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By Jamison Vanden Einde
July 17, 2008

The shallow water walleye bite has slowed some but there seems to be reason. Typically, immediately following the seasonal weed die-off, bait fish congregate and school and the fish follow. This year, there has been a gap in this transition phase and so we are playing a bit of "hide and seek" with the schools of bait fish as of late. Hang in there! A strong bite is yet to come in the month of August.

The pan fish bite has slowed some too but every now and then the crappies go on a feeding frenzy off the first break in 8 - 12' of water. Oddly enough, trolling crank baits has been the best presentation for the crappies while bluegills are being found in 4 - 15' of water, almost exclusively over a rock or gravel bottom with mud close by. Keep that in mind on your next outing. Hair jigs under a float have been best but small crank baits in the evenings has also been a strong producer.

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