Friday morning and did not catch my first fish until 1:45pm.  Things eventually picked up and by sundown the gills were biting consistently.  A few crappies mixed in.  Being out of town I may have missed the crowds.  The fish were in deeper water and not in the usual areas from years past.  By six pm it was virtually a ghost town.  The easy fishing must be over.  Yesterday I was planning on fishing where I was on Friday but that area was already taken by the only people fishing and two boats.  Looked to my right and there was a DNR warden checking the fisherman with binoculars.  Unmarked truck.  
 
Really just wanted to fish with two lines and not be crowded so I made the executive decision to try another spot.  Wise choice.  Basically caught gills from 12:30 to 5:30.  Plastics tipped with plastics, waxies, and red worms.  Red worms were the least effective.  The other two produced. Just like ice fishing if I was keeping I would have had to sort.  Plenty of decent keeper size for sure.

Went over to the terrace after to throw down a camera to see if there were fish there. Saw a couple of small gills but that was it.  Won't try fishing there until mid April.  Rat.

Ed Lotte park has the pier in..

I just checked Olbrich at 5:15 PM. Not in yet.