Wisc. River - Nekoosa (Walleyes)

You can go to my you tube channel j-Mata fishing and watch the 1st seminar DNRs part for all the numbers from the last years numbers from the survey 

There were a few different locations set up last year for collecting data. It wasn't just the guides giving them information or samples for aging studies. After having multiple conversations with DNR staff and listening to the biologist during a recent seminar, there was no concern about the walleye population at all. The growth rates are faster now than they were ​15-20 years ago and the forage bases are strong. 

There was a guy doing surveys until July... Nobody would give any info to him... Just the guides from what I understood... 

Lots of nice fish being caught, happy to see the 3 fish limit going into effect. I wish fish catches had to be reported when operating as a licensed fishing guide. Would be curious to see how many fish are taken out of any particular system.

Thomas Droste Team Walleye Guys Guide Service and I teamed up together this morning with a group of 6 guys. Mark,Bryce,Kaden,Mike,Jeron and Brain we jigged minnows and plastics, and hard baits. Water temp was 40.4 today we end the morning with 21 legals and 11 slots,  together between boat and a bunch of shorts    Piscifun TideWe AFTCO Freshwater Razr Rodz Amphibia Eyegear Rapala Great Outdoor Legends Inc.

2nd day with the guys from down south (Nathan and James) and I have to admit I worked hard for these fish today, I switched more techniques and presentation then I’ve had to do in a long time, I  fished from one end of the river to the other twice ( Thomas Droste) would of been proud!
  We would get a few fish at each spot and then done, we used ever bait that I had in the boat, the water was extremely dirt and a lot less current then yesterday. Water temp was up to 40.2 and we had a few changes at number 10 fish but we couldn’t get them in the net. Do forget to renew fishing license.
  Piscifun TideWe AFTCO Freshwater Razr Rodz Amphibia Eyegear Rapala Great Outdoor Legends Inc.

Fished the last couple day’s from the Jim Freeman launch down to the north end of the lake. Water temperature has been around 35-36 degrees in the morning, yesterday we had water temperature around 38.5 the entire morning we fish. Majority of our fish are being caught up shallow ​over mud flats in 4-8 fow! ​ hair jigs tipped with magnum mud minnow’s did most of the damage, did catch quite a few on H20 jigs and ringworms, bright colors ​seem to work the best. ​

Anyone looking to get out on the water? I have April-2nd,4th,10th,11th,12th available 

Good luck be safe 

Let’s go fishing!  
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Morning trip with the guys from down south, this is day 1 of 2 days. Water temperature was 38.4. It’s on the rise and the water is extremely dirty we used minnows, bladed baits and plastics all played a part this morning
  PiscifunTideWe AFTCO Freshwater Razr Rodz Amphibia Eyegear Rapala Great Outdoor Legends Inc.

Sorry I haven’t been posting on here, I have been out almost ever day since feb in the boat either on wi,dells,or wolf rivers. I have been posting on my personal or business page. Todays trip was cut short due to illness but we did get 6 legles some shorts and lots some at the boat in 2.5 hours . Water temp was 36.2 and we’ve put a lot of fish in the boat already this year

Fished all day with a couple guys from down south. It was a little bit of a grind with the drop in water temps overnight again. Sitting at 36 this morning with a lot of debris coming down. We caught 12 legals total and the guys kept 4 each to take home. Also picked up a 26.5" slot that was spawned out. Every other female I've caught over the past couple weeks was still hard. Minnows, small paddle tails and blade baits caught everything today. 

For those waiting for me to open up my evening spring walleye trips, the wait time is over! Starting next week Monday, April 1st I will start booking 4.5 hour evening trips! Starting at 4:30-5 p.m. Cost is $300 for up to 3 people for the night. All gear provided. 

This was a huge hit with my clients over the past couple years. We will focus on casting stick baits and crank baits and big plastics. Head-lamps provided. Shoot me a message or call to get on the calendar. Last year, I was fully booked within a couple days. 

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