Joel Ballweg

The program that I've been using the most over the past two weeks has been draggin jigs & ringworms from B Fish N Tackle Company or Draggin Jigs tipped with fathead minnows or crawlers. Ringworms worked the best followed by minnows over crawlers this past week. That could change tomorrow or next week though.

We were lucky and were able to get out between the storms on both Saturday & Sunday this weekend. Any ideas of seeing the sun though were pretty far fetched to say the least. With the skies reamaining dark & dreary, best ringworm colors for us were chartreuse/green core, chartreuse/orange core & electric blue. The last time we did see the sun while fishing, gold cracker was our best color. We rigged the ringworms on 1/8oz Draggin Jigs for the most part but occaisionally, we also used Precision H20 jigs in 3/32 & 1/8oz sizes. Black or gold has been our best jighead color. I don't believe you can get gold jig heads anymore but I sure hope we can again in the future. Gold is easily one of my favorite colors and when using just live bait, a gold jig is usually one of the first colors I'll pull out of the box.

Fish Species: Walleyes
Bait Used: Jigs & ringworms
Tackle Used: Spinnine gear
Method Used: Dragging jigs
Water Depth: 6-18'
Water Temperature: 54 degrees
Wind Direction:
Wind Speed:
Don Birkholz personal best 29 incher
Don Birkholz personal best 29 incher

Boog with a 23-1/2
Boog with a 23-1/2


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Joel Ballweg

About The Author: Joel Ballweg

Company: Ballweg's Guide Service

Area Reporting: Lake Wisconsin, near Madison, Wisconsin

Bio: Hi, my name is Joel "Boog" Ballweg and I run professionally guided fishing trips primarily on Lake Wisconsin. I am a life long resident of this area and grew up fishing Lake Wisconsin and the Wisconsin river. Ballweg's Guide Service was started in 2003 and has grown every year since. Lake Wisconsin offers excellent fishing for walleye, sauger, crappie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegills and white bass. We target walleye, crappie, bluegill and white bass. On average, I will spend between 75-100 days fishing on Lake Wisconsin and the Wisconsin river each year. Lake Wisconsin covers approximately 9000 surface acres and it is the furthest down stream reservoir on the Wisconsin River system. It is located about 30 miles north of Madison, Wisconsin. A strong network of local anglers and several other local fishing guides is an added benefit of growing up in this area. These guys know whats going on out on the water and sharing information helps all of us stay on top of the latest action. In addition, if you have a large group of anglers, we can arrange with the other local guides to accomadate you.

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