Pole and
line
fishing
only!
"Land of many lakes...."
Fishing Regulations
Largemouth Bass--Limit
one per day over 18".
Release all others.
Black and White Crappie--Limit 15 per day
Muskellunge--Catch and
release only
Channel Catfish--Limit 6
per day
Flathead
Catfish
--Release all (they
keep the carp and shad
numbers low.)
Green Sunfish--Keep or
destroy
Bluegill--no limit
Redear Sunfish--no limit
Carp--Keep or destroy
Warmouth--Keep or destroy
Yellow bass--Keep or
destroy
Bullhead--Keep or destroy
Shad--Keep or destroy
Walleye--Measure and
report catch to Frank
Mavetz (789-6480).  One
14"-18" keeper daily.
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Video fishing bloopers! (I think they're real.)
12 Bass Tips!
6 Crappie Tips!
    Chris's Tips:

    There's a fine line between helping fellow fishermen and letting them catch fish that you should have had. If there are secrets you want to keep, by all means
    keep them.  Information you're willing to share has a place on this site.  Let me be the first:

    I catch a fair number of bass in the 4-5 lb. range on Yamamoto Senko worms.  I use the 5" size, rigged on an offset 2/0 hook. These lures actually move
    backwards when you slack the line. About half the time, fish hit them right after they hit the water..

    Senkos come in about 70 colors, and lately Farm King doesn't seem to have them.  You can get them online for about $6 for a ten-pack. Other brand names of
    the same sort of thing are probably good, too.

    I cast the Senkos as close as possible to shore, around the usual bass cover.  The most consistent areas for me have been Lawyers' Cove, near the road, and
    my own cove (some call it Barking Dog Cove, in honor of Kendall Tucker's retrievers, but I think it must have another name), along the west bank near my own
    dock. (Now, don't you all come buzzing over here at the same time.) The south shore near the Country Club is good, too, but there's less cover now because of
    the clearing of the lots.

    Okay. I shared.  Anyone else up for it?
These limits
apply to all
Wee-Ma-Tuk
lakes.
Look what the Paul Miller crew caught! The bass on the left are 3 (caught by Paul's friend Lucas) and 5 lbs. (Paul.)
Both were caught on ultra-light tackle. The middle one (Celia's) measures one cubit, and the cat on the right went 7!.
Tom Hills was surprised to
learn that there are some
good walleyes in the big
lake. This one was 18" and
about 2 lbs.
Yep. It's your web guy with a
61/2 lb. playmate.
Darren Strong with 5-lb.
channel cat caught at our
dock!

New resident Dennis
Simerly caught this 9 lb.
12 oz. cat off his dock!
Victoria Strong and her 4-pounder. Her
240-pounder is on the right.
Readers' fish pictures
below!
Well, then. The above has been up for five months or so, and nobody has sent anything. So I'll continue with what appears to be my very own fishing column.

--A fellow whose name I didn't catch advised throwing white lures--
anything white, he said--to all the rocky shoreline. After 11 AM, he said.

--Tom Hills said he'd caught about twenty bass the day before he got his walleye (see below) on a
jointed Shadrap.

--In spite of a claim I heard or read that the big lake has a 50-ft. maximum depth, I can't find any spot deeper than 22 feet. Am I missing something?--Paul Miller
suggests we all kick in a couple of bucks and have a prize for the first verified largemouth 10 lbs. or more. What do you think?

--A couple of fishermen said they've caught a six-pounder next to my dock several times on a "chicken jig." I don't know what that is, but I've caught two
6-plussers--or one twice-- once on a twin spinner, and once on a pumpkinseed Senko. (See below.)

--How 'bout some email, anglers?

CS
Some Notable Fish
                    We Have 2,335 New Residents...
...but we'll have to wait a while to meet them.  They're pretty small, and shouldn't be caught for a year or two...

LAKE                                 WALLEYE 6-8"        MUSKIE 10-12"        CHANNEL CAT 6-8"        CRAPPIE        TOTAL BY LAKE
WEE-MA-TUK                           400                                       10                                                                                              410
MARIE                                        75                                                                              100                   100                            275
WOOD LAKE                              75                                                                              100                   100                            275
SUTTON-SCHROEDER              75                                                                              100                   100                            275
STEVENS                                    75                                                                              100                   100                            275
TRUAX #1                                   75                                                                              100                   100                            275
TRAER                                        75                                                                              100                   100                            275
LONG LAKE                                75                                                                              100                   100                            275
 
TOTAL BY SPECIES                 925                                        10                                  700                   700                          2,335
Frank Mavetz's son-in-law, Ron Good, and
his son Roary,  ready to start stocking
Nov.3, 2007.
Frank and Roary stocking Lake Marie.
L to R Andy and Kent Charlesworth, Roary
and Ron Good, stocking the big lake.
Roary at Wood Lake.
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Stocking at Wood Lake
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