Joel DeBoer

Ice fishing has arrived! While limited open water remains and the ice in curent areas is unsafe yet, the backwaters, bays, and shallow flats have 3"-7" of good ice. Safety is a MUST if you are looking to venture out!

The bluegill and crappie fishing was pretty good over the weekend with some nice slab crappies and bull bluegills biting aggressively. Depths of 3'-7' containing wood and/or green weeds were holding fish. Panfish-sized jigs tipped with livebait worked well, with brighter colors seeming to produce the most action.

Walleye fishing has been a bit more spotty making it necessary to move to locate areas of active fish. Tip-ups baited with sucker minnows are a good bet with the early morning and evening hours producing the most action.

The northern pike bite has been good, with some larger fish finding their way up and out of the ice holes. Again, tip-ups baited with livebait, either sucker minnows or large golden shiners have been productive. Several of the backwater areas and bays have produced consistent action for anglers seeking those toothy adversary.

Tight lines,

Joel DeBoer

www.wisconsinanglingadventures.com

Fish Species: Bluegill, Crappie, Walleye, Northern Pike
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Joel DeBoer

About The Author: Joel DeBoer

Company: Wisconsin Angling Adventures

Area Reporting: Central and Northern Wisconsin

Bio: Greetings and welcome to the Northwoods! My name is Joel DeBoer; I grew up fishing the waters of Central and Northern Wisconsin and enjoying the beauty of Wisconsin's outdoors - I can guarantee you will enjoy them as well! As owner of Wisconsin Angling Adventures, I'll work hard to keep you on the fish and show you a good time out on the water! Through countless days and nights on the water, I have worked hard to uncover local "hotspots" while prefecting the techniques necessary to produce trophy fish from them. I have been an active member of Muskies Inc. and Bill's Musky Club, and am responsible for numerous awards for muskies caught and released by my clients as well as myself. In addition to guiding, I am an active musky tournament fisherman, having multiple Top 10 finishes. Not only do I fish tournaments for muskies, but a variety of local tournaments for walleyes and bass. I am active on the internet - providing articles and fishing reports to over 15 different web sites, in addition to doing web-radio shows. I am a published outdoor author and educator, including my weekly column, "The Guides Corner" in the Everest Herald. I specialize in multi-media presentations and seminars on the vast aspects of musky fishing. Please feel free to email me, at ANY time. In addition, take an opportunity to visit my bio pages at the St. Croix Rod or VMC Hooks Pro-Staff pages as a further reference. I am thankful to the wonderful companies I am privileged to work with promotionally: Bait Rigs * DeLONG Lures * Ducktail Lures * Dunwright Tackle * Frabill * Mepps * Mister Twister * Mercury * Optima Batteries * Pure Fishing (Abu Garcia, Berkley, Stren) * Roberts Outdoors * St. Croix * VMC Hooks

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