10/29/11 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Just as I thought I was done for the year I got a couple of calls and booked trips on the Sunday the 9 th & Monday the 10 th.  Sunday I had the pleasure of fishing with Rachel Bernardo and her husband Joe Landowski of Stevens Point.  It was Joe's birthday Saturday and the trip was his present from Rachel, we headed out for some Walleyes, Joe caught his birthday Walleye before I even had a minnow on my jig.  I'd like to tell you that we had a quick limit but the truth is after  1 1/2 hours without another fish we pulled the boat and headed to the Minocqua Chain.  The wind was really blowing with gusts up to 30+ mph.  at the end of the morning we had a mixed bag including Walleye, Bass, and Pike.

Monday morning I met Regan Kline and Mariana Perin they were visiting the Minocqua area from the Chicago Loop.  We met at 9:00 and the wind was already blowing out of the north and gusting, like Sunday I headed to Minocqua where we could fish bays that offered some shelter.  At the end of the morning we had a mixed bag of Pike and Bass.  Fish were caught on a 1/8 oz. jig tipped with Red Tails in weeds 8-14 feet. We did well both days considering the conditions we fished in, my hat goes off to the girls fishing in layers and fighting the wind "YOU GIRLS ROCK"

After this weekend the boat will be ready to head south for some fishing in FL. come January.  Those of you that fished with me this year know Dianna and I bought a house in Cape Coral, the work is complete and the house is ready to rent, it can be viewed at

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That's it for now folks good luck fishin and remember

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

DAVE LANG

10/8/11 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  My season is coming to an end with my last scheduled trip yesterday.  I had the pleasure of fishing with Mike and Karen Filippo of Tinley Park.  Our plan was to start the day catching a lake limit of Walleyes then go chasing Pike the rest of the day.  The day was going according to plan and then Mother Nature stepped in.  At 12:30 we had 6 Walleyes in the box and had released 6 smaller fish.  That was when the wind took over, we had a stiff breeze all morning but now we had white caps I found out later that wind gusts were 35 mph.  Boat control was impossible and we decided to leave the Pike for the next time and call the day a success.  The Walleyes were on rock humps in 20-24 feet out of 40 feet, we caught them on 1/4 oz jigs tipped with fatheads.

I spent last weekend chasing Muskies with Scott and Craig Chaloner of the Fox Valley area.  Saturday morning we had one follow and one hit on a sucker but the fish dropped it before we could set the hook.  Sunday morning Craig caught a nice Musky on a sucker. The guys had no action on anything they were casting.  Both days were bright sun and flat calm tuff conditions, the guys did a good job and had a great weekend.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin and remember

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG 

9/26/11 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Sorry that it has been so long since I posted a report.  I was on the water 10 straight days then off and then 3 more on, that's great and I thank you all for fishing with me, but it doesn't leave much spare time.

I spent some great days on the water with my freind Harry from Ohio, we always try to fish a different lake every day, we were on a couple of lakes out in Flambeau and a couple on the Minocqua Chain.  We caught fish on all the lakes, a lot of good days but not great.  We fished fall Walleyes with fair sucess but Pike and Bas provided us with the best action.

Then the next few days Kent Magnuson and his son Dustin joined me these guys are always fun to fish with, we put together a nice lake limit of 6 Walleyes the first morning then changed lakes and Picked up some nice Pike including one close to 10 pounds.  The next day we were on the Minocqua Chain catching Bass and Pike.

Then I hit the water with Mike Bellmer and his grandson Alex, we headed out for a morning chasing Pike.  Alex is a great young fisherman and put some nice Pike in the boat.  These fish were caught on a 1/16 oz jig and large Red Tail chubs in weeds 4-10 feet deep.

Next it was a morning with Frank and Ann from Bloomington IN.we put together a nice string of Pike under difficult conditions

I was off the water for a day and the weather took a change for the worst.  Mike & Tom Heroux came in for a day chasing Pike. The uniform for the day was all your warm stuff and rain gear, the Pike reacted to the weather change but we did put together 9 nice Pike and 1 Largemouth.  Light bites caused a lot of missed fish

Friday it was the Don Conner group from Muskego, the group was made up of 4 men and 5 year old Jamey Casey & 7 year old Matthew Conner.  They had a tag boat so we switched people from boat to boat, at times looking like a Chinese fire drill.  At the end of the morning we had 9 nice Pike.  All of you that have fished with me with your kids know my focus is to have them catch fish. This day was perfect the two boys each caught 2 Pike, while the men never caught a fish between the 4 of them.  We had a great morning making a lot of good memories and a lot of laughs (maybe next year men).

I am off the water for a few days then 2 trips for Musky next weekend.  The Walleyes are starting their fall patterns on some lakes but I was on one lake 1 -1/2 hours without a bite.  Pike and Bass are still active in 4-14 feet in weeds, all fish are reacting to our weather patterns that remains unstable so some days are tough.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin and remember

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

DAVE LANG.

 

(/10/11 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  After taking off some time to get together with college buds over Labor Day weekend I was back on the water this week.  I started out the week scouting a couple of my favorite fall Walleye lakes.   Tuesday I spent 3 hours on lake 1 fishing fall spots without a bite.  Wednesday lake 2 did produce 2 eater Walleyes after hiting 5 spots, certainly not a good fall bite.  I knew it was early but you have to look, water temps in the high 60's.

A recurring  theme for this year the weather the weather.

  Friday and Saturday I had the pleasure of fishing with my friend Brian Manning, Brian is from Naperville IL. and always brings neat people with him to fish for a couple of days, this year it was his brother inlaws Mike O'Conner & Lew Wilson.  Friday the plan was to fish the Minocqua chain and do a shore lunch at my base on Lake Minocqua.  The Minocqua Chain was hosting the Wisconsin Bass Classic so we put up with bass boats flying past us at 70 mph all day but we caught a good mixed bag and had a great shore lunch at the end of the day.  Saturday we headed out to LDF for some action, the morning started out good but really slowed about 10:30.  Once again at the end of the morning we had a nice mixed bag with Lew haveing fish of the day. a beautiful 4 lbs. Largemouth.  Boy those guys in the Classic would have given thier left ***** for that fish.  I am blessed with fishing with a lot of you guys like Brian, you are the ones that make my life a dream come true.

As I said the weather the weather just as I thought fall was coming mother nature said don't be so sure.  These last 2 days felt more like July than September we had 80+ degrees.  Prefishing on Wednesday I had water temps in the high 60's when I got off the water this afternoon water temp was 73.  If there is anything fish don't like it is inconsistency.  It looks like we are going into a cooling off and more like September should be producing a fall pattern.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin and remember

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

DAVE LANG

8/30/11 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Since I talked with you last I have spent a lot of time on The Minocqua Chain catching mixed bags of Pike and Bass.  These fish have been in weeds 4-14 feet deep.I had a great morning fishing with Cheryl McCorkle and her son Ryan and daughter Ellen they caught enough fish for a fish fry topped of with Ryans 19 1/2 inch Largemouth.  Frank and Rose Lemcke joined me last week and caught a nice mixed bag of Pike and Bass the Rose found herself looked into a big Bowfin they're not pretty but they sure fight, Rose's fish weighted 10 1/2 pounds.

Then my attention switched to chasing Muskies with my wife Dianna, those of you that have been reading these reports over the years know she has never caught one,putting a monkey on my back.  After fishing 3 lakes over 2 weekends the monkey is still on my back, we did boat a beautiful 47 incher but it was on my rod.  I hit the water last week with Ron Schnieder his son Dave,and freinds Greg and Patrick, day one was in persuit of Muskies.  The guys got hooks into two fish but didn't get either one into the boat.  Day two we started looking for Muskies but got into Pike with Muskies in the back of our minds the guys boated between 20-30 Pike with two of them in the 10 pound class.  Two great mornings with lots of good memories I know Dave is still seeing that big Musky shake the hook just before the net.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin remember

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD DAVE LANG

8/12/11  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  I spent a couple of days on the Willow this week with fair results producing a mixed bag both days but nothing great.  Sunday found me on the Minocqua Chain with Jim McCarville his son-in-law and grandson.  We had a full day planed, I picked the guys up at Nitschke's dock with 5 dozen minnows in the well at 6 AM.  At 10:30 we were back at the bait shop buying another 4 dozen minnows.  We had a great day keeping a mixed bag including 1 jumbo perch, 1 big crappie, numerous Bass and Pike and returning a lot of fish.

Wednesday I had the pleasure of fishing with John Crone and his son-in-law and grandson Culon.  We fished the Minocqua Chain and had a great Morning with a mixed bag of Pike and Bass with a lot of returns.  All the action on the Chain was on 1/16 oz jigs tipped with large minnows, fishing in weeds 5-14 feet.

Yesterday was Bump Waghorne and his daughters Sierra & Savanna I have fished with them over the years and the girls are coming into their own as good fishers.  We had a nice morning with a mixed bag of Pike and Bass.  The highlight of the day came when Bump switched from a jig and minnow combo to a spinner bait and had a beautiful 40+ inch Musky hit on the 1st cast.  Bump set the hook and held on while the fish peeled line of the reel.  The battle ended as fast as it started when the fished cleared the water a good foot or two and threw the hook.  Lots of screaming and sad feelings but it sure was exciting for a while.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin and remember

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG 

8/2/11  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Oh what a week it has been, Thursday I fished with Gerald Blackburn and his son from Verona.  We headed out looking for some good action fishing. I set up rods for the guys and dropped a crawler down to show them how to work the bottom.  I immediately felt a fish, Gerry's son brought in a nice 15 inch Smallmouth.  I thought oh boy this is going to be a great morning.  I couldn't have been more wrong, we struggled all morning managing to put a few Pike in the box and that 1 Smallmouth.

