Fishing has picked up quite a bit.  The bite is really heating up, along with the water.  Although area trout lakes are cold, shallow walleye lake are finally reaching surface temps of 50 degrees.  The boys from Muskeego Wis. took a break from walleye fishing on Monday and hammered some really nice trout.  8 guys caught over 20 trout in a few hours, fishing shallow 15ft, with cut sucker meat.  Water temps on trout lakes were only 39 degrees.  We had the Robinsons have a great walleye day with great numbers and several fish over 20 inches, the biggest 24 inches.  Triple D, or Santa as some call him put a hurt'n on Richard Gerths and son.  Started the day on Pickerel Lake with a 24 1/2 inch walleye which won the money for first and biggest.  I am going to sneek out alittle later and try and catch a few walleyes on Fleet lake.  Those of you who are coming up in the next few weeks will hit the walleyes perfect.  Fishing slow with a jig and minnow has been the needed technique.  No suprise there.  The suckers are filling the creeks right now which leads us to believe the walleye spawn is coming to an end.  Get ready to catch the males in shallow water,  some females will be heading deep to rest now.  Fisherman will get lucky this week and find a big female hanging around but for the most part she and her friends will be on the mend.  Take care and I'll let you know how Fleet was today.

Dave