Jenks Bait & Tackle
Jenk’s Bait & Tackle has been serving the Hayward Area for over 75 years! We are your One Stop Shop in the Chippewa Flowage Area! Located conveniently between the Chippewa Flowage, Round Lake, Callahan Lake, Moose Lake, and the Quiet Lakes, our knowledge of the surrounding waters and woods has been invaluable to our guests and community for many years.
We are a full service One Stop Shop as we offer a variety of products and services from Live Bait, a full line of name brand fishing tackle, ice, cold beer & soda, propane cylinders, firewood, rod & reel repair, line winding services, special order firearms, and firearm transfers!
Jenk’s Bait and Tackle is more than a local tackle shop. It is an experience, and more importantly–a tradition. We are very passionate about the Hayward Lakes Area, and we love bringing you the best quality and up-to-date products while still maintaining that nostalgic and rustic mom & pop bait shop feel like back in the old days. We thank you for choosing Jenk’s Bait and Tackle as your One Stop Shop for all your fishing needs in the Chippewa Flowage Area!
Complete Line of Fishing Tackle and Live Bait
13 Miles East of Hayward on County Hwy “B”
Our rod and reel prices are competitive with, and often priced lower than the discounters and catalogues. Give us a call at 715-462-3055 for more information, or stop by and see for yourself.
Located conveniently between the Chippewa Flowage, Round Lake and Callahan Lake, our knowledge of the surrounding waters have been a help to visitors for many years.
Whether you seek hunting and fishing information, want to hire a guide to fish the Chippewa Flowage or surrounding Hayward Lakes, or if you simply want to chat about the Hayward area, we’re here 7 days a week to help make your stay a pleasant one.
Open Water, and Ice Fishing Guide Services through Hayward Guide Service which is headquartered at Jenk’s
Fishing Report / News
2025-10-26
Walleye
Walleye fishing has still been pretty slow. Some folks have had mild success primarily with larger Fatheads and Suckers, but the bite has been slow overall. The water temps seem to be a bit too warm still for the Walleyes to start their Fall heavy feeding that we usually see this time of year.
Musky
Musky action has been solid. A lot of nice fish have been caught this week on a variety of baits. Suckers have definitely been the bait of choice, but Rubber Baits, Glides, and Jerk Baits have been producing well on the Chip. Fish have been reported in a variety of depths at the moment so there doesn't seem to be a cookie-cutter pattern out there just yet. However, sitting off deeper edges with a sucker while casting up on to bars and weed beds is usually a pretty good tactic.
Crappie
The Crappie are schooled up in Moore's Bay and The Blueberry Flats but they aren't quite hitting these last few days. Anglers are definitely reporting action and getting some fish but they said a lot of the fish they are marking seem a bit disinterested in the baits and presentations currently being thrown at them. Crappie Minnows are always your go-to, but make sure you have some plastics and hair jigs at the ready in the event they aren't too keen on the live bait on a given day.
Weather
Highs this week look like they will range from the low 40s to high 50s while lows will range from the low 30s to high 30s. Currently no rain is forecasted for this week.
Water Temp at time of this report
53 Degrees
General
Musky Sucker Availability Report: We still have a very solid supply of Musky Suckers and will definitely have them through next week and a pretty good chance we will have them for the first part of November as well. We got ya covered here at Jenk's Bait and Tackle!