Friday I had the pleasure of fishing with Dan & Sherrie Hope and their son Paul.  They have a summer place on a lake west of Minocqua. When we fished last year we had a great morning catching a limit of eater Walleyes.  Well it was like a different lake this week.  We worked hard and caught 1 perch,1crappie, 1rock bass, 1 blue gill, and 1 Walleye that was too small to keep.

When I got home and talked to my wife Dianna after 2 rough days I told her maybe I should change from Fishminocqua Guide Service to Boat Rides with David.  All joking aside it was a bad few days.

Sunday I had the pleasure of fishing with Rollie Carlson and his 2 daughters Avery & S      I have fished with them over the years and it has been fun to watch the girls grown into young ladies.  We had a great morning catching a nice mixed bag of Bass & Pike.  It was fun for them and I went home feeling the best I had all week.

I think it was a mix of hot weather, mile high blue skies, and lakes as flat as glass.  I still managed a few fish on spinner baits but the best action was back to jig and minnow in weeds.  Crawlers were best when it came to Bass.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD DAVE LANG

7/26/11  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Fishing is in the summer pattern, last week I had the pleasure of fishing with Dan Poenitsh of Wind Lake WI. and Alice & Randy Kastello of Muskego.  They were staying at The Pointe and wanted to learn The Minocqua Chain.  We had a good morning catching a mixed bag of Pike and Bass,we caught a number of short Bass but had some keepers as well.  Fish were caught in weeds from 6-14 feet deep.  We used 1/16 oz weedless jigs tipped with minnows. 

Thursday I fished with the Heroux brothers from the Fox River Valley as usual they wanted to chase Pike.  We had a good day limiting out on Pike to the high 20's.  Our catch was split equally between those caught on jig and minnows & spinner baits.

Saturday found me on the water with Kevin Ahmann, his brother John and John's daughters Jayne-Anne & Lucy-Mae.  John and the girls are from Atlanta and were visiting Johns mother who lives in the area.  We hit the water looking for action.  I had minnows but started everyone with spinner baits to help the girls who had limited fishing experience.  At the end of the morning we had plenty of fish for a fish fry.  We also caught a couple of Walleyes on spinner baits, it was a great morning with lots of memories.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin and remember

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD DAVE LANG

7/20/11  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Sorry for the long delay in reports, I took off some time to be with family during 4th of July week and then wife Dianna and I flew down to FL. to put final touches on a house we bought last winter and will have for rent.  Enough about me.

We are finally in summer season, water temps in the low to mid 70's.  Walleye action on the Flowages has been fair to good, limits are rare but guys are getting a few keepers along with the shorts.  Walleyes on area lakes are slower.Best action has been on crawlers with minnows coming in 2nd.  Action fishing for Pike and bass is good.  I have fished 2 lakes and the Minocqua Chain this week with good mornings on all 3.  We caught mixed bags including Large mouth, Pike, Perch and Walleye.  Most of the action has been on 1/16 oz. weedless jigs tipped with Red Tails.  Weeds are in great shape, I have caught fish as shallow as 4 feet right out to the deep edge.  My good friend and legendary guide Van Jolin has been having good Musky action using suckers.  That is no surprise to me, I have had numerous Muskies chase fish that clients were bringing to the boat.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin and remember

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND I YOUR ROD

DAVE LANG

6/22/11  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  I had the pleasure of fishing with Bob Garrbut  of Brookfield WI. a week ago Sunday & Monday.  We targeted Pike and kept a few for Bob to have a fish fry for his wife and daughters the first day, when we met the next day the first thing Bob said was we have to catch some more Pike to take home for his daughters to do a fish fry for their boy Frends.  Once again proving that Pike are some of our best eating fish when cleaned and cooked properlly.  I dip the boneless pieces in egg beaters then coat with plain bread crumbs, deep fry and salt to taste.  These fish are every mild so avoid shore lunch mixtures and go with plain bread crumbs, taste the fish on the breading.

Thursday I fished with Hank Rien and his granddaughter Andy, we targeted Pike and Bass.  Fishing was slow but we managed to catch enough fish to keep us busy.  At the end of the morning we plenty of fish for them to have a good fish fry.

Friday I fished with the Heroux brothers from the Fox River Valley.  These guys like to fish Pike and keep plenty as they are in charge of supplying enough for the family fish fry.  It was a better day with the guys catching 20-30 Pike some pushing 30 inches.  Most fish were released and they kept enough for the family fish fry.

Saturday was the first day of the Bass season in the Northern district.  I had the pleasure of fishing with Jonathon Mader and his son Michael, it was a fathersday outing and we had a great time.  Michael is 6 years old but fishes like he is much older, he put the first fish in the boat a beautiful Largemouth "GOOD JOB MICHAEL".  We hit a lot of spots on Minocqua and Kawaga catching a mixed bag of Pike and Bass all released to fight again.

Monday and Tuesday I was scheduled to fish with Ruth and Frank, young 83 year old newly weds working on their first year.  Ruth had fished before and had spent some of her youth in the Minocqua area while her mom worked as a cook in area resorts, for Frank it was a first time trip.  The weather wasn't the best but we managed to boat a few fish, Frank caught his first Bass & Pike so the trip was a success.  The bad news is that we had to cancel Tuesday due to thunder & lightning. I hope I can get them back in the boat when conditions are better.

I have been fishing Red Tail Chubs on 1/16 oz weedless jigs using 7 ft Elk River Custom medium light rods and 8 lbs test line.  Fish have been in 4-12 feet of water around green weeds.  Due to weather ups and downs water temps have been up to 70 then fell to 60, climbed back to 65 but now with the cold rainy weather we have had the last 2 days I would guess we will be back to the low 60s by the end of the week.  Walleye action has been slow, the guys that have been targeting Walleye might put 3 or 4 in the box but thats it and more often 2-3.  On most lakes crawlers produce more Walleyes than minnows.  That's it for now good luck fishin and remember
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG 

6/11/11  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.
    "WEATHER WEATHER WEATHER"
No it's not a repeat it is the truth.  Wednesday & Thursday I had the pleasure of fishing in the LDF Partners event, when I left Minocqua at 3:00 in the afternoon it was 87 degrees, while we were eating you could feel the temperature droping when I returned to Minocqua at 10:00 PM it was 54 degrees.  Fishing matched the temp, it went down hill, there were a few walleyes caught, none in my boat.  Thursday morning was cold and windy, I was fishing with Scott "Gundy" Gunderson of the DNR and an Elder from the Bad River Tribe.  After 3 1/2 hours we did catch 18 Bass 1 Pike and 1 Perch it was a good morning but a tough bite.  Fish were caught on jig & minnow combinations in 4- 10 feet of water.  Water temps had gotten up to 70 degrees and in 3 days have fallen to 61, we all know what that means.  Weed growth is behind normal but is starting to come along. 
This morning I started out fishing one of my favorite Pike and Bass lakes looking for action for clients that I am fishing with tomorrow,  after 1 1/2 hours I only had 2 Pike and one missed bite, not only was the water temp dropping there was a May fly hatch in full swing. Moving to a second lake  action improved and I called it a morning.  I was fishing Red Tail Chubs on 1/16 oz jigs from 4 to 10 feet of water in weeds.  The secret is finding green weeds. It's not easy but you can catch some nice fish, you may have to change lakes but keep on it and you will catch some fish.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin.

Keep your line tight and a bend in your rod Dave Lang



6/1/11  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.
  "WEATHER WEATHER WEATHER"
As my good friend Tony Rizzo says "weather trumps" all and we are going through it. 
Saturday I had the pleasure of fishing with Ron Scheider and his son Dave, Dave has a time share on Minocqua and he wanted to fish Muskies. We hit a dozen plus spots ranging from shallow bays to weed points.  We fought wind and rain throughout our morning.  Using small to medium sized baits we caught some Pike and Bass but no Muskies.
Sunday morning I was back on Minocqua with my friend Roger Forsberg and his son Steve, this is our 5th year fishing Minocqua together.  We fished
shallow weed beds catching a mixed bag of Pike and Bass.  Fishing was tough with the fish hitting light, we were using 1/16 oz jigs with Redtail chubs.
Monday I fished with Keith Passon, his nephew Billy Jr, and Billy's friend Dannielle, we headed out in search of some good action.    Inspite of thunder rolling through about 4:30AM things settled down by 6:30 and although the fish hit very light after that storm we did boat Bass & Pike for about 3 hours before another storm came through.  We sat in the truck for 1/2 hour then went back out.  To my surprise the Pike actually got more Agressive, we fished the last hour with good action.  They were planning a family fish fry and their limit of good tasting Pike would fill the platter.
Hopefully our weather will settle into a pleasant pattern that will help fishing.   I am thanking my lucky stars that I am off the water today with winds  18 mph and gusts to the high 30s.  But chin up things will get better.
Thats it for now good luck fishin
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG 


