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Weekly Fishing Report
This week we primary focused close to home and checked out the Rock River in Janesville WI. We fished above where the old dam used to be near “It’s a Keeper bait and Tackle shop” We were fishing from shore this week due to the high water and storms but still made it a point to get out there. Lures tried were 1/4oz and 1/2oz jig heads tipped with minnows and also tried them tipped with night crawlers. Only fish was that was caught was one 12” walleye. Could have been a better week but with all of the storms getting out there even a little was better than nothing!
I also had a wedding to go to up in Vernon County so of course I brought the trout fishing gear! We fished the Kickapoo river right outside of Lafarge Wi and also right near Rockton WI. Water Levels are still a bit high but have dropped well over 8ft in the last 6 days. Water clarity was surprisingly well. Not crystal clear but nowhere near mud brown.
Lures used were black and gold panther martins. Gold panther martin. 1/16oz jig head with white tail. I did not get any bites on any of the lures used, but I was not expecting much at all with how much the water levels have been changing due to the recent flooding.
Week of 4/6/2026
Week of 3/30/26
This week we focused mainly on the Rock River near Fort Atkinson Wi.
Water was high with fast moving currents from the recent rains. Fishing was very slow for us, and we are attributing that mainly to the colder weather and higher water. We did mark plenty of fish with the occasional walleye caught.
We did best in the afternoon bite using 1/4oz jig (green worked best for us) tipped with a large live fathead minnow.
Moving our baits slow was some of the key to our success.
Average size walleye caught from us this week was between 12-14” with approximately 18 fish caught throughout a 3-day timeframe.
We did try to fish the Root River in Racine County, but the river was extremely flooded from the storms we have had.
Very high water and extremely dirty.
No fish were caught, but we did see one brown trout surface near shore.
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