“In general the bite has been fairly decent,” he said. “No matter where (fishermen) go, they should be able to catch a few fish. Nobody should get skunked.”

At Lake Tomah, Roscovius said few fishermen have been on the lake because of an algae boom, but on the Rezin marsh, some fish have been caught.

“I got a nice crappie brought in from the Rezin marsh,” Roscovius said. “It was over 13 inches, and we got a 20-inch bass brought in from the Warrens area also. Some bass and also some nice northerns have been brought in.”

Roscovius said he hasn’t received many reports on bluegills, but someone did bring in a monster.

“We have a giant on our board,” he said. “It was 11¼ inches and weighed two pounds − a jumbo bluegill. It’s the biggest one we’ve ever registered here.”

Walleyes aren’t biting, Roscovius said.

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“Walleyes have been pretty slow from what I’ve heard,” he said. “Guys are going over and getting into a little algae bloom over in the Petenwell reservoir − it’s just that time of year − so I haven’t heard too much of a report on the walleyes.”

In the Hatfield area, Chris Abbott, manager of Hatfield Sports Shop, said the bite has been good with a wide variety of fish species being caught.

“It has been pretty decent after the water came down − getting a few crappies yet,” Abbott said. “Walleye are slow − guys are getting some, but nothing to brag about. The bass are starting to pick up a bit − smallmouths. A few guys are catching those. The (Black) River near Neillsville is doing really good, but that’s normal in the river there.”

In the cranberry marshes, bluegills and largemouth bass are biting, Abbott said, but northern pike are biting best.

“I’ve been hearing about a few northerns being caught − a few in (Lake Arbutus) and a few in the marshes,” he said. “One guy did pretty good in Warrens, he got one or two over 30 inches.”

Roscovius said multiple baits are working for crappies, and bass appear to be liking topwater baits.

“I’ve been selling quite a few crappie minnows for the crappies, but its’ hard to keep live bait in good condition with the heat, but worms are working, and beetle spins seem to be working also,” he said. “For bass, topwater is coming around − artificial frogs seem to be doing well.”