5/23/11  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Harry and I finished up the week with mixed results.  Thursday started out on a lake that I normally fish from Memorial Day on but we gave it a try and only had 2 bites after 1 hour we pulled the boat and hit our second lake.  It was after 9 by the time we got back on the water, it took a bit to locate some nice cabbage weed but then things started to happen.  When we quit 3 1/2 hours latter we had boated 20-30 Pike.  Harry finished up the day catching and releasing a beautiful 36+ 15 lbs musky.  Friday was our last day together a fish fry was on our schedule for Harry and I and Glen and Marlene from Thompson's Resort in LDF where Harry was staying.  We returned to the same lake that we fished Thursday.  Bright sun no wind slowed the bite but we put a nice mixed bag for our fish fry including 2 perch,Pike and a nice 24" Walleye. 
We were fishing 1/8th oz jigs tipped with minnows.  We used an assortment of minnows, I was having trouble finding minnows, some times it seemed to favor large minnows.  The key was to find green cabbage.  The lake that failed to produce was a deeper lake an even though the water temp was in the 50's there were no weeds and no action.  Weather continues to stay warm and the fish should get into solid patterns.  Musky season opens Sat I am fishing on the Minocqua Chain.  We will concentrate on weeds and shallow water using smaller bucktails and plugs.  Crappies have been in and around the weeds so some crappie patterns will be tried.
Thats it for now good luck fishin
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG

5/17/11  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Oh my a cold front came through and everything changed. Saturday was the Tadpole Memorial Classic held at my house on Lake Minocqua, we were met with winds gusting to 30+mph , rain, and temps that dropped 15 degrees.  Trophys for Big Walleye went to Jeff Lang 20", Biggest fish to David Lang Jr. 28 1/2" Pike and heaveiest bag to team Breezer.  It was tough fishing to say the least and things went down hill since then. 

I have had the pleasure of fishing with Harry Micheals of New London Ohio this week.  Monday was one of the worst days I've had.  It took us 2 1/2 hours and two lakes before we caught our first fish.  Tuesday was better we boated a mixed bag of Walleyes, Bass, Pike and one Musky that we did not boat but got a good look.  Today we hit the Willow but only found one point that we caght Pike and Walleye.

Fishing has been tough but it will get better.  Water temps are in the low 50's and going up better things are coming.

Good luck fishin

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG

5/11/11  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  After 4 days of the new season here is what has happened to me.  Our spring has been poor to say the least we are 10-14 days behind. 

I fished the Willow Flowage for 3 days. I had never been there on the opener.  THERE WERE A LOT OF BOATS. It is a big body of water with plenty of space you need to bring your good manners with you this isn't the river in Green Bay or the Wolf, or the Fox in Eurica.  It was a great day of fishing with 6 leagle size Walleyes and a couple shorts with some nice Pike mixed in.  Sunday produced  fewer Walleyes but some nice Pike and 1 19" Smallmouth.  Monday the weather was a challenge, I had 1 good Walleye and soom nice Pike.  All of these fish were caught on 1/16 oz jigs and fathead minnows in 5-12 feet of water.  I caught fish in weeds, wood, and rocks with the majority on rocks.  

Tuesday and Wednesday I spent on smaller lakes catching a mixed bag of Walleyes and Pike.  It's not easy I fished 5 lakes and had to work hard to put fish in the boat.  Only one of the lakes failed to produce any fish, it was all about working hard and covering water.  Water temps are warming up getting into the 50s in some areas and that's good news.

That's it for now folks good luck fishin

  KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

DAVE LANG

4/5/11  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Two days to go.  Most of the lakes up here have been open for 7-10 days although water temps are in the mid 40's at best from what I have been told, I just got back in the Minocqua area and have not been on the water yet.  This has the makings of a good opener, Walleyes should be near their spawning areas.  The biggest difference this spring is WE HAVE WATER.  I checked out the Willow and the Rainbow and both are at good to normal levels.  I did notice that the Rainbow had ice on the shoreline.  I did see a number of boats on the roads here today and when I was at Cedar Falls landing on the Willow there were a number of campers there and more setting up for the weekend.  Good Luck Fishin

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

12/01/10  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Well it's over for another year at least for those of us that are strictly soft water fisherman.

It was a good fall season with the walleye bite being good even though the water temps stayed warmer than usual.  I fished my normal lakes with good results on all.  The interesting thing was that it seemed that only one lake would be hot on any given day.  Most years if I get a 2 or 3 fish limit quickly on a lake I will jump to the second lake and have good action, not so for this year. The biggest walleye was the 5 pounder I mentioned last month but I did have some days on lakes that have a 1 only over 14" that I had more over than under. I did spend one morning on the Manitowish Chain with my friend and mentor Van Jolin, it's Van's home water and we did well releasing a lot of fish over.

Musky fishing held up well this fall.  Again it was hot and cold depending on the day.Most of the fish were caught on suckers late in the year, part of that is because that's the way most guys fish.  I was out with my son for a couple hours early October and he picked up a nice 40 incher on a shallow raider in 8 feet of water so it can be done.

I am hearing some good reports on early ice.  One fellow that was fishing on the Manitowish Chain was having good action with some big walleyes.  The girl behind the counter at Subway told me she was out yesterday afternoon and caught 3 nice pike.  As always extreme caution should be used, Lake Minocqua still has about 25% open water.

My annual Canada trip with my sons to Whitefish Bay on Lake of The Woods was the opposite of last year when we had 8 1/2" snow, this year it was all sun no wind 60 degrees.  For a second year the Musky fishing was poor to say the least. My son David and I had planed to fish Walleyes most of the time, so on advice from the camp owner we were fishing 50 feet deep drops from shallow reefs, about 6 hours and 10 reefs later we  never produced a Walleye so we gave up on that advice.  We went to shallower reefs in an area called Yellow Girl that I heard of from other reports we fished 30 foot humps and produced Walleyes on most of the humps, the problem was they were all small.  They were what I call eaters no big fish.  We are just learning the area so I don't want to sell it short but so far not that great.  Our deep water fishing did surprise us with some nice Pike.  Whitefish Bay is known for big Pike. David caught the fish of the trip, a beautiful 41 1/2 inch 21 1/2 pound Pike while jigging for Walleyes, this fish came out of 64 feet of water, it was a 15 minute fight and quite a surprise.  We caught a number of Pike in the same area from 60 to 68 feet all in the mid to high 30 inch range.

That's all for 2010 folks remember KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

DAVE LANG

10/24/10  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  I have been having some problems posting my fishing reports please bear with me.  The fall Walleye bite is going well.  If you have a favorite fall lake now is the time.  I have fished 5 lakes with good results on all of them, these are eater size fish for the most part, last Tuesday I had a 5 pound kicker.  These fish are in 30 to 46 feet deep, most are on fathead minnows and 1/4 oz jigs, what ever you can feel bottom with.  All bites are light usually just weight on the line.

Musky fishing is in full force, reports are slow for the most part.  A word to the wise, suckers are hard to get.  If you're planning a Musky trip check with your favorite bait shop about suckers and have them hold some, better safe than sorry.  That's it for now good luck fishin and remember

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD   DAVE LANG

10/2/10 Hi From the shores of Lake Minocqua.  I cann't believe that over 2 weeks has pasted since my last report, I apolagise.  It has been really busy I'll hit some of the highlights.  Walleye fishing is going on fall patterns fathead minnows on rocks and deep holes. Pike action has slowed down some, limits being a thing of the past except for a day with Howard Khuri, he was visiting the Minocqua area on a corp outing from TN.  I had the pleasure of fishing with Frank Kerschbaum & his wife Ann it was a typical Pike day until the last 1/2 hour when Ann hooked, caught, and released a beautiful 38" Musky making the day.  A couple of days later I was out with Mike Bellmen and his daughter Michelle, the goal was for Michelle to catch her first Pike, she came through in great form.  In the 1st 5 minnutes of the day she caught a nice 28 incher the rest of the day produced 4 more Pike, of the total Michelle caught 4 "that a girl".  On Sat. the 25th I spent the day with Mark from Elk River Custom Rods in his both at Beef-O-Fama in Minocqua about 10,000 people visit our Island for fun and Beef that day and a lot of them took time to talk to us.  We sold a number of rods and made some new Frends.  If you're not familiar with Marks rods you're missing out on a great rod at a faction of the price of the big names.  You can check him out on his website www.elkrivercustomrods if you have any questions feel free to give me a call it's the only rod I use in my boat.  The next morning I spent 2 hours on Lake Minocqua with John Stoful his son and grandson Kevin.  Kevin made the morning when showed us how it's done when he caught and released a dandy 17" Largemouth "good job Kevin" 

The last three days this week I had the real pleasure of fishing with Harry Micheals of New London OH. at 81 years young he is a true gentleman and a heck of a fisherman.   Harry is a catch and release fisherman so numbers are a little shakey but we had action on Pike and Walleyes all 3 days. On the last day we did keep some nice Walleyes and I fried up some Walleye  fillets and Harry and I had a great shore lunch to bring his trip to and end.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin and remember
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD DAVE LANG

9/11/10 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  I am not on the water today giving me a little time for college football and reflecting on what happened on ths day 9 years ago.
I spent the past week doing a lot of scouting, the Walleyes are moving into fall patterns on most lakes but it takes a lot of looking and patence, the bite is slow.  I have had my best action on large fatheads fished on an 1/8th oz. jigs working water 19-26 feet deep, on some lakes fish are relating to rock humps or breaks, on other lakes they are on mud flats. The Pike bite continues to be slow but has come back a little with the cooler weather water temps have dropped 10-14 degrees mostly 62 degrees.  I ran into a group of guys from Waterloo IA. yesterday it is a neat group about 14 guys 6-8 boats really enjoying the area. I saw these guys last year on the same lake and we discussed what a difference a year makes compared to last year. They had been on the lake for two days with a fraction of the fish but having a great time.  The hero of the group was the guy with a beautiful 28" walleye(great fish).

