Trout fishermen continue to have good success in both Grant and Iowa counties. White bass are biting in the Wisconsin River below the Prairie du Sac dam and in the Fox River at the lower locks. Columbia County's Crystal Lake is offering good bluegill, crappie and bass fishing. Bluegills are biting in the Madison lakes, with good numbers coming from Upper Mud Lake, Squaw Bay on Lake Monona and Lake Waubesa. Largemouth bass have moved close to shore in search of spawning beds and are being caught fairly easily by anglers casting along shorelines and docks.
Walleyes are still active, but have moved off into deeper rock bars.
Some good catches have been reported on Lake Mendota off Governor's Island. The Rock River continues to produce walleyes on jigs and catfish on stinkbaits. In Crawford County, bluegills are being taken among the trees in the flooded bottomland forest, and catfish are hitting in running sloughs. White bass are providing action below dams in the La Crosse area. Smallmouth bass fishing is excellent in the backwaters near Goose Island, and there's some excellent walleye fishing at wingdams and in sloughs.