Fishing Report

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a steady temperature around 67. Breezy, with a northwest wind 13 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
Great terrestrial day with the winds!
Creeks are clear and flowing a touch low. The recent rains did nothing to muddy things up and everything remains fishable. THe morning tricos have been underwhelming. You may see a few here and there. Watch for some olives hatching in the afternoon and evening alongside the midges. With cooler weather on the horizon the afternoons will start to give us more rising fish.
The main menu item for trout however is still terrestrials. Small hoppers, ants, beetles, etc on the surface are quite a bit of fun right now! Add to that some fantastic subsurface fishing and we have a good reason to skip a couple of days of work or extend your labor day holiday.
Subsurface fishing has been great lately. With the cooler water temps the fish are eating pretty much anything (mid day sun they still prefer the smaller, thin bodied nymphs) from pink squirrels to zebras to scuds.

Sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
We’re in the part of summer that things hopefully continue to cool down (we are forecasted for excellent weather all week and heading into the holiday weekend). We can’t exactly say that we are transitioning to fall yet as we can still get a warm spell (happens every year!) this month.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained and flowing just a little low. Water temperatures are in the mid 50s to 60. Even the larger creeks that were too warm last week are giving good water temperatures and fishing has rebounded.
A few tricos in the morning showing up and doing their spinner fall, but it just has not been very strong this season. At about 9 a.m. there is a brief slowdown in fishing as the aquatic insect activity lessens when the sun hits the water. Once the dew on the grass disappears the fishing picks up again on terrestrials. Fishing a hopper (ant/beetle/cricket etc) with a dropper is deadly all day long. In the evenings the guides have been cleaning up by skittering simple CDC and Elk caddis patterns as well as continuing to fish terrestrials.
Subsurface fishing is still best with the thinner bodied patterns, but pink squirrels, scuds, and energizers are starting to work quite well, especially when the sun is off the water.
Leeches, streamers, and mice are still good, and will get better once we get some clouds in the sky or a heavier stain on the water (or the sun goes down….)

Showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then a slight chance of showers between 2pm and 3pm. High near 72. Southeast wind 6 to 11 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Threatening to storm this morning, The major part of the storm looks like it will pass north of us a bit.
Creeks overall are clear and flowing well with good temperatures thanks to cool days and overnight temperatures being great for summertime!
Olives are showing up again late in the evening and first thing in the morning. There is also a sparse trico spinner fall on some of our creeks first thing in the morning. Otherwise we are in peak terrestrial season! Hoppers with a dropper, ants, beetles, they are all working!

Sunny, with a high near 74. Northwest wind 5 to 14 mph.
The rains yesterday almost all missed us! We only had about an inch of rain total in our area. The ground was dry enough to soak the vast majority of that up so we have clear to slightly stained waters for the weekend!
Expect the terrestrial bite to continue to be strong. Hoppers, ants, beetles, they are all the main thing on the menu right now. Tiny olives and tricos are showing up at first and last light too and fish are rising to small parachutes and emergers.
Streamers and mice at night are a great way to catch fish now too.

UPDATE 5:00 PM No more rain tonight! Viroqua received no more rain today, creeks are clear to slightly stained and fishing very well. Cool temps tonight and a week of better temperatures and happy fish ahead starting tomorrow!!

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. South wind 6 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Rains last night dropped about half an inch to an inch, a brief but heavy shower passed through the area this morning and we are supposed to see more through the day. We will keep you posted, but if there isn’t a massive gully washer event, the ground is so dry that these rains should set us up for a fantastic weekend of fishing.
Hopper dropper has been the ticket all day long, with a few hatches of micro olives and the trico spinner fall very early in the morning and late in the evening. In cloudy water, fish a worm pattern and leech!

Isolated showers before 10am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. West wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Chance of rain tonight and into tomorrow, the Friday rain totals keep climbing as weather is pushed around by the hurricane in the south. As scary as the rainfall looks, it is MUCH needed right now. The ground is very dry and much of the rain will be soaked up. We just have to hope it comes in a long rain storm instead of a brief gully washer.
Still quite hot today.

Overall fishing has held up a bit on the smaller creeks and springs. The larger bodies of water are flowing too warm for good fishing. Please use your thermometer!! Anything over 65 will be slow fishing and much higher than that can be lethal to trout.

The trico spinner fall is happening in the morning, but it still just isn’t great this summer. You will have fish rising and bugs falling but it isn’t excellent. Overall terrestrial fishing is the way to go. You can fish a hopper and dropper all day long! If you want to get a bit fancier, toss an ant or beetle under overhanging vegetation or near undercut banks. If you let them sink a bit naturally they are even more successful.
Night time fishing has been good as well. Fish are hitting mice and larger streamers under the cover of darkness.

Sunny, with a high near 92. Heat index values as high as 96. Southwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Hot and sunny again today. Please use your thermometer as things are warming up quickly area wide after a couple of high 90 degree days! Anything over 65 degrees will be slow fishing and can stress trout. A couple more days and we get a cool down. It might be a good idea to stay off the creeks for the next couple of days.

Sunny, with a high near 92. Heat index values as high as 99. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the morning.
It’s hot! Water temperatures are climbing and the heat index is going to almost hit 100 today. Fishing isn’t recommended as it will be rough on you and the fish right now. If the storms actually hit on Thursday, then things will get back on track and cool down.

Sunny, with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 98. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Some scorching weather the next few days with highs in the high 80s through Thursday. Might be a good week to stay home and give trout a break! If you do fish please make sure to use your thermometer. Water temps over 65 will mean poor fishing and much higher than that can be stressful or lethal to fish.
The weekend puts temps back in the high 70s, but until then it will be HOT.
Fishing will be best early and late avoiding the mid day heat.
While hatches are fairly sparse still (very normal for this time of year), trout will still eat terrestrials on the surface, as well as smaller thin profile bead heads subsurface.

Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
No real rain as of now in Viroqua and the radar shows the storm heading south of us. We will keep you updated.
Creeks are clear and a touch low with temperatures in the low to mid 60s. Please use your thermometer and do not fish water temps over 65. The West Fork and Bad Axe watersheds are the warmer creeks right now and it would be wise to avoid them this weekend.
Hatches are still mid summer sparse, which is normal. A few micro olives and tricos in the mornings and evening but the main dish on the menu is terrestrials. Hoppers, beetles, ants etc. We’re doing very well with our standard hippie stomper on the surface with a bead head dropped below.
Mousing has been fun lately too. It isn’t a bad idea to toss a mouse at dusk just to see if one of the massive moue eaters will play!