Both the Minocqua chain and the Flambeau Changes produced action with Pike and Bass no Walleyes.  The morning I fished the Flambeau Chain Pokegama was by far the best choice, Flambeau Lake only produced a few bites no fish.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin.
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD   DAVE LANG

9/4/10  Hi from the shores of Minocqua.  Sorry that I didn't get this out sooner, I was on the water everyday last week hitting 6 lakes.  Action was slow, the Pike bite is still a mystery with very little action, Bass on the Minocqua Chain and the Flambeau Chain provided the best action although most of them were short of the legal limit, I did pick up some eater size walleyes that were starting their fall pattern on humps in deep water. 

Today I had the pleasure of fishing with Ron Paver and his son Joe, we haded out to the Flambeau Chain.  In spite of the extreme cold front we had a good morning with a mixed bag of 6 Bass and 4 Pike.  All fish were caught using 1/16 oz. jigs and chubs.  That's all for now folks good luck fishin
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR
ROD   DAVE LANG

8/29/10  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.
Last Thursday I had the pleasure of fishing with Hank Rein from Mosine and his friend Steve.  We met at 7:30 and headed out, we decided to try for some walleyes on a small stained lake west of tow that held a good population of Walleyes eaters not wall hangers.  The morning was sunny with a mile high blue sky,not even a breeze, the lake was flat as glass, not the best conditions.  We fished for 1 1/2 hours with 4 bites but no fish landed, we used 1/16 oz jigs tipped with fat head minnows and crawlers, all bites came on the minnows.

Hank and I have fished many times before, with a lot of time spent chasing Pike with good success.  I told Hank that his favorite lake had been on the slow side but he wanted to show the lake to Steve and I agreed that it was as good a choice as any.  First stop was a weed line that has produced some Walleyes and Smallmouth for me.  We had good action on Smallmouth all small the largest just 13", no Walleyes, we caught fish from 8' to 25' deep, the weed line being at 14', all on jigs tipped with crawlers.  We then went to another weed weed bed switched to minnows.  Steve caught a nice 17" Smallmouth and Hank caught a Pike.  We lost a few other fish one was a big fish that took off when the hook was set and ran for about 10 yards pulling drag before the hook pulled out.  Everyone's heart sunk, it would have been the fish that turned an OK day to a real success.

I had scouted 3 other lakes earlier in the week with with limited success on Bass and Pike.  Reports from other guides have been the same with slow action.  With the change in our weather pattern I look for better action this week.  I will try to have another report before the Labor Day weekend.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin.
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG 



8/22/10  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  After 40 plus days I hooked up the boat for the 1st time and headed out to the lake, it was like having a second opener.  I fished for a couple hours Saturday and found some Pike and Bass, the action wasn't great but considering the storms the night before it was as good as to be expected. 
This morning I tried the Minocqua Chain for a few hours.  The results were about the same. The fish were on the deep weed edges, on Minocqua that is 14-15 feet. The shallowest fish came in 12 feet of water and the deepest was 21 feet,  it was laying out on the mud beyond the weeds.  All fish were caught on a jig and minnow combination, I tried a jig and crawler but the pan fish wouldn't leave it alone.

Thanks to all of you for your thoughts, best wishes, and prayers.  I have a couple of scans this week and a couple of doctor appointments this week, after that they should set meds and I should back on the road to recovery.  That's it for now good luck fishin.


KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG
7/23/10  Hi from the shoresof Lake Minocqua.  Sorry that I haven't posted anything for 2 weeks.  I have not been on the water for more than 2 1/2 weeks due to helth problems.  At this time I don't know when I'll be back fishing, hopefully in September.  I have heard from the guides I've been talking to that action has been good with catches of Bass, Pike, and some nice Walleye catches.  Walleyes have been the most unpredictable.  I will continue to try and give what ever reports I can.

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG


7/13/10  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  This past week provided good fishing each mourning.  Most of my time was spent looking for action, we consistently caught a mixture of Large and Smallmouth Bass, Pike, and an occasional Walleye.  These fish were caught on 1/16th oz jigs and minnows in 5-15 ft. weeds.  One morning we targeted eater Walleyes early and put three in the box before switching over to Pike.  Sunday was my last day on the water. I have been fighting some kind of infection, in and out of the clinic they think extreme sinus or lymes disease, forced me to cancel all trips until the end of this week.

Not only was Sunday my last day on the water it was "DAVID'S DAY FROM HELL".  The story goes like this:

A few weeks ago friend and fellow guide Kenny Breezer called me and asked if I could take out a couple Sunday morning because he was booked.  The trip was set and we met at 6:15 and headed out to the lake.  The following is the the conversation in my truck as I remember

CLIENT:  are we going to ---- Lake
            Yes
            We saw you there Friday we were fishing with Kenny
            How' d ya do
            Some Smallmouth and Walleyes
            Any keeper Walleyes
            Ya 5 a 22",2 24", a 26' and a 28 incher

Deep gasp all color fades from my face and I try to maintain control of the truck, this is going to be a difficult day for me. I would be less than honest if I told you that there was no competition between guides, but the real important thing is personal pride and mine took a whipping  that day.  At the end of the day we had a good catch including 1 Walleye some Bass and Pike.  I talked to the clients at the end of the morning and told them they now know where the phrase "Ya should have been here yesterday" came from.  My hat is off to Kenny Breezer for a great catch.  That's it for now folks GOOD LUCK FISHIN
REMEMBER KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG


&/5/10 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  With the 4th of July and a house full of family I have not been on the water much.  I did spend 1 1/2 hours on the water with my son Matthew who is visiting from FL.  We did catch some Northern Pike on spinner baits, showing that the fish are getting more active.  I will be on the water almost every day for the next few weeks, so I will have more up to date reports starting next week.  That's it for now remember
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG

6/29/10 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  It has been a good week of fishing in the area.  Thursday I had the pleasure of fishing with brothers Tom and Mike Heroux again, the guys were in the Lakeland Area from the Fox River Valley.  We had fished together earlier this year and decided to head out west for a day of action fishing.  We had to fish hard, the fish were neutal at best, but at the end of the day the guys caught their limit of Northern Pike in the mid 20" range,Smallmouth Bass to 19", Largemouth Bass to 17", and 1 Walleye 16".  Fish were caught on 1/16th oz. jigs tipped with minnows, night crawlers proved best for Smallmouth.
The rest of the weekend was centered around Muskies.  Saterday I fished with Andy Rakowski and his dad John, they are from the Rockford IL. area.  We boated two muskies that morning, one was caught on a baby Suick the other on a small Bucktail.  We also raised one more fish that didn't hit.  It was a good morning for everyone.
Sunday I fished with my son Jeff it was a little Fathers Day time a week late.  The "Fish Gods" smiled on me and I landed a nice 42" Musky early in the morning on a 9" Grandma.  We raised another smaller fish and one dandy that was in the high 40" range.Another good morning on the water.
That's it for now folks remember 
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG 

6/22/10  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  The fishing has slowed a bit up here.  It has become necessary to hit a greater number of spots, picking up one fish here and there.  Stay persistent and you will be rewarded.
I spent this past Saturday & Sunday mornings fishing with Roger Forsberg and his son Steve on the Minocqua Chain.  We fished weed beds from 6- 14 feet deep.  As I said it was a matter move, move, and move only a few spots produced keepers. At the end of the weekend we had boxed 3 nice Pike from 25" to 30", 1 Largemouth 14 1/2", 3 Perch from 9"-11 1/4" and Steve caught a beautiful 19+" Walleye.  Minocqua has a Largemouth Bass population that is showing great growth which is good for the fisherman but is having a negative effect on the Walleyes.  With that in mind feel free to keep some of your catch and enjoy a fish fry these Bass are great eating out of our clean cold water.  We caught a lot of Bass, most ranging from 12" to 13 1/2" these are the size bass that you see on a lot of the Saturday morning Bass shows on TV, but in WI. the minimum size is 14".
Yesterday I had the pleasure of fishing with John Crone and his son-in-law Anthony, we headed out west to Lac Du Flambeau.  We fished hard for 4 1/2 hours and boated three nice Pike that ranged from 25" to 27" inches with one smaller released.  John caught a nice 17 7/8 Walleye "oh the pain of being on the reservation and it's 18" minimum size limit", John released his fish telling it to grow up and come back next year.
As usual I was fishing weedless jigs with minnows using Red Tail Chubs on Minocqua and Black Tails out west.  That's it for now folks remember
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD 

6/15/10 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Well the big news is I have actually been fishing in rain gear.  We have finally gotten some much needed rain, not enough to make a big improvement in lake levels but it's a start.  Fishing continues to be good. 
Last Saturday I fished with Jim Gill and his son Garrett from Wilmette Ill.  We headed out in search of action in the Lac Du Flambeau area.  We were rewarded to a nice mixed bag with Pike being the main catch.  Garrette boated a number of Pike, his first game fish.  We had a good morning and I look forward to fishing with them again.
Sunday Morning Jim Kluzek and his son Jimmy from Senica IL. were back in Minocqua, I fished with them last year and we had a great time on the water.  This year's trip was a repeat of last year, the weather has been on a cool down and the water temp has dropped from a high of 70.2 down to 62.3 on Sunday morning.  You all know what that does to the fish bite.  It was tough fishing with a very light bite.  We did manage a nice mixed catch of Pike, and Largemouth Bass.  The fish of the day was a beautiful 20" walleye that Jimmy caught, "good job Jimmy"
All fish were caught on 1/16th oz weedless jigs and black tail chubs.  As I said it was a very light bite even the Pike.  All these fish were in weeds from 4-11 feet.  Jimmy's walleye came out of 7 feet of water in weeds. This coming weekend starts the Bass season in the northern zone meaning all of our species are open.  That's it for now folks remember
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG


