Heading to Chequamegon Bay for smallies

[Crappiekeith]

Does anyone have any 1st hand knowledge of what to use for those bronzebacks in
Chequamegon Bay out of Ashland?
I'm heading there in 2 weekends and just thought to ask to see what you guys have expierenced as good baits or colors.

[MikeDebner]

Never been there but a bait that I found that the smallies tend to like is the x-rap. It was a good bait to cover some water with..
It really depends on what style of fishing you will be doing..

[Crappiekeith]

appearantly it's an area 3 football fields wide and a mile long that is solid boulders 17 fow.
So far I've decided to run #16 raps in perch and craw color,lindy rig 6" suckers and toss some 6" sassy shad on 3/8th oz jig heads.

I'll have a couple meg cards and a fist full of batteries for shooting vids and pics.

[MagicStik]

Good luck out there. Looking forward to the report. I really need to make it out there some time.

I hear of quite a few guys using sucker minnows out there.

MagicStik

[Crappiekeith]

My bud tells me they run 3-5 lbs.with up to 30 fish a day being caught.He also says there are some big pike and musky that rome that area.
I'm looking forward to it. It's been since Feb.14 since I've wet a line.

You'll see more reports from me now that my responseabilities have been fullfilled.

[Andy Johnson]

If they are anything like Green Bay Smallies then HuskyJerks and tubes are always good.

[Crappiekeith]

Thanks guys......

[muskiemike]

Like Magic said suckers or red tails! I know guys who take gallons of suckers out there in the fall.

[Crappiekeith]

As much as I profess plastics and artificials ,I am going to have a good supply of suckers for sure.
No sense in going all that way and not having what they want to feed on.

[pyclub1]

Big tubes work great, big jigs also work great, I have a cabin up thier and fish it qute a bit for smallies... Good luck, you will have a good time.

[Tubes]

Good Luck CK