Musky Fishing Green Bay
Let Epic Fishing Guide service help you catch your next trophy musky while you’re in Wisconsin. Musky can be tricky to locate but with the help of our professional fishing guides, we know you’ll have a blast on the water. After fishing in Green Bay for musky you might not fish anywhere else.
Where Can I Fish For Muskies in Green Bay?
Musky Fishing with Epic Guide Service
If you are ready to feel the adrenaline rush of catching a trophy musky, Epic Guide Service will give you the best chance to make it happen. We are based out of eastern Wisconsin, with many of our musky trips taking place in the Green Bay area.
It is a common occurrence for our customers to catch muskies of 50 inches or greater. We use a mixture of casting and trolling, depending on the season and conditions, to put fish in the boat. An average catch of one to five fish during a daylong trip is common. If you are ready to catch a musky that will impress your friends, we are prepared to put you on the fish. We use a Ranger 620 boat with the latest electronics and equipment to aid our hunt for muskies. Fishing guide Capt. Jake Kaprelian is a coast guard licensed captain, and is fully trained in the latest CPR practices.
What is the best time of year to catch Musky?
The musky fishing season starts in the spring and goes through August and September. For more information on musky fishing availability, call Jake Kaprelian at 414-484-7768 or fill out our contact form.
Spring Musky Fishing
Spring musky fishing on Green Bay is one of my favorite times of the year. Whether fishing in one of the many major river systems ( Fox River, Oconto River, Peshtigo River, Oconto River or Menominee River) or out on the bay itself, Spring offers one of the best times of the year at true Green Bay Trophy. Fish are typically up Shallow! I target extremely skinny water, 1-2’ typically shoreline areas. Musky’s typically spawn in water between 50-60 degrees, but I have seen fish still spawning in water as warm as 70 degrees. I believe there are several “waves” of fish that will show up to spawn in the rivers and shoreline areas of Green Bay at different times. Our Musky season in Wisconsin is closed during the peak of the musky spawn, to protect these delicate fish. Targeting post spawn musky’s is a great way to put several fish in the boat. Fish are hungry and active and on the move. Typically once you find a fish or an area holding fish, there will be several fish in that area. Some of my favorite spring lures for targeting shallow water musky are single 8 bucktails, double 8 bucktails, glide baits, topwater, shallow invaders, and plastic swimbaits. The later into the spring you get, with rising water temperatures, fish will start leaving the rivers and shorelines and can be found on adjacent shallow flats where the fish stage to feed. These are also great areas to target. Trolling can be a very effective way to cover water in search of fish. Pay close attention to your electronics (especially sidescan) when fishing shallow sandy flats. You will be able to see the fish if they are there!Summer Musky Fishing
Once the fish on Green Bay have made it to their summer patterns there’s several presentations used to catch them. First off we have to find the fish before you can catch them, once again utilizing electronics is key! Summer fish typically move out to deeper, cooler water, but not all go deep. Some fish will make home in the shallow weed beds/edges adjacent to deep water. Deep mud flats is a great area to search for roaming summer musky. Fish stage in 20-40 foot of water for most of the summer in the mud flats for a number of reasons. Food is the main reason, lots of bug hatches brings in baitfish, which the musky are not far behind. A thermocline will also set up in the deep water that will attract the musky and baitfish. Fishing the edge of the deep structure can be a great place to start looking for fish also. Lots of baitfish, alewives, whitefish and white perch use the structure to spawn when the water warms. The Musky will not be far from the food! Trolling is my preferred way to target these summer musky as they are always on the move. Wisconsin allows three lines per person, so trolling with multiple people cam be a great way to cover water and put fish in the boat. These are some areas myself as a Green Bay Fishing Guide looks for in the summer.
Fall Musky Fishing
There are two major areas to talk about in late summer into fall. Late summer, mid July- early sept, is probably the best time to catch a musky on Green Bay. Casting weedbeds is my go to for this time of the year. Cool late summer morning have the musky’s sliding in the shallow weedbeds in search of food. The weeds are full of perch and walleye this time of the year, making an easy meal for a Green Bay Muskie. Casting big bucktails, big rubber, and big swimbaits are a few of my favorite lures to use. Trolling can also be utilized this time of the year if casting is not your preferred method. Trolling the tops or edges of the weed beds can be very effective. Big bucktails, double 10 cowgirls are my favorite, along with Dadson blade baits double 10. Whatever your preferred method is this time of the year make sure to target weedbeds, and the edges of weedbeds for success with GIANT Green Bay Musky!
Fall on Green Bay is a magical time to target and catch musky. The chance at a 50 pound plus Green Bay Musky doesn’t get much higher then it can all year in September into October. The first big cold front of late summer ( normally associated with a big north wind) will get the fish back on the move. Fall musky fishing on Green Bay means one thing, BAIT. The fish will start leaving the weedbeds and start roaming the open water again in search of baitfish. This time of the year I like to target 5-15 fow. Normally starting my search on big flats near the summer weedbeds. I will typically troll this time of the year, covering as much water as possible. Once you find the fish using your electronics, pound those areas over and over. Musky on Green Bay feed heavily in short windows. Its very common to go hours without a bite, and catch 2-4 fish in a hour or less once the feeding window opens. If you’re confident the fish are in the area you’re fishing, pay attention to lunar activity, such as Moonrise, moonset, underfoot, overhead, majors and minors. More than likely you will be rewarded! The cooler the water gets as the fall progresses the fish will migrate toward the river mouths again. The lower bay, has a huge shad spawn in the fall and the musky gorge themselves before winter. The fish will migrate back south as the shad stage and move into the rivers. The fox river is a great place to start in fall when searching for fish. Fishing the edges of river channels can be a great area to start this time of the year also.
Green Bay is an amazing fishery and ecosystem. Many experts think the next world record musky swims in the waters of Green Bay. There’s no doubt Green Bay offers some of the best musky fishing in the world. The average size of our fish makes it hard to fish anywhere else! The bait is always moving and so are the fish. Staying on the Musky’s can be the hardest part of the game. Hopefully these tips will help you put more fish in the boat!
