kashwakamak fishing

[yellowned]

Hello to all, new to the site, looks like a great place to share fishing info.
I booked a fall fishing trip to kashwakamak lake. I'll be staying at fernleigh lodge. Hows the fishing in fall on the lake? I usually spend 2 or 3 weeks vacationing in Canada. Summers on constant lake outside of egansville or black Donald, fall at Charleston lake. Next year I need a change, after 20 years of fall fishing at Charleston , which has been hit hard with zebra mussels, its time to try a new lake. I love fishing for fall footballs, and enjoy walleye to. Hows the smallmouth/walleye fishing on the lake? Looking forward to fishing the lake, any info would be great.
Again hello to all !! yellowned

[TLunge]

Hello! welcome to the site, I dont fish Kash much but I would have a hard time picking it over Charleston at any time of the year, just my 2 cents. Its nice to go exploring new waters though.

[Trophyhunter]

Not a bad lake to fish , if you fish out in front of the river coming from the Falls there are pockets of Walleyes , smallies can be found all over the lake on the usual points and drops , you can also put your boat into Marble lake , good eye fishing in the Fall , don"t expect any monsters ,avg eyes go 2-4 lbs , smallies 2-3 lbs , not what you would catch on Charlie , but fun

[yellowned]

ever since the zebra mussels, charleston footballs have been fewer
and fewer. I believe the alewives are gone, and there's not enough
large bait fish to support the big smallies. just my opinion

[NorthAMfishing]

I've fished Kash several times and it has never disappointed me. However you can spend a lot of time fishing unproductive waters if you don't know where to go. Honestly Kevin has all the hot spots memorized and he will put you on them. I find the best thing that worked for me was jerkabaits for the smallies and spinnerbaits in tight to cover. Shiner patterns, black and chrome worked very good for me in the past. Word to the wise stay away from back bays with fallen trees everywhere, looks tempting but there's nobody home.

[JP]

As Frank said ask Kevin the lodge owner. He knows his stuff.

The many well marked shoals infront of the camp are great morning spots for top water Smallies and the mid lake humps have great evenning fishing for walleye.

As mentioned stay away from all the log ridden shore line. Looks so great but nothing there.

Weed beds are hard to find so bring a GPS and mark ones that you come across. most weed lines are in 15ft of water and not visible by eye.

Cheers and good luck.