Fishing has been consistent on Delavan Lake for the past week. The panfish bite is really quite good and you can almost always come up with a few bass and northern pike. The largemouth bass have three patterns going right now. The most consistent is the deep weedline bite. The best depth is 16-22 ft of water. They hit best on nightcrawlers but will also hit a sucker occasionally. The south shore and near the gray condos have produced some decent fish. The second pattern is the slop top water bite. The best time of the day is early a.m. or late evening. Try using a scum frog in white or black. The third pattern is casting the docks. The fish prefer the shade of the docks in the late afternoon. You have to be able to cast pretty consistently for this to work. Try the docks on the north shore for your best success. Use
Senkos or All Terrain stiks for the most action. The pike are also on the deep weedlines. The best depth has been 19-25 ft of water. Lindy rigging suckers is the preferred presentation. Look for the fish by the gray condos or by the Village Supper Club point. It has been a strange summer – the northern pike bite should be a lot better than it is – I’ve been only averaging 3-5 fish in a four hour trip but I never fish strictly for pike either. Bluegills are still everywhere on the weedline. If you can’t catch a limit, check to make sure you have a hook on your line. Leaf worms in 20-22 ft of water are pretty much a sure thing. The weed point by the gray condos and the flat by Willow Point are both decent.
Walleye Pike are very slow right now. I catch one here and there but without a lot of consistency. Jumbo leeches have been the best bet. They are right on the weedline in 18 ft of water. Crappies are now suspending over deep water about 10-12 ft down in 30-35 ft of water.
You need to use your fish locator to find the fish. Slip bobbers fished with small fat head minnows or casting cubby jigs with a small split shot above it to help it sink and then a slow retrieve works the best.

Good Luck and I hope to see you on the water. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe
at 262-728-8063