6/7/10 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  It has been a good week in the Lakeland area, I started off with Kent & Dustin Magnason of Beecher IL. fishing Wednesday & Thursday.  Wednesday we focused on Pike and Bass for action, the guys put together a remarkable catch of 6 Bass and 38 Pike, all these fish were released "WOW" what a day.  These fish were all caught in weeds 4-10 feet deep on 1/16 oz. jigs and chubs.  The next day we looked for some eater Walleyes for them to take home, we put together a nice 7 Walleye catch, all on fat head minnows and 1/16 oz. jigs, on rocks.
Thursday I had the pleasure of fishing with Kenneth Kolafa, and his son Paul of Oconomowoc WI., they have a cabin on Broken Bow lake and wanted to learn some water in there area.  We were greeted with much needed rain that never let up all day.  We started the day out on a nearby lake with stained water lots of rocks and with few weeds.  Using 1/16th oz jigs and fat head minnows we put together a nice 9 Walleye limit.  Next we headed to Lac Du Flambeau and had a great time with Bass and Pike the guys fought the rain until mid afternoon and were rewarded with lots of action.
Friday was Hank Rein and his granddaughter Andrea Schlatterer from mid Wisconsin.  I have fished with them before and knew Andi would want to chase Pike.  We were greeted with the fisherman's enemy "a cold front that follows a day of rain" mile high blue skies and wind.  We did manage to catch 10 Pike with the largest 24", it was a good day but nothing like the first part of the week.
Saturday night was the celebration of my friend and mentor TOMMY "TADPOLE" ZINDA"S life at Heart II in Arbor Vitae.  Nearly 200 past clients, friends, and family gathered to tell stories of time on the water with Tadpole.  Tommy did much to promote fishing in the Lakeland area, with his passing a lot of Knowledge went with him, and a lot of fish will live a lot longer. That's it for now folks remember
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG 

6/1/10 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua. It has been a good week of fishing in the Lakeland area.  Wednesday I had the pleasure of fishing with Pete Conroy of Toronto and Clint Baile of Calgery,Canada,we hit a local lake in search of Pike and Walleyes the Walleyes never showed up but we had a great time catching a bunch of Pike in the high 20 inch range.  These Pike were in shallow water 3-8 feet deep in weeds, we used 1/16 oz weedless rigs tipped with Redtail chubs.
Saturday I fished with Dan Hoppe and his wife Sherrly, they own a cottage on an area lake and hadn't had any success catching Walleyes.  The lake is known for great eater size Walleyes, it has stained water, few weeds, but good rock structure.  when fishing this lake my bait of choice is fathead minnows they are smaller than the chubs and seem to produce more bites, any light jig will work because weeds aren't a problem.  At the end of the morning we had 7 nice walleyes the largest 16 inches, 1 small Walleye we released, 1 perch and a Smallmouth Bass that was released (in the north our Bass season doesn't open until June 19). The morning was a success and Dan learned      a number of spots to fish and a method that will put Walleyes in his boat.
Saturday we had 6 fisherman so that called for 2 boats, I had Arbor Vitae guide Dennis Holms join me, we each took 3 guys and headed out to Lac Du Flambeau for a morning of action.  I had three generations of "Cajuns" in my boat Larry LeBlanc his son Richard and his son Cord, they are all from Duson, Louisiana.  We had a great time catching Pike ranging up to 26" with Grandpa having the biggest fish of the day getting off at boat side (looked to be 35").  Dennis fished with Ron Bradac and his son Deven from Brookfeild WI. and Kieth Passon of Fishers IN.they caught their limit of Pike and released some as well. It was a good lesson about bait size when we got to the bait shop minnow choices wheren't the best.  When fishing for Pike I opt out for large, the large were bigger than I would normally use but I took them anyway.  We had a lot of problems hooking many of our bites because the fish were just holding the bait and not getting the jig in their mouth, when we let them have it longer we had a lot of bite offs.  When I moved to a different area we got into larger fish the hookup % improved.  Dennis had taken some smaller minnows and deffinatly caught more of the medium size Pike, size counts be picky about your bait.  "Lesson" the larger bait produced larger fish but not as many.  That's it for now folks remember
 KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD DAVE LANG
Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua, sorry that my fishing report is so late it has been a traumatic couple of weeks for me.  Two weeks ago I lost my dear friend and mentor "Tadpole Tommy Zinda" to his fight with lung cancer.  It was Tommy that gave me my start guiding as well as a great friend.  Then two days latter my wife's sister pasted away which led to quick flights to FL. between guide dates.  So I have been busy off the water.
Getting to what this report is all about, it has been a good season for the most part.  Opening weekend was a challenge due to the wind, we were forced off our lake of choice by noon due to wind.  Our second choice had bays we could hide in, at the end of the day we had a mixed bag with enough fish for a fish fry and some for the guys to take home. Sunday was more of the same and somewhat better conditions leading to more Walleyes in our bag.  Then came the second weekend with 4 inches of snow that slowed the action down for a while.  With the warm weather action has picked up and I have had consistent action on numerous lakes including Walleyes, Pike, Perch, Bass and a muskie thrown in.  These fish have been in 4-10 feet of water and weeds for the most part.  I did find Walleyes on shallow rocks in one lake with stained water.  As usual I am fishing 1/16 oz. weedless jigs tipped with minnows, larger dace and redtails have out performed fat heads for me on all lakes except the stained water on rocks.  It shows the value of having bait choices. There hasn't been a big difference in jig color I have caught fish on yellow, pink, and fire tiger. That's it for now I'll try to have a report every Tuesday for the rest of the season.  Feel free to e-mail any questions you have about fishing in the lakeland area dave@fishminocqua.com  remember
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG 

4/4/10 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua, it's the start of a new year.  Big news is that ice off was weeks earlier than normal, spawning was done well before the opener.  Lake temps ranged from 52 to 57 degrees in one bay on Kawaga, weed growth is a week to two weeks ahead of normal.  Our big concern for the weekend was the wind gusts over 30 mph made fishing many sport impossible.  We started out Sat fishing a shallow weed filled bay puting one Walleye and 6 Pike in the box when the wind made it impossible to fish we headed back to Kawaga fishing bays to hide from the wind.  We added more Pike to the box but no Walleyes.  Pike ranged from 20" to 27".  Sunday we were on the water earlier and were able to stay in the weedy bay longer before the wind made it impossible.  We left with 6 Walleyes largest being 18", and 9 Pike were kept rangeing from 21-25 inches, many smaller ones were released.  All fish were caught on weedless jigs tipped with minows,pink,yellow,and green colors 1/16 oz. Looks like a good early season.  Thats it for now folks KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHTAND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG 
10/15/09 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.
Last week before I left for Ont. I had the pleasure of fishing with Jake Reno and Ryan Helser of Madison on Wednesday.  We started our day looking for some fall walleyes, the fish hit well when we hit our first spot but the action came to as quick a stop and we decided to switch lakes and look for some Pike action.  The guys did a good job and put together a nice mixed 10 fish bag of Walleyes and Pike in a 1/2 day on the water.

Thursday I fished with Hank Rein and his granddaughter Andrea.  We started out on fall Walleyes putting 6 nice eaters in the box then topped it off with a 27" 6 1/2 pound beauty.  Andre said she wanted to fish for some Pike so we changed lakes in search of Pike.  The weather was against us but we did catch some Pike but not the big ones that we caught when we fished together earlier this season.  We ended the morning with a nice mixed bag of Walleyes and Pike.

Friday I got the boat ready for Canada the plan was for my son David to get to Minocqua Friday night and we would hit the road early Friday morning.  We hit the road at 5 and within 20 minutes it was snowing, before we got to Hurley the roads were snow covered and getting slippery,  The snow let up, the wind was blowing about 30 mph and the the roads were slick, covered with black ice. At times we were down to 30 mph in FWD and still slipping and sliding.  We pulled off and ate breakfast hopping the roads would improve, it helped but not much.  Obviously this early storm highway crews and no salt on the roads.  We got to Duluth an hour late we were out of the black ice and roads with hard packed snow and spotty ice seemed good.  When we arrived at Nestter Fall they had 8 inches of snow on the ground.  The day before they were playing golf I don't need to tell you what this did to fishing, to begin with the road into one of the lakes was impassable.  We spent our time on Lake of The Woods, fish were nonexistent.  It was a trip that saw snow everyday, windy conditions, and temps that never got higher than 35 degrees.  It was the trip from hell but it was a good time with my sons too much eating and drinking but plans in the making for next year.  That's it for now remember 
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG     

10/4/09 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Yes weather continues to be the big factor in the north woods, it has been cold,raining,with winds gusting to 35 mph making fishing impossible some days.  My Monday trip was postponed to Wednesday, I fished with Frank Peters from the Chicago area he had just purchased a Time Share and wanted to learn spots on Lake Minocqua.  We fished 7 spots and had action on 4 of them which I consider good for the conditions we've had.  Thursday I checked out a good fall Walleye lake, I caught 1 14" Walleye in 42 ft. of water and mid 20" Pike in 44 ft, not the lake I am going to take clients.

