The Fox River Times July 29- Aug 6 Vol.1 No.7

Changes for the FRT: The FRT has encountered many different changes since Vol.1 No.1. Besides changing to the internet, the FRT has also added many new columns, reports, and widgets (so to speak). If you notice, we have added a poll to the site, which is for what type of fish deserves to be the Fox River Fish of the Month. We started this month's poll very late, and so August's will be the full month. We have added another column titled "From Dave's Dock" written by a good friend of mine from the river. I hope you enjoy this issue, and as always... Tight lines!!

What's Hot, What's Not: Hot: Catfish, Sheepshead, Largemouth Bass, Gar, Walleye, Carp
Not: Bluegill, Rock Bass, Crappie, Smallmouth Bass

"From Dave's Dock": This is what is biting on the Fox. The smaller sheepshead are eating crawlers, but the larger sheepshead are taking crawlers and minnows. Saw a man land what looked like a 24" cat at the dam on stinky bait. My notes say that two years ago at this time we were catching bluegill off the dock, and walleye on crawlers with a white or pink jig. Good Fishin'

Fox River fishing report by: Capt' Dave Resop

Shiner Update: Shiner populations have began to decrease over the last week. Few are being caught by anglers, hopefully this won't affect some fishes feeding. Crayfish populations have also gone down since spring.

Green Lake Fishing Report: Went out 1/2 mile off Dodge County Park straight out past buoys. Marked fish in 18' to 20' of water. We were trolling deep diving reef runners at about 2.4 mph. Had a big hit, then caught 3 northern pike 18" to 21" and 1 largemouth bass 14". Troll big baits deep on Green Lake for summer fun!! Green lake Fishing Report by: Mike Goulet

On the left is a 14" bass caught on a red & white reef runner, and to the right is a 21" pike caught on an olive patterned reef runner.

It's Carp Time: A species overlooked by most anglers is the common carp. Mostly because they can snap your tackle or break your hook faster than you can say thunderpumper!! But why not hook into to one of these giants, they are more than likely one of the hardest fighting fish in most of the Fox River. If you are looking to pursue the species of carp, make sure that you have strong hooks that won't break easily. Also you want a strong rod, preferably long to enable the best hook set. Carp will also more than likely take you to your backing if hooked on a fly rod. Carp eat a wide variety of food including: Algae, insects, minnows, crayfish, worms, and even seeds. Also stuff that is not natural to the common carp like corn and artificial pastes. Below is a picture of a nice 19'' Fox River carp that was caught by Mark Goulet on a crawler and red jig.

Fish Nickname of the Week: Did you know that there are trout on the Fox River?....Green trout, also know as the largemouth bass, are moderately caught on the Fox. Below is pic. of me with Fox River "Green Trout" caught on a Storm Wiggle Wart.

FRT Fish Photo of the Week: It's a BASS-A-PALOOZA!!!!

Grandpa Goulet with a nice bass caught on his "wonderlure"! Titttabawassee River, MI

Cousins Ben and Andrew Goulet with green trout caught on a plastic worm. Highland Lake, NJ


My Uncle Mark with a nice largemouth caught on a homemade spinnerbait. Highland Lake, NJ

Coming Next Issue: The Lift and Drift method; River Gar Update; Fish Photos of the Week; who won the first poll; and much more!! Good Fishin'