05/29/08 Delavan Lake cloudy 52 degrees. Winds light and variable. H20 temp at surface Inlet 64 degrees, main lake 60-62 degrees. Targeting Crappies today we ended up with around 100+ fish in around two hours. Fishing plastics under floats seemed to do the trick today. We also landed a young northern pike and a nice 19 1/2" small mouth using crawlers. The crappies were caught in 4-8 feet of water. The small mouth and northern pike were caught in 12-22 feet of water fishing main breaks.

Congrats Newlyweds Dan and Kim!

05/26/08 Delavan Lake partly cloudy 83 degrees. Winds SSW 10-18 mph. H20 temps Inlet/Bays 71-73.7 degrees, main lake 63.5-65.7 degrees at surface. I had a great time taking out a newlywed couple fishing today. I was flattered they decided to spend part of their honeymoon fishing with Reddy Guide Service. My friend Dave Schuster of Clearwater Outdoor referred them to me, Thanks Dave! Please check out Dave's store in Lake Geneva if you have the chance. The couple were going to explore Geneva by kayak with Clearwater Outdoor later in the week. Just another note Dan and Kim are spending the week at Golden Oaks Bed & Breakfast and highly recommend a stay there in Lake Geneva. Kim caught her first crappie and large mouth bass on our outing. The couple had fun catching a mix of pan fish and large mouth bass. Both Dan and Kim had a great time learning new tactics and skills while catching some real nice fish. Thanks guys! Crappies were caught in 8-12 FOW using plastics. Large mouth were caught using Senkos, we did fish top water and spinner baits with follows, but the slower approach seemed to be the best presentation today.

05/25/08 Delavan Lake P.M. clear 82 Degrees. Winds SSW 10-20 mph. H20 temps. Inlet 71.1 degrees, main lake 64 degrees. I had a great time teaching two great youngsters the art of fishing today. I was impressed with how polite and patient the kids were. Being a test run for their dad to see if the kids would like being on the lake in a boat. I knew the answer to that question within a few minutes. The kids had a great time, and by the look on dad's face he had a good time also. The kids capitalized on some good crappie action along with catching a nice large mouth bass. All in all a great outing for all to be had. We caught the crappies using plastics and minnows in 8-17 FOW. The large mouth were caught in 2-4 FOW using Senkos.

05/25/08 Delavan Lake A.M. cloudy 50 degrees. Winds 5-10 SW increasing to 10-20 mph. H20 temps. Inlet 62 degrees, main lake 57 degrees. We fished for crappies in the early hours catching fish in 8-10 FOW on Mini-Mites and fathead minnows. We switched gears fishing bass looking for the warmest water finding up to 69.8 degrees. Using Senkos we caught some quality bass in the 2-4lb. range. Most of our fish were caught in 2-4 FOW.

Memorial Day Weekend!

05/24/08 Delavan Lake clear 73 degrees. Winds SSW 5-15 mph. H20 temps. Inlet 63 degrees, main lake 58.5 degrees at surface. With the traffic on the lake for the holiday weekend we tried to find some water "less travelled" which was quite difficult with pleasure boaters being within a stones throw away from us no matter where we were. We did catch some nice crappies in 8-15 FOW using fatheads and plastics.

05/23/08 Delavan Lake partly cloudy 60 degrees. Winds light and variable. H20 temps, Inlet 66 degrees, main lake 63.7 degrees. Had a chance to fish with my family chasing crappies last weekend. Many fish in the 8-12" range. Casting Mini-mites produced the best results. We used floats for the shallower fish just to keep the angel hair off the business end. The weeds are already getting to be a challenge. Many large mouth also holding close to beds.

05/19/08 Delavan Lake sunny 60 degrees. Winds calm. H20 temp in Inlet 63 degrees, main lake 59-60.5 degrees at the surface. I fished solo today doing a little fishing on my own. Smallmouth were very active making beds in 8-15 feet of water, and crappies were just a little shallower in 6-10 feet of water. A good mixed bag day catching largemouth, smallmouth and a few crappies. I had the chance to try a few new techniques which yielded quite well. Gulp has been a great presentation so far this year. Cranks have done well on occasion, but the finesse plastic approach has been the go to tactic thus far. Reddy Guide Service will be on Outdoor Wisconsin this coming Thursday the 22nd, featuring Delavan Lake catching a mixed bag last fall. Be sure to tune in at 8:00 p.m.