Trout, Walleyes, and Crappies 3-11-2010
gengberg March 11th, 2010
This past weekend the early catch and release trout season opened in parts of Wisconsin. Friends, Len Harris and Ray Wahl, 
both were out fishing the streams of south-west Wisconsin. Both of them had good days with numerous trout especially after things warmed up on Saturday after a frosty opening.
Len said that he fished with friend, Mark Dahlquist, both days and on Saturday he didn’t catch a trout till 9:00 am despite an early start. The bites got better after the temperature hit 40 degree mark. By mid-day, Len said that things were “going good” and the fishing pressure minimal. A couple of the “holes’ that Len wanted to fish were frozen solid! Sunday was a better day with overcast skies and the snow covering the many stream banks was finally melting. Len caught over 30 trout on Sunday with all the fish coming from the slow, deep water about 10-20 yards down-stream from structure which was mostly log-jams. No fish were caught in the fast water either day.
Ray Wahl fished northern Richland County with his son, Josh, and caught all their trout on Mepps and Panther Martin spinners. 
Ray also said that things picked up as the sun rose and the water warmed up. Action was then steady in the clear water with little run-off from the melting snow. Ray said you could always find “fresh’ water without any other anglers.
Since then, lots of snow has melted withsome rain, so the waters have gotten dirtier.3-12-2010 Gary
Big Dave Ehardt gave a seminar that was good and well-attended at the 27th Annual Free Fishing Clinic at Wilderness Fish and Game store in Sauk City. Big Dave fishes the Wisconsin Dells section of the Wisconsin River and said that what he’s experieced thus far have been hot and cold fishing. 
He mentioned the need for more water and current to help fishing. Dave said to use hair jigs, Berkley Gulp, and blade baits this time of the year. Make all your jiggings slow…There have been some good walleyes caught.
Its not too early to start looking for back water bays and other areas where the water has opened up. There calm and warmer water areas will attract early crappies on a nice sunny day. 
Fish these spots where they get maximum sun (north shores) and spots where the wind will blow in warm water. Piers and anything with wood will warm the surrounding water and bring in bugs to get the food chain in motion.
I’ll be out there checking on the local bites on the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers and local waters as they open up. Gary
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