Saturday I had the pleasure of fishing with Mike Heroux, Mike Jr. and Mike's brother Tom all from the Fox Valley area.  We met at Great Outdoors Sports Shop in Woodruff at 7:00 AM and headed out to the LDF Reservation for some action fishing.  My hopes were not real high because of the weather we've had the past week with water temps dropping 13 degrees in the past week.The guys did a great job and at the end of 6 hours they had their 15 fish limit of Pike in the box releasing a number of Pike that were too small, along with about 10 Bass.  It was a great day with all these fish coming from 5-12 ft of water.  We fished 4 spots with out a bite it wasn't until we hit the last spot that the guys produced all their fish.

Next week at this time I will be in ONT. for my annual fall Musky trip with my sons in search of a trophy Musky in the 50"+ range.  As all of you  that have fished in my boat for the past couple of years know I use Elk River Custom Rods, Marc built me a 7 Ft Med Heavy Action rod for this trip.  The rod blank is state of the art multi-modulus construction that provides great strength and still light weight.  Marc's rods give the same or better performance as the big name high end rods that cost $300.00 + at 1/2 the cost.  You can see his work on his web-site www.elkrivercustomrods.com Marc will also personalize with the owner's name or inscription.

Thats it for now remember
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

9/28/09 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Mother nature continues to be the main story in the north woods, we had a remarkable 27 days straight of 70+ degrees.  The Walleyes are saying fall pattern,  what fall pattern. Last Thursday I fished with friend and fellow guide Tom Schodren on one of our favorite fall lakes after 2 1/2 hours and 6 different humps we didn't have a bite.  Before we called it a morning I told Tom I wanted to fish a weed bed, after about 15 minutes I missed a fish and caught a nice Walleye on the next cast.  Shortly after that I boated a nice Pike in the high 20" class.  Before we got to the end of the weed line Tom caught and released a dandy 20 1/2 inch Smallmouth.  We went back and worked the weed line one more time with no bites, not great but it did prove that these fish are still in 5-12 feet of water and weeds "pure summer pattern". The next day I hit the water with friend and Hall Of Fame guide Van Jolin looking for Walleyes.  We hit a different lake and caught 7 Walleyes ranging 15 - 17 inches, we were on the reservation so all these fish were returned because they didn't meet the 18" minimum.  We caught these fish in 27 feet of water on flats with chubs out producing crawlers.  As I am writing this the weather has changed 180 degrees, current temp is 48 with wind out of the north gusting to 30 mph with higher gusts predicted for this afternoon.  I was suposed to be fishing with Frank Peters and his wife today but they are going to be in the area for the week and wisely posponed until Wedensday.

Earlier this month the Brands Direct Group returned to Minocqua for their annual meeting.  They took some time out from their meetings for a little time on the water with area guides.  I had the pleasure of fishing with Glen Matthews and Howard Khouri.  Howard was planning a meeting with some of his managers and thought it would be nice to have a fish fry with fish he caught in northern WI.  We had a great afternoon fishing weeds 5-12 deep with jigs tipped with minnows and Howard got on his plane to return to TN. with plenty of filletes for his fish fry. 

The next day Tom Edinger and his son Jack from Chicago met me at Great Outdoors Sports Shop and we headed out for some action.  The guys had a nice morning on the water putting together a nice mixed bag of Pike and Bass.  Again all fish were caught on jig and minnow combinations.

That's it for now folks remember
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD  DAVE LANG

9/14/09 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Mother nature continues to mess with us in the northwoods.  All summer we waited for the summer patterns to develope and we had cool days and cold nights water temps never really warmed up to where they should.  Now fall is here and we are looking for falling water temps to set Walleyes into thier fall patterns and we are having weather more like July and August than we had all summer, the water temp this morning was 71.8 highest that I've seen all year.  I have fished 3 of my favorite fall lakes in the past week never catching more than 1 Walleye on any lake.  I know it is only a matter of time, it's all about weather.

Last week I had the pleasure of fishing with Pete Kozlowski his brother Bill and father Bill they were visiting the Minocqua area from Cedar Lake IN.  We met at Great Outdoors Sports Shop at 6:30 Thursday morning and headed out for some action fishing.  At the end of our 8 hours on the water the guys had a nice mixed bag of Pike and Bass to take home for a great fish fry for their families and neighbors when they get back to IN.

Brian Manning returned to the Minocqua area Friday with his grade school buddy Pete delongis from Naperville IL. for a couple of afternoons fishing.  I met them on our first fishing trip in 2008, Brian has returned to the area numerous time since and we have had good times fishing together.  The plan for the weekend was to repeat the trip we had last Septmember when we caught an easy limit of Walleyes topped off when Brian's nephew Danny caught a beautiful Tigger Musky.  After we discussed my recent Walleye action we decided to head out west to the Lac Du Flambeau area for some action fishing.  We hit the lake at 12 noon and the guys had a great afternoon fishing as the saying goes "they killed em" at the end of the 4 hours the guys put together a beatiful mixed bag of Pike and Bass.  It's always great when I can put down my rod and just let the guys produce fish for all of us.

Saturday we met at Great Outdoors Sports Shop at 11:30 for the afternoon on the water.  We decided to return to the same lake as the day before.  Conditions were a little tougher than than the day before, we had a mile high blue bird sky and the lake was flat as glass.  We still had a good afternoon but no where near what we had the day before.  The highlight of the day was when Pete hooked into a great Smallmouth that made 3 drag screaming runs only to have the line break right at the reel.  I checked out the bail on the reel for nicks, burrs, or any thing that could have caused the break, nothing. I change line on all my reels numerous times a year just so that this doesn't happen. "Sorry Pete".  All these fish were caught on 1/8 oz weedless jigs tipped with Redtail chubs.  That's it for now folks remember KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD     

8/28/09  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Fishing continues to be good in the Lakeland area nothing exceptional but steady.  I have been fishing with a number of families in the last weeks.  I had the pleasure of fishing with Bump Wagoner and his girls, 7 year old Savana and 9 year old Sierra, again this year. The girls really enjoy fishing. It is fun fishing with them because they never give up.  We had a great morning out and put together a nice mixed bag of Pike and Smallmouth.  The best of the Smallmouth was a dandy 20 incher. We had a moment of comedy when Savana accidently ended up sitting in my cooler of minnows the only thing hurt was her pride, but she made up for it by catching the most fish for the day.Good job girls.

In the past week I have fished with people that have never fished before.  The first was Erica Sherr from Lincolnwood Ill and her dog Lilly.  We met at Great Outdoors Sports Shop and headed out to the Flambeau Chain.  We put together a nice mixed bag of Pike and Bass.  Continuing with the comedy, then as I was netting a Bass for Erica her dog jumped overboard.  It was the first time in my boat that a double was landing a Bass and pulling a 50 pound Siberian Husky into the back of the boat. 

This week I had the pleasure of fishing with Cheryl McCorth, her 6 year old son, Ryan and 9 year old daughter, Ellen.  None of them had fished from a boat before and we had a great time putting together a nice mixed bag of Pike and Bass on Sunday for a fish fry.  I fished with them again later in the week and again we put together a nice mixed bag. This time including Perch, Pike, and Bass enough for their second fish fry. Cheryl and her children will head back to their home in the Madison area with fond memories of their first fishing trips and their first trip to the Minocqua area.
 
Most of my fishing has been in weeds using 1/16th - 1/8th oz jigs tipped with Redtail chubs.  With September only days away and the cold water temps we've had this year I look for Walleyes to start their fall movment into deep water earlier than normal.  I spent some time on one of my fall lakes hitting spots with no success but I intend to continue to keep checking out fall spots.  That's it for now and remember

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG


8/9/09  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  My daughter Kris and I had a great trip to Sioux Lookout although she doesn't share my desire to catch every fish in the lake we caught enough for shore lunch and walleyes to bring home.  The interesting part of our trip was when we arrived and Anderson's Lodge my old friend Roy who has been guiding for them for years saw me and came over to tell me that walleye fishing was unusual this year.  Just what I needed to hear after driving 500 miles, he told me the walleyes were still in shallow spring spots 12-15 feet deep normally these fish are on humps 25-35 feet deep at this time of the year.  He also told me that he cleaned some Smallmouth the day before that still had spawn in them, he was even more
surprised when I told him that I had the same experience two weeks earlier here in WI. Even though we are 500 miles south the fish are reacting the same.

After returning home I had the pleasure of fishing with Dan Halley, his wife Mary,daughter Brianna, and son Danny.  Danny was back trying to better the dandy Tiger Musky he caught while fishing with me last fall.  The weather left something to be desired but they stuck it out for nearly 4 hours and put together a nice mixed bag of fish to take home.

This past Thursday I fished with Kathryn Gilbertson & Joel Bornitzke from the Devils Lake area of WI.  I picked them up at their motel and headed out to the Flambeau area for a 8 hours on the water.  The morning started out with some nice Smallmouth action, Kathryn let us know that she had a big fish on, after quite a battle she slid a monster Smallmouth into the net and I told her the cost of her trip just went up a few hundred dollars for taxidermist fees.  The fish was 22 inches a trophy Smallmouth in anyones book but she decided to release her trophy so someone else can catch a trophy.  We ended up fishing two lakes before the day was over and came in with a great mixed bag.  That's it for now remember
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

  


7/22/09  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua
fishing continues to be in the good category. Last weekend I had the pleasure of fishing with Gary  Kapitan and his son Kevin they were staying at the Johnson Wax Light House Resort.  I picked them up at 6:30AM and were on the water shortly afterwords in the next 4 hours the guys caught and released over 25 Pike and Smallmouth.  Monday morning we followed up that day with another nice morning boating over 15 fish in 4 hours.

