Bluegill fishing has been all right. Most fish are caught in the bays around the marina piers. Look for the fish in Geneva Bay and Williams Bay. Most of the fish are being caught on slip bobbered red worms or leaf worms. The best depth is 4-5 ft. Rock bass are starting to show up in the shallows. They are in the 5-6 ft depth range. Fathead minnows or nightcrawler pieces are producing most of the fish. The way to fish for them is a split-shot rig, single hook with a 3/0 split shot. I would drift fish for them with the wind being like it is.
Perch are also in the 5-6 ft depth range of shallows. Look for the fish at Knollwood or Rainbow Point. The fish are being caught on slip bobbered small minnows. Most fish have been relatively small, so you must sort quite a few to get a decent amount to keep. Unlike the Rock bass, I would anchor near the scattered weeds with a sand bottom. Smallmouth fishing has been very slow. The fish that are being caught have been on slow rolling spider grubs on or near the bottom. Some locations where you see active bait fish can be decent if you use hair jigs and swim them back to the boat. The best locations have been by the Geneva Inn and Maytag Point.
Largemouth bass fishing has been sporadic. The only active fish being caught are in Abbey Harbor or Geneva Bay. Trinkes Bay was dredged out this year, and the water clarity is very low. The shallow fish I’ve been catching have been on split-shot rigged nightcrawlers in 4-5 ft of water. At this point, the key to the largemouth is finding the warmest water on the lake.
Good Luck, and I hope to see you on the water.
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