Thank you for the report 👍

The algae bloom on Mendota is brutal

Thank you for the report! Can you give me some advice and point me in a good direction to catch some yellow bass? 👍

I used to use beadhead flies for icefishing that i tied up with different glow in the dark wrap and little tiny tails

As of this past Wednesday on Wabesa, the crappies we caught still had eggs.

These are awesome. Makes me want to travel up to fish the WI river! Thanks for recording these!

Fished for cats with 5 other boats in our group. Slowest bite we ever had and we have been coming up for 4 years. Ended up with monster bluegills, crappie, pike, walleye, rock bass and SMB trolling. Has a blast heading back up next week.

I'm going to bed early and waking up at midnight to go fishing, hopefully it doesn't rain for a day. It's like 2:25 pm and I just heard thunder again.

I'm still getting some walleye night fishing from shore but that's kinda petering out and catching a lot of weeds. Can't wait until the end of June when I start catching a lot of catfish on jointed rapalas in my secret spots.

Thank you for making these reports. I listen every Friday. If you ever hear anything about carp - particularly if they’re spawning or up shallow - us bow fishermen would really appreciate if you included that in the report. :)

Thanks for the info again yall! Getting out today!

1:19:46 I disagree. I beat meat basically every day. Thank you for the seminar, it was great.

This is a fantastic session. Would’ve loved to make it in person, so thank you for recording it and sharing!

Thanks for posting Pat! Wasn't able to get there due to family responsibilities. Glad I'm getting to see these anyway.

Thanks for posting this Pat!

I think I give away about three big bass a year to people who I know need the meat otherwise I just throw everything back I catch around here. I have been tempted to throw channel cats in Monona when I catch them by the locks but of course I never have done it. Does anyone know why there isn't a huge population of catfish in Monona? I know the population in Mendota is getting bigger I have not caught one less than fifteen pounds for at least ten years. I mostly catch them on rapalas I don't even use bait anymore.

That door dinger constantly during the video is very annoying. Maybe you could disable it while doing this report. Thanks for doing this report though. If there is any way to support it other than shopping at your store (which I do when on the east side) you should mention it.

I always wondered why there are not a lot of catfish in Monona? I fish there like once a year with some cutbait for twenty years and have never caught any just a few bullhead. One of my friends who has fished Madison for at least fifty years mostly for perch has caught one catfish it was a long the wall out of his boat.

A lot of people catch catfish while ice fishing and throw them in the garbage. I have not caught a catfish less than about fifteen pounds in probably ten years. I last kept a catfish at least fifteen years ago they just seem to get fattier and nasty after they get to be ten pounds. I'm gonna put tonight at the beach near where I live at and spotlighting walleye with my fishing rod left at home...should be no one fishing out in the rain.

Will the catfish population completely tank ? Is there anything we can do to preserve them ? What’s the timeline we have?

I'm old enough to remember when the limit on panfish was fifty per person. We'd go fishing for bluegill one time and have enough fillets for the whole year. Then someone put grass carp in our local lake to keep the weeds down. They poisoned the lake and the bluegill fishing never got back to what it used to be like forty years ago

I think I have fished one opening weekend in the 20+ years that I have lived in Madison. I usually wait until Monday.

Thanks for the info!

Thanks for the report!

Thanks for the report

Why does it say 2023 on this video

Thanks for the report!

Great job .. thanks for updates!

I was walking along Monona Terrace and couldn't believe how low the lake was. Hopefully we get some rain soon around here

Do you guys sell the 2024 licenses yet? Feb 28th. They aren't selling them until March 1st downtown at the DNR office.

Thanks!

Another good report Pat. Can't wait to get up there soon!

How far does one have to travel to find safe ice ?

Thanks for sharing Pat!

Last year's permit is good until March 31st 2024.

Ive been seeing a few walleyes on my nightly walk along Warner Park but havent tried any casts. Im waiting for the lake to finally ice over.

How’s the bay looking for this weekend?

How do you access upper mud lake during ice fishing?

I good info Pat! I always enjoy these. No ice on lake Onalaska yet.

I will deliver a great selection of tungsten ice jig flies on Saturday, November 25th. Selection includes: Pink Squirrels, Pink Annihilator, Glow Annihilator, Black & Blue Bruiser, The Hornet, Gold Beadhead Bluegill Killer, Black Head Bloodworm, Glow White & Chartreuse Grub. Pat should have plenty of the Original Bluegill Killer and the Green Beadhead Bluegill Killer. All of these jig flies work great in both open water and through the ice. Stop in the store and pick up a good selection of these ice jig flies.

Any idea when Gov. Island will reopen? I could not find a reference to it anywhere - I assume it's because it's not a public works project as I believe it's owned by the Mental Health institute nearby.

Good report! Looking for a hot crappie bite! You might of saved me a trip!

Do you ever get any reports for Fox Lake? It’s just above Beaver Dam

Is there a usable boat launch at Crystal lake?

Appreciate all the information. Thank you ! Tim Nelson

I'm still trout fishing... I'm eating the 3 I catch

I caught one hundred bluegill in a few hours off the piers by Monona Terrace this afternoon. I was using a fly with one split shot to get it down. I kept five for catfishing and threw all the rest back.

Very helpful thank you