DNR Sport Fishing Report for May 22, 2019

There was very little fishing effort this week in Manitowoc or Two Rivers this week while I was on creel. I talked to an angler out of Two Rivers this week that tried for whitefish, with no luck though. They targeted whitefish in the 90 to 100 feet of water. Anglers fishing off the piers in Two Rivers also had little luck. There was a report of someone catching a brown trout off the north pier. The lone angler I talked to in Manitowoc went south out of town towards the weed beds. That angler had no luck. There was no one fishing on the piers this week while on creel. Harbor fishing is slow right now and anglers fishing for smallmouth bass didn’t have any luck.

Sawyer Harbor: Potawotami State Park: Few anglers were using this access, little to no angler success reported. Idlewild: Only a couple anglers used this location this week. Success reported fishing for Small mouth Bass.
Little Sturgeon Bay: Carmody: On the 14th there was dock work at this location. A bass tournament at Wave Pointe filled this launch with trailered boats on the 18th. Participants were not available for interview at any point in the week. Anglers not participating in the tournament were not observed at this location.

Lakeside: While I was at the Kewaunee Ramp I talked to the only angler I saw fishing. They were out on the water for 6 hours and didn’t have a hit. They tried trolling in 8 feet of water and as deep as 115 feet of water. The water temps in shallow were 46 degrees yet, while it was 39 degrees out deep on the surface. Anglers fishing in the Kewaunee River were catching carp and occasionally a catfish. The parking lot at Kewaunee was completely underwater up to the cleaning station over the weekend.

Early in the week anglers were hardly getting any walleyes only picking up one every once in awhile, and they had to work for it. A lot of sheepshead were being caught out of Voyageur Park. On Saturday a lot of the boats that were going to fish the bay got stuck fishing the river due to the roughness of the bay.

Oconto Park II, Oconto Breakwater, and Pensaukee boat launches had moderate fishing pressure during the week. Most anglers were after walleyes with little to no luck. Some white bass were reported caught out of Pensaukee by walleye anglers. Also the occasional northern pike and perch was caught. A few bass anglers were seen out prefishing the weekend’s bass tournament in Sturgeon Bay with spotty success. The weekend saw wind and rain which raised the water levels along the shorelines flooding docks and low areas.
Geano Beach: Early in the week it was averaging 5 to 8 boats using the launch. Nobody came in for me to get an interview. Then on Saturday the bay was to rough, so nobody launched out of this landing.

Duck Creek, Longtail Point: On Saturday there was one boat that launched at Longtail, but never came in for me to get an interview. During the beginning of the week nobody was launching or fishing from the launches.
Suamico: Early in the week some boats were picking up a few walleyes, but they really had to work to catch the few they did. Trolling with crank baits were doing better than night crawler harnesses. On Saturday the bay was rough, and kept most of the anglers fishing the river besides a few boaters very early in the morning. I didn’t get any interviews on Saturday since nobody came in.

Peshtigo River: The fishing on the Peshtigo River picked up at the end of the week with a good walleye bite seen on Sat. by boat anglers trolling crawlers in the mouth of the river. The walleye tournament on Sunday was cancelled due to high winds and unsafe conditions in the bay and in the Menominee River. Waves were said to be 8 feet in the bay and 4 to 5 feet coming up the river between the piers.
Menominee River: Fishing on the Menominee River and in the bay was slow this week. Some walleyes were caught in the river but not in high numbers. No walleye or brown trout activity reported from the bay with only a few northern pike caught.

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