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Fish Lake Geneva, 5/9/22 – 5/16/22

Walleye fishing has been awesome casting or trolling stick baits in the shallows. Best locations Maytag Point and Buttons Bay.

Fish Lake Geneva, 7/5/21 – 7/12/21

July 6, 2021 by Dave Elgin Club Fishing Reports July Fishing Lake Geneva Maytag Point Trinkes Trinkes Bay Walworth County Lakes Williams Bay

Some Walleyes are being caught at night while trolling crank baits. Use Bandit shallow Walleye crankbaits or Rapala’s fished on planer boards. There has been a lack of floating weeds on the lake so trolling has been fairly easy. The best locations are Abbey Springs or Fontana Beach.

Fish, Lake Geneva, 6/28/21 – 7/5/21

June 28, 2021 by Dave Belvidere Park Colemans Point Fishing Reports Geneva Fishing Spots July Fishing Knollwood Knowllwood Lake Geneva Trinkes Trinkes Bay Walworth County Lakes Williams Bay

Lake Trout are still being caught in the main lake basin. Some success is coming on large chrome/blue Rapalas or chrome/black Rapalas fished on a down rigger. The best success has been coming on the suspended fish, 80 ft down in 110 ft of water.

Fish Lake Geneva, 5/31/21 – 6/7/21

June 2, 2021 by Dave Belvidere Park Fish 2021 Geneva Bay Geneva Fishing Spots June Fishing Lake Geneva Trinkes Walworth County Lakes

Bluegills are in the 4-5 ft depth range. They can be caught on leaf worms fished beneath a bobber. The best location is by Trinkes and in Geneva Bay. A lot of the bluegills were in the 8-9 inch range, like I said earler, I did catch several over 10 inches this week as well.

Lake Geneva, 10/19/20 – 10/26/20

October 20, 2020 by Dave Belvidere Park Fish 2020 Fishing Reports Geneva Fishing Spots Knollwood Lake Geneva Military Academy October Fishing Trinkes Walworth County Lakes

Smallmouth bass are being caught in the 12-14 ft range. They are aggressively hitting nightcrawlers or football head jigs dragged on the bottom. On the football head jigs, the best color is rootbeer on a ¼ oz jig head. The smaller jig head will prevent a lot of the weeds from snagging your bait. Look […]

Lake Geneva, 9/7/20 – 9/14/20

September 8, 2020 by Dave Belvidere Park Fish 2020 Fishing Reports Geneva Fishing Spots Lake Geneva Linn Pier September Fishing Trinkes Trinkes Bay Walworth County Lakes

Rock bass fishing has been excellent. The bigger fish seem to be in 15-20 ft of water. However, for better action, the 12 ft range seems to always produce. No need to get fancy, the old split shot rig and a single hook works fine.

Lake Geneva, 8/31/20 – 9/7/20

September 1, 2020 by Dave Elgin Club Fishing Reports Geneva Fishing Spots Knollwood Knowllwood Lake Geneva Linn Pier September Fishing Trinkes Trinkes Bay Walworth County Lakes

Bluegill fishing remains excellent. The best depth has been 20-25 ft of water. The best bait has been small pieces of nightcrawler or red worms. The best success has come straight lining beneath the boat and slowly drifting. I’ve been fishing them by Elgin Club and by Gage Marine.