Fishing in Rhinelander

Dates: Monday 7/5/2010
Location:  Emma Lake, Rhinelander, WI
Morning, afternoon, evening or all day: Morning

Time: 7:00-10:00

Wind: Calm and variable
Temp: 69-73 degrees
Weather: Party cloudy and clearing from storms the day before
Who: Brett and Myself

Game: Fishing for large mouth bass
 
Sightings: Large doe feeding on the shoreline.  A bunch of bass and two northern.

Comments:
Brett and I wanted to squeeze in a couple more hours of fishing before I had to head back home.  After a washout on Sunday 7/4, the weather was suppose to clear up so we decided to head out in the morning.  It turned out to be a very nice warm morning and calm waters.  Perfect conditions for flipping frogs on the weed edges of Emma Lake.  Fishing Emma Lake is a tradition for Brett and I.  Brett fishes it quite a bit, but we've fished this lake for the past many years.  We really enjoy flipping frogs on the weed edges and lily pads.  The top water strikes and fish exploding on those rubber frogs is what summer fishing is all about.  Brett started the action by hooking into a medium sized northern and continued to catch a few large mouth as well.  Unfortunately for me,  I wasn't having the same luck.  For whatever reason, the fish seemed to prefer the style of frog he was using compared to mine.  I was using the "Scum Frog", which is usually very effective, however all of the fish were hammering Brett's green frog.  I finally switched to Brett's bait and immediately landed a medium sized northern of my own as Brett continued to pull in the large mouth.  He landed at least 7 large mouth and missed a good amount more.  I hooked into a very big large mouth, only to let it get deep into the lily pads and come off the lure.  All in all, it was a very productive and enjoyable three hours on the water.