During the day walleyes are scattered around the lake, but anglers are having luck on the mudflats with spinner rigs tipped with night crawlers. Muskie fishing has been nothing short of awesome, said Mike Wolff of Eddy's Launch Service. The muskies are chasing bucktails and jerkbaits in 8 to 14 feet of water in the weed beds in the bays. Northerns also are being caught on the same lures as muskies. Walleyes are biting on redtails, leeches and night crawlers on Little Birch Lake in 16-21 feet of water.
Smallmouth bass are in the same areas as the walleyes and biting on the same live baits.
On Big Sauk Lake, anglers are catching northerns speed trolling with crankbaits outside the weedlines. Dennis Fletcher of Fletcher's Bait said anglers are using Bill Norman Little N's in 8-12 feet of water. Fletcher said Big Sauk has a tremendous crappie bite going on right now. They are going after jigs and spinner rigs tipped with a crappie minnow in 8-10 feet of water. Bass fishing is good all over, said Clay Zimmerman of Forest Lake Sports and Tackle.