Wisconsin fishing guide Jeff Evans gives his latest Hayward Wisconsin fishing report on September 23rd, 2024.
Hayward Wisconsin Fishing Report: 9-23-24
It’s been unusually warm the past couple of weeks and water temperatures in the Hayward Lakes area have shot up into the low seventies. Overall the fishing has been inconsistent, but anglers can still find plenty of active biters.
Hayward Wisconsin Fishing Report: Walleye
The walleye bite has picked up in the Hayward Lakes area. Numbers of walleyes can be found in around thirty feet of water on main lake structure and humps. We’ve had a lot of success trolling crawler harness paired with snap weights. Troll the crawler harness around 1.1 miles per hour. Once the water temperature begin to cool down the fall walleye bite should really pick up.
Hayward Wisconsin Fishing Report: Panfish
The crappie fishing has been great in the Hayward Lakes area. We are still finding fish in the mid-depth basins between fifteen and twenty feet of water. Utilize your electronics to locate the schools of fish. They are really easy to see, because they are suspended about five feet off the bottom. Small jigs paired with plastics have worked best. Fish them right over the side of the boat and suspend your bait a foot or two above the crappies.
Hayward Wisconsin Fishing Report: Smallmouth Bass
Smallmouth bass continue to be shallow on wind blown, rocky structure and shorelines. If you can find good rocks you should be able to find numbers of smallmouth bass. Target area that are less than ten feet of water. Plastics have been the best way to catch smallmouth bass. Ned rigs, wacky rigs, tubes, and jigs will all catch smallmouth bass.
Lake Superior Tributaries
Fish are beginning to push into the rivers. Anglers are catching salmon, brown trout, and a few steelhead on the Lake Superior tributaries. Spinners, spoons, egg sacs, and nightcralwers are all producing bites. Most of the rivers are still really low and we can expect a big push of fresh fish after the next rainfall.