Water temps on some of our lakes had risen to the low 70s a couple weeks ago and then the weather took a turn for the worst and water temps plummeted back down to 62 degrees.  As all of you know this is bad knows for anyone hoping to catch fish.  I am happy to report that in the worst of conditions last Friday & Saturday I fished with Brian Galley and his father Bernie of Kenosha WI.  We had two good days fishing putting together beautiful mixed bags of Pike and Smallmouth.  Our catch included a pair of Smallmouths over 20 inches one of which is going on Bernie's wall, a couple big Pike one that measured 31 1/2 " we also had a couple of walleyes that missed the 18"size limit by less than a 1/4 inch.  It just goes to show, don't give up just because the conditions are bad.

Then Sunday I fished with My son Jeff of Menasha who is the real musky expert of the family and Norm McDougall of Wheaton IL. we fished Minocqua Lake the weather had turned back to summer with sunshine and temps back in the 70s, we hit the water at 6 AM and raised a nice Musky in the first 1/2 hour then shortly after that Jeff had a musky come in after his buck tail, he made a figure 8 and the fish hit.  After a good battle Jeff slid the fish into the waiting net, it measured 48" and was a real heavy fish estimated weight over 30 lbs. we saw one more fish and called it a great morning  The perfect ending to a great weekend highlighted with 4 trophy class fish.  

This Friday I am heading to Ontario for a father daughter fishing trip I'll have a full report when we get back.  That's it for now rememberKEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG 

7/11/09  Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.
Fishing continues to be in the fair to good category with the best action on Pike, Smallmouth, and Largemouth.  Walleye action continues to be difficult at best.  Last week I spent a morning scouting on the Willow Flowage and ran into 2  of the guides I fish with at the end of the morning we only had 4 walleyes between the three boats and only one that met the 15 inch limit.  A word of warning we are still in a 5 year drought up here and the flowages are very low use caution and go slow.  When I got back to Great Outdoors Sports Shop to clean fish with my clients yesterday Dennis had caught two walleyes that morning while he was fishing Lake Trout both of these walleyes were on the bottom in 95 ft, of water. "GO FIGURE"
 
Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of fishing with Mike and Beth Kratzer of Brookfield WI. We put together a nice mixed bag of Pike and Bass with the fish of the day being a beautiful 38 1/2 inch Musky that Beth caught on 8 lbs. test line and a 1/16 oz. jig.The best action has been fishing weedlines and as shallow as 4 ft.  These areas are all surrounded by deep water but most of the active fish have been 9 ft. and shallower.  I have been using 1/16 weedless jigs either chartreuse  or a orange/yellow combination.  Use large minnows even though they are more expensive they are worth it.That's it for now good luck fishin and remember.

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

6/22/09 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Sorry that it has been so long since my last report I have been on the water almost everyday.  Fishing was slow to start this year, the weather never stable long enough for the fish to setup in a pattern.

  Two weeks ago I was invited to fish in the 17th annual Partners Gathering in Lac Du Flambeau, it is a gathering of the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Council, the WI. DNR, Tribal Members and guides from both Communities.  It was two  days on the water and I had the pleasure of fishing with Carl Edwards the president of the Tribe and Matt Frank the Secretary of the WI. DNR on the second day, it was a great experience to spend four hours with the two of them in the boat. Although I don't agree with everything the way it is I do feel that they are trying to make things work for both communities.

This past week I had the pleasure of fishing with Brian Maning of the Chicago area, we had a good afternoon on the water but worked hard to put fish in the boat.  The next day I fished with Tim Dul, he was staying at Tomah Ridge Resort on Lake Tomahawk and wanted to find some bass.  We spent 1/2 day hitting spots and put together a nice bunch of Largemouth including some 2 1/2 to 3 pounders.

The weather has improved and in the last few days I had the pleasure of fishing with Jim Kluzek and his son Jimmy Thursday, Dr John Sholl his son Dr Andy from CO. Friday, and Sunday with Paul Tishim and Pat Hughs of Marshfield all three trips led to limits of nice Pike and some Bass that were caught and released. 

All fish were caught fishing 1/8-1/16 jigs tipped with Redtail chubs.  We were fishing weeds in 6-9 feet of water.  If the weather holds I look for this pattern to hold with the fish moving deeper as the weeds grow deeper as water warms.  Walleye action continues to be tough with the best reports being the evening bite on leaches and crawlers.

With the water temps on the rise Musky action has started to pickup and should get better as the water warms.  That's it for now folks remember

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOR ROD 
DAVE LANG 


 5/29/09 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Fishing continues to be unpredictable in the Minocqua area.  I had pleasure of fishing with 3 generations of Bittners led by John from Port Charlotte FL.,his two sons Bruce from IL., Scott and his son John from MN.  Saturday morning we met at Great Outdoors Sports Shop and headed out to Squirrel Lake by noon we had two Walleyes,
10 Pike, some Crappies and 1 Perch,  We went to Lac Du Flambeau for the afternoon and caught the rest of our limit of Pike and young John caught and released his first Musky on the first day of the 2009 Musky season a nice 36 1/2 incher.  Sunday found us on the same lake with different conditions, the lake was flat as glass and mile high blue skies we did put together a limit of Pike including a 6 and 8 pounder but it took us 8 hours.  All these fish were caught in 5 - 9 feet of water most on a jig and minnow combination including Johns Musky although we did have some Pike action on X-rapps.  Memorial Day we hit the Lac Du Flambeau Chain when we met for lunch at 11:30 we had only caught 5 fish in my boat 1 Pike, 1 Perch, 1 Walleye, 1 Smallmouth, and 1 Largemouth Bass.  The other boat wasn't any better.  We continued the rest of the afternoon with the same results.  That's why we call it fishing and not catching.  That's it for now folks good luck fishin.

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG 


5/18/09 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua. Fishing has been spotty for the first few weeks of the season. Our weather has been a roller coaster and this has kept the fish from setting up in any pattern.  Walleyes, Pike, and Bass are relating to weeds in shallow water with any fresh green weeds being the thing to look for.  As usual a jig and minnow combination has been the best producer.  Last weekend we held the 5th annual Tadpole Classic out of my house on Lake Minocqua with 17 fishermen.  The day produced a mixed bag of Walleyes, Pike, Perch, and Crappies for a great fish fry feeding 24 people.  Big Walleye was a nice 24 incher and big Pike was a 26 1/2 incher.  All fish were caught on jig and minnow combinations.  We also caught and released a number of bass both Largemouth and Smallmouth remember that the bass season doesn't open until next month.

In spite of howling winds and an occasional snow flurry last Sat I had the pleasure of fishing with Brent La Rue and his 5 year old son Nolan of Manhattan IL.  Nolan proved to be a true fisherman and put up with conditions that would have sent many fishermen off the water.  At the end of the day Nolan caught the big fish of the day, a beautiful 26 1/4 inch Pike good job Nolan.

There have been good reports of crappies getting active with reports of limits being caught.  That's it for now good luck fishing.

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG


5/7/09 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua the opener is 6 days in the rear view mirror and my head is spinning. As usual the Lang group fished the Minocqua Chain contrary to common wisdom of fishing small, shallow, stained water lakes, traditions are hard to brake.  Even though the ice was off the lake a week earlier than last
year the water temp was only in the mid 40's.  We did have walleyes that I would die for in a tournament but there were only two of them.  We did catch some nice pike a 26 & 28 incher along with numerous smaller ones, some small & large mouth bass. Over all it was a poor opener for the Langs.  The only good reports I heard were from the flowages with the best from the Turtle Flambeau, water levels are extemly low to the point where I can"t even launch on the Willow.  Monday I had the pleasure of guiding Charles Latimere from Oshkosh WI. we targeted Pike catching a limit one of witch he is having mounteby Reel To Nature Taxidermy at Great Outdoors Sports Shop.  The next 3 days my friend & fellew guide Tom Schodren have fished a number of area lakes and have not found any that were really going.  My guess is that the the fish are in that post spawn time that they go dormant bear eating, with the water temps on the rise they
should get active soon.  Fishing should improve in the coming days, look for Walleyes & Pike in emerging weeds using a light jig and minnow combination in 4-8 feet of water. Some fish have been cauht on crank baits but these fishemen are staying until midnight.  Good luck fishin

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG  


 /19/09 13 DAYS AND COUNTING.  Spring is coming to the Northwoods at long last, it was a long and brutal winter with long stretchs of cold and windy conditions.  I am anxiously looking forward to the opening of the walleye season as I know all of you are, too. Hooker, the fishing dog and I took a ride around the area this morning. Lake Minocqua west of highway 51 is mostly open, the east side is always a day or two behind. Arrowhead, Brandy,& Little Musky are open, Little Arb is mostly open. As usual Big Arb lags behind and even had some of the die hard crappie fisherman still out there yesterday; not today (8-10 inches of poor ice) Lake Tomahawk is opening up along the shore. This is a week earlier than last year and should give us a good opening weekend.  A look at the Rainbow at the landing on "D" confirmed my fears of low water the concrete ram barely reaches the water.  We are in a 4 year draught in this part of Wisconsin that shows no sign of ending.  We are getting our first rain of the season this morning not much but every little bit helps.  That's it for now I'll keep you up dated on conditions as they change.
KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG

1/8/09 HAPPY NEW YEAR from the shores of Lake Minocqua.  Ice fishing is in full swing for all you hard water anglers.  We have plenty of ice and most lakes are supporting truck traffic [remember ice travel is never 100% be safe].  I have heard some good pan fish reports from Lake Minocqua, Carol, and Big Arb.  Four of the best ice guys out of Arber Vitae have found a nice bunch of big eyes 4 fish from 28.5 to 31.5 11lbs. it's Lake Tomahawk but they aren't saying where.  Big Muskellunge is always a good shot for walleyes on the ice, evening bite is best look for the shacks. 

