Bluegill Weather

When I think of cooler weather and falling leaves I think of bluegill fishing. It takes me back to when I was a kid and the many times my family went fishing after Sunday church for fall bluegills.

One place that seems to always turn into a bluegill paradise is Cold Springs, just north of Lynxville. Another is DeSoto bay just up the road a few miles. Both of these places fill up with big bluegills in the fall and can be a great place to spend a day fishing.

But you don’t have to go all the way to the Mississippi to catch bluegills. The Wisconsin River bottoms are full of nice sized fish and when the temperatures start to drop a bit they turn on and can provide you with great fishing. As an added bonus you can watch ducks, geese and cranes flying about the marshes.

And don’t overlook Blackhawk Lake near Highland. Blackhawk has a huge bluegill population and if you work a bit and find a “hotspot” you can have some great action. Bluegills provide countless hours of fishing fun each year for millions of fishermen. Not only are they fun to catch, they are great to eat. A big plate full of bluegill fillets a great reward after a day on the water in the fall.

by: Dan Bomkamp
author & host of "How's Fishing?"