DNR FISHING FOR NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Green Bay Fishing Report: November 14, 2017

Door Co.

• Cool weather and wind has kept fishing pressure minimal across Door County. Most anglers have been targeting smallmouth fishing out of Stone Quarry, Sister Bay, Gills Rock and Rowleys Bay. The bass bite has been a bit slow but anglers are having some success fishing offshore structure in 20-30FOW using plastics and live suckers. In the Sturgeon Bay Canal most anglers have been finding a few pike. Shore and boat anglers have been finding a few walleyes using crankbaits in the evening and after dark. The salmon run is slowing down but fish can still be seen in the marinas and creeks around the county. Brown trout action should pick up as the water continues to cool.
• Chaudoirs Dock – No angler’s observed
• Sugar Creek - No angler’s observed
• Rites Cove - No angler’s observed
• Little Sturgeon Bay – Anglers were only observed on one day of the week. The few anglers that were interviewed reported targeting small mouth bass with no luck.
• Sawyer Harbor – An average of 7 trailers were observed during at the beginning of the week. Anglers reported targeting yellow perch and came in with or close to their limits for a half day trip.

Brown/Kewaunee Co. - Bay side from Sturgeon Bay area south

• Bayshore - Bayshore was pretty slow all week only averaging 6 boats on a few days throughout the week. Nearly all anglers were out for walleye this week with no luck. Anglers were even having a hard time catching other fish like freshwater drum, white bass, white perch, and round gobies that are normally caught when out for walleye.
• Suamico – Most boats out were duck hunters. One interview was taken from a musky fisherman with no luck. The lot averaged 3-12 trailers over the last week.
• Longtail Lauches- no anglers or trailers
• Metro launch – An average of 8 trailers were observed at the beginning of the week and nearly 60 trailers over the weekend with the warm weather. At the beginning few boat anglers reported targeting walleye and caught approximately 6 fish for a half day out. This weekends unseasonably hot weather brought out more recreational boaters than anglers, though the anglers which were out had fairly consistent luck as anglers earlier in the week.
• Fox River Mouth – High trailer counts all week which ended up resulting in high number of interviews from pleasure boaters. With the nice weather we have had lately the public is getting on the water and enjoying the sun. As for anglers, walleye has been the main target with anglers launching from the mouth and running a couple miles north usually. Walleye angler have had a tough time finding decent numbers of walleyes and they are also struggling to keep the non-target fish off their lines, many times white perch or freshwater drum will hit their baits before a walleye has time. Shore anglers from the river mouth have still been doing good catching freshwater drum with the occasional channel catfish mixed in. The river’s water temperature is quite high right now with many anglers reporting 82-85 degree surface temperatures.
• Fox River- Almost all of my interviews from the upper portion of the river came from pleasure boaters with most of the anglers targeting fish out in the bay right now. Fish species that have been caught by anglers in the upper portion have been, freshwater drum, and channel catfish.
• Fox Point Launch – The lot averaged 5 trailers in it over the past week. One fishing group reported targeting walleye and brought back 3 with no other bites.
• Fairgrounds – The lot averaged a couple trailers in it over the past week. No interviews were taken.
• Duck Creek - 2-5 trailers were observed throughout the week, but were all duck hunters.
• Voyager Park – Only a few anglers were seen throughout the week. No interviews were taken.
• Red River - No anglers observed.
• Bay beach launch- The lot averaged 3-7 trailers throughout the week. One interview was taken and the angler reported targeting musky with no luck for a full day on the water.