Two weeks from Friday I'll have the boat behind the truck my wife Dianna as navigator and Hooker the fishing dog asleep in her bed between us heading south.  We make it an easy drive visiting family and playing some golf along the way.  January 27th we'll be in Cape Coral FL. where we will stay until March chasing Snook, Redfish, Trout, and anything else that will bite it's always a surprise.  We will return to Minocqua March 8th and begin to  get ready for spring hopefully it will come earlier than last year.  That's it for now good luck in the new year.

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD
DAVE LANG  

10/6/08 Hi from the shores of Lake Minocqua on a cold wet Monday.  Fall is definitely here in the Northwoods.  Water tempatures have dropped into the high 50's and we are in preturnover.  I have continued to have a good walleye bite, these fish are relating to deep water breaks out of 30 feet and are relating to sharp breaks on humps that are topping out at 20 feet.  I am vertical jigging 1/8 - 1/4 oz. jigs tipped with fathead
minnows.  A very slow presentation is necessary because the bite is very light, often just feeling like weight on the end of your line.  Be sure and use a marker when you catch a fish because these fish are schooled tightly and when you catch one you can catch more in the same spot.  I have also caught walleyes on mud flats as deep as 47 feet.

Musky mania has hit the Northwoods with musky fisherman out in full force.  Kevin at Great Outdoors Sport Shop on Highway 51 in Arbor Vitae was selling suckers as fast as he could dip them when I was in there Saturday and Sunday morning.  There were good reports of muskies hitting suckers but no hookups even though the guys were using quick set rigs.  I have not been musky fishing but have seen muskies on the surface, one of these was a large fish over a 47 foot hole,  we also caught a 14 inch walleye that was all chewed up in 15 feet of water, so be sure and hit some deep water spots when you're out there.

That's it for now be sure and try to get up here and enjoy some great fall fishing while there is still some time left.

KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

Hi folks this is Minocqua fishing guide Dave Lang with your Monday September 29^th Great Outdoors fishing report.  Oh how nice it is to be back in northern WI.  Friday I had the pleasure of fishing with Dr. John Butler of Minocqua.  We met at Great Outdoors at 6:30 and headed out in search of some fall walleyes.  We found an active school in 22-30 feet of water. We were using extra large fat heads on 1/8 oz. yellow and chart use jig heads.  It didn't’t take us long and John caught our limit of great eater walleyes so we pulled the boat and headed out to Lac Du Flambeau for some more action.  We finished up the morning catching bass, pike, and the biggest walleye of the day.  These fish were caught working weed edges in 8-19 feet of water with weedless jigs and Redtail chubs.

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  Saturday I fished with Brian Manning, his brother in law Dan Halley, and Dan’s son Danny they are all from the Chicago area suburbs.  This was an afternoon trip but we followed the same pattern as the morning before and found walleyes on a deep drop off using extra large fatheads on 1/8^th oz. jigs.  Before we had our limit Danny caught the fish of the day.  After quite a fight he landed his first musky a beautiful tiger.  After taking pictures and some discussion Danny decided to release his trophy to fight another day.  Danny caught this fish on 8 lbs test line using an 1/8 oz. jig and fat head minnow, “great job DANNY”.  After the excitement slowed down we caught the rest of our limit and headed over to Lac Du Flambeau where we caught fish on weed edges using weedless jigs and red tail chubs.  At the end of the day the guys had a beautiful mixed bag of fish including 14 walleyes, 3 largemouth bass, 1 small mouth, 2 pike, and Danny’s tiger musky, It was a great afternoon.

   

  That’s it for now folks. Remember to stop at Great Outdoors Sports Shop on Highway 51 in Arbor Vitae for up to date fishing information and a great selection of musky suckers.

   

  KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

  DAVE LANG       GOOD LUCK FISHIN

   

• Hi folks this is Minocqua fishing guide Dave Lang with your Friday September 19^th Great Outdoors Fishing report.  Last Saturday morning I had the pleasure of fishing with Brent Little, his two sons Chase and Chet, and their Grandpa Bill of Routan IL.  We had two boats and headed out to the Flambeau Chain.  Chase was first to connect with a great pike that he brought to the boat.  The fish was a fighter that made powerful runs that stripped line 3 times with Chase having all he could do to hold onto his rod.  As happens sometimes on the third run the jig pulled out and the pike got away to fight another day, shortly after Chet followed up with a nice 28 inch pike.  They continued the morning putting together a nice mixed stringer of bass, pike, and perch making for a great batch of fish for a fish fry.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Wednesday I fished with Glen Matthews and Howard. The guys were in Minocqua from Georgia and Tennessee for a cooperate meeting with Brand Direct.  Five guides met their fishermen at the Americ Inn after lunch and headed out to area lakes.  The guys and I headed out to Flambeau and even though it was bright sunshine we found active fish on weed lines in 9 to 16 feet deep. The guys used 1/8 oz. weed weasel jigs tipped with Redtail chubs to catch 6 bass, 1 pike and 3 walleyes.  Good job guys.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  This morning I left for Ontario with my sons David and Jeff along with Bob Ulrich in search of monster muskies.  We will be spending 4 days camping north of Nester Falls, the lake has musky, smallmouth, and lake trout; you know I will spend some time looking for lake trout.  I’ll have a report for you when I get back next week.

  That’s it for now folks remember to stop at Great Outdoors Sports Shop on highway 51 in Arbor Vitae for up to date fishing information and the best bait in town. Remember

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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  GOOD LUCK FISHIN

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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• Hi folks this is Minocqua fishing guide Dave Lang with your Monday September 15^th Great Outdoors fishing report.  Unsettled weather has slowed the fishing down for the past few days.  After a good walleye bite for 3 days running with grandpa Swin I headed out Friday morning with Bev and John Carter from Rothchild WI.  They had received a gift certificate from their daughter and her husband for a half day on the water and shore lunch that evening for the 4 of them.  We found one school of walleyes on a hump in thirty feet of water topping out at 20 feet.  Fishing was slow and we had to work from 24 to 30 feet deep to catch these walleyes, if there were any walleyes on the top of the hump they had lock jaw.  The fish were caught vertical jigging 1/8 oz. green and yellow jigs tipped with fat head minnows and all bites were very light.  After 2 hours and fishing many different humps and deep holes we had 8 walleyes but couldn't’t seem to get our 9^th fish for our limit. I suggested that we give up on number 9 and pull the boat and head over to Lac Du Flambeau for a little action fishing for our last couple of hours.  Bev promptly added a couple of nice pike to our box so we had more than enough for our fish fry.  We continued to catch pike and bass that we released for another day.  We did catch 2 more nice walleyes but they were both just short of the 18 inch size limit on the reservation.  These fish were caught fishing weed lines from 9-19 feet deep with 1/8 oz. weedless jigs tipped with Redtail chubs, the larger minnows seem to out produce the fatheads in this pattern.  What made for a successful day Friday was moving around on the first lake until we found a hump that had active fish and experimenting with depth, then realizing that we were beating a dead horse and moving to the second lake and fishing a totally different pattern.  Also important was having plenty of bait and both fatheads and redtails maybe you’ll catch em on the same bait somedays but I prefer having both kinds and fishing the bait that gives me the best odds.  Don’t be cheap with your bait an extra 5-10 dollars on bait might turn a bad day into a success.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  This is the time of the year in northern WI. that we have so many choices I will continue fishing but many of you will head for the woods.  Great Outdoors has your hunting gear including a great selection of tree stands and up to date hunting information that’s it for now remember

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  KEEP YOUR LINE TIGHT AND A BEND IN YOUR ROD

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  DAVE LANG

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  GOOD LUCK FISHIN

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Hi folks this is Minocqua fishing guide Dave Lang with your Monday September 15^th Great Outdoors fishing report.  Unsettled weather has slowed the fishing down for the past few days.  After a good walleye bite for 3 days running with grandpa Swin I headed out Friday morning with Bev and John Carter from Rothchild WI.  They had received a gift certificate from their daughter and her husband for a half day on the water and shore lunch that evening for the 4 of them.  We found one school of walleyes on a hump in thirty feet of water topping out at 20 feet.  Fishing was slow and we had to work from 24 to 30 feet deep to catch these walleyes, if there were any walleyes on the top of the hump they had lock jaw.  The fish were caught vertical jigging 1/8 oz. green and yellow jigs tipped with fat head minnows and all bites were very light.  After 2 hours and fishing many different humps and deep holes we had 8 walleyes but couldn't’t seem to get our 9^th fish for our limit. I suggested that we give up on number 9 and pull the boat and head over to Lac Du Flambeau for a little action fishing for our last couple of hours.  Bev promptly added a couple of nice pike to our box so we had more than enough for our fish fry.  We continued to catch pike and bass that we released for another day.  We did catch 2 more nice walleyes but they were both just short of the 18 inch size limi