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It's getting to be that time of year.  Please post reports of the mayfly hatch along with the general area the lake.  Thanks!

Cliff Wagenbach Grand Master

Cliff Wagenbach

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Will do!

Saw a couple of small strays out in Big Bay today!

Cliff

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Cliff Wagenbach

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I saw a couple of small slicks of May Fly in Big Bay this morning.

Windy out there so was hard to determine how big of a hatch there really was, but probably not very big yet.

Cliff 

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Been spending some time north of Pine island this week and there are bugs on the sonar all over the place.  They will most likely be coming to the surface in the next few days. We already had a hatch in Pike bay and there were a lot of dead bugs floating on the east end of Pine on Friday, however it was windy and like Cliff said it's hard to determine just where they came from.  Just get out the spinners and pull them through the bugs, it can be a very good bite. ;)

"Ace"

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JFitz Contributor

JFitz

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Mayflies aren't quite full blown in Niles yet. Seemed like the Hatch picked up a bit over the course of the wknd though.

Cliff Wagenbach Grand Master

Cliff Wagenbach

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Saw lots of Mayfly nymph clouds in the water column in Big Bay today.

Cliff

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Cliff Wagenbach

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Lots of Mayfly larvae clouds in the water column today!

All of the walleyes that we caught today were full of them!

Lindy and 1/2 crawler were the ticket.

19' to 26' depths.

Cliff

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partyonpine Enthusiast

partyonpine

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Cliff

Thank you for the information good to see they are still biting.  I know bass is not your biggest bag but what effect if any do you think the mayflies have on the smallie bite in the big bay area, hoping for some big number days next week, our mens trip got moved from the first weekend in June until next, these guys have never fished this time of the year up there.

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Fishing west end Norwegian Bay. Mayfly hatch was in full swing last night. Panfish fishing is poor. Killed the walleyes last night. 7 in an hour after rain quit. 26.5, 25.5, 24.5, 22, 21, 19 and a 17.5. All on lindy with green floating jig and leech. 11-15 ft water. They were smoking that jig.

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Cliff Wagenbach Grand Master

Cliff Wagenbach

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I have fished for bass during major Mayfly hatches and it does not seem to have any effect on the bite.

Cliff

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Cliff Wagenbach

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Lots of Mayflies on the water in Big Bay this morning!

That did not affect the walleye bite much though!

My client caught this 27 incher and I lost an even bigger fish, (did not see that one though), so it may have been a pike or muskie.

Cliff

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james_walleye Grand Master

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I'll be up Friday for ten days. Hopefully the flies are done. Can't wait to get up!

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Was tough fishing for me last weekend.  Caught only an 11" perch Friday.  Didn't go out on Saturday due to the lousy weather and home remodeling to do.  Sunday morning I caught my only two walleyes of the weekend; 21" and 20" pictured below.  Caught them 30 minutes apart.  Had no other bites that morning.  Saw many mayflies on the surface Friday in Big Bay during calm weather, and marked many clouds of them Sunday morning.  Water temps were 72°F Friday when it was calm, and 68°F Sunday with the wind.  Hopefully I have better luck next weekend.IMG_0555.jpgIMG_0558.jpg

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Cliff Wagenbach Grand Master

Cliff Wagenbach

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Lots of flies on the water again today!

A few of the walleyes that we caught today were full of young-of-the-year perch too!

Cliff

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