Lake Winnebago Fishing Report from My Fishing Partner and Mark Schram 8-30-2010
gengberg August 30th, 2010
Winnebago Weekly 8-29-10 
[Young of the year fish are showing up in big numbers]
Young of the year fish are showing up in big numbers
Near perfect weather graced East Central Wisconsin over the past ten days. This was a major departure from the constant rain from the past three weeks. Water temperatures ranged from the mid 70’s to the low 80’s during most days. Water clarity has improved in the northern portions of the lake, and remains stained in the southern portions of Lake Winnebago. Floating vegetation still remains a hindrance over most of the top water surface. 
Recently the city of Oshkosh passed a permanent change to the Fox River near the Oshkosh Avenue Bridge. This area has become a 7 day no wake zone.
The perch bite may be the one of the best in years currently. 
Solid catches of perch are being reported everywhere on the system on a daily basis. Many of the fish are running on the small size (5-8 inches), but the larger perch have also been within those schools. perch fishing remains a sorting game until the right fish are located. 100 fish days are common, with about 10-20% of the fish falling into the keeper ranges.
Many anglers are targeting the fish via slip bobbers. Larger fish are coming on dead stick methods, especially when there is a light chop on the water. Hellgrammites, waxies and crawlers are all working great. On colder mornings, many times the perch have been found slightly shallower, and then tend to move deeper once the sun is higher in the sky or the water warms.
Best Locations: Gladstone Beach, Fisherman’s Road launch area, east of the Third Reef, in front of the Lighthouse in Fond du Lac, Indian Point, Black Wolf, and Stony Beach point. Lake Poygan also has a good perch bite in shallow water.
walleyes are not be targeted by most anglers currently. They have been pretty sparse. Bluegills have been showing up in larger numbers along the reefs and weed lines in the northwest portion of the main lake. Small mouths have been active, especially in the Wolf River. The young of the year bass are prevalent system wide.
The next several weeks will bring some cooling to the water temps, as night time temperatures traditionally start to decline and as the daylight continues to shorten each day. walleyes will become more active once water temperature decline. Fishing pressure will tend to decline as soon as the hunting seasons gear up, and sportsmen change their focus. mark@myfishingpartner.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is my email for any questions you may have or reports you may wish to pass on for this report. Thank you for supporting this site!
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