Fisherman numbers are down. The most exciting spectacle of nature we see involves sea gulls. Like in salt water, circling and diving gulls indicate that something is happening. You can pick this up with binoculars. Often the water underneath them is boiling as many different species of gamefish rip through schools of what we have found to be baby crappies.
Cisco begin to school up near shore and in the bays.
Northern pike really key on them. We have done well trolling crankbaits on main lake headlands when this is happening. In November the cisco spawn on these headland shores and some of the biggest northerns of the year can be caught. These larger northerns have been cruising around in deeper water all summer and the cisco spawn brings them in to shallower water. Biologists say that ciscoes spawn at night and some day we will try that night fishing.