The season of summer is upon us and is being enjoyed by our visitors, guests, and vacationers who are experiencing many back to back days of sunshine, evening showers, and a wonderful afternoon breeze coming across the Chippewa Flowage. Fishing has been terrific for walleye, pan fish, and especially for bass. The very heavy weed development on the Flowage has caused a tremendous surge in bait fish survival and thus many species of fish are in abundance. Crappie and big Bluegills are feeding in deep water cribs and brush piles. Anglers are having good luck catching walleye on deep water humps and submerged wood structure. Walleye fishing has also been excellent at the heavy weed break lines near original river channels. Bass fishing on the Chippewa Flowage is outstanding---good sizes and in large numbers. Fish for bass in warm water bays, in weed pockets, around exposed wood structure, and over sunken brush piles----artificial lures seem to work best for the bass. A few good size musky have been caught, registered, and released on the Flowage. Musky hunters are saying that they are seeing fish but it appears the big "turn on" for the musky is yet to be experienced.

Recreation on the Chippewa Flowage has been a delight for our summer visitors. Boaters, skiers, pontoons, rope swings, wave runners, canoes, kayaks, and tubers are enjoying the thrills of summer water activities. Most campsites on the Flowage have been occupied and folks living on the Lake can experience the call of the Loon, the flight of Eagles, the chasing of the chipmunk, and even a visit from a Black Bear on occasion. Loon chicks, Mallard ducklings, deer fawns, bear cubs, and infant skunks can sometimes be observed while on a slow moving boat or pontoon. We are enjoying a excellent come back of the Blue Heron on the Chippewa Flowage after a devastating ice storm a few years ago----Herons can be observed flying over head between the heronry and a fishing area, perched on a swinging tree limb, standing in a striking potion over a fish filled pool, and lashing out with a screech when startled by your presence.

The fireworks on the Flowage are planned again this 4th of July. Campgrounds, private homes, and many resorts provided a glorious display of color and sound for the celebration----Happy Birthday America! The Lumberjack World Championships will be held in the Lumberjack Bowl in Hayward in July.

Be somewhere this summer or join us this coming fall----come to the Chippewa Flowage and allow us to provide you with an experience of your life----an outdoor adventure in the serenity of a wilderness montage.

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