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Newman Fishing Reports

Posted: 4/7/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Was a perfect day, lake was calm only one fish landed tho, saw one other guy catch a good sm using a creature.
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By: MattG
Posted: 7/10/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at around 6 a.m. Caught this Tiger at around 7:20 a.m. on a Spinner bait. Also caught 5 LMB, biggest around 4 lb. left the lake around 1 p.m. as it hit 95 degrees.
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Posted: 7/7/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
morning of July 5 2014 excited to catch these monsters and hoping i would because i caught a few before in the past. 8 o clock no bites few hours later after getting my lure untangled from my moms rod...
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Posted: 6/13/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We got to the Lake at 5:00pm. Hooked one small perch and then my son caught this small Tiger about 6:30pm. He was using a bass rapala. We were fishing the south end of the lake. Straight out from the ...
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Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/11/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Was on the water at Newman around 12 30pm. It was our first time here. We launched and took the short trip to the top of the lake (nearest pads) trolling tipped with worm and without, fished ...
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Posted: 3/18/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Water was cold cold cold. still had ice on it Saturday. Put boat in water at 5:15 and about 6:00 i had my first Tiger Musky. So anyhow I guess i posted this to ask the question,,, do Musky get whorl...
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By: Scotti509
Posted: 11/9/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 5 largemouth between 2-3 lbs and this nice 15lb tiger muskie. All came on a jerkbait. I want to say thanks to the gentleman that took the pic. I'm sorry I didn't get your name, but that muskie ...
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By: Scotti509
Posted: 11/5/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out for some more bass fishin and got a couple nice ones (about 3 lbs ea.) No crappie this time. No sign of tiger musky either. Hopefully more reports to come !
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By: Scotti509
Posted: 10/27/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for largemouth and caught a few over 3lbs (including this 4.5lber) Also got some more nice crappie. The one in the pic went 15.5"!!!
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By: Scotti509
Posted: 10/22/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a bunch of fair size bass, a few giant crappie, and this tiger muskie. Best fight of the day !!!
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By: Scotti509
Posted: 10/12/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Newman for bass, but they weren't cooperating. I decided to throw a jerkbait for a reaction bite and ths 15lb Muskie crushed it !
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By: Packernut
Posted: 8/8/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/8/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I asked my brother in law to go fishing at Newman after work Thursday night. We each took one of our kids along for some pan fishing while we casted for Muskie. We fished the rock island while the k...
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Posted: 6/26/2013
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I don't post a lot of reports, because I don't typically feel I have much to contribute. I was typically a trout/salmonid guy, but mostly because of this site and following some of the frequent contri...
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By: Chengy87
Posted: 5/26/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for the evening to catch some bait for some River Monsters. Fishing was very slow but I did manage to catch 4 crappies and one good looking smallmouth bass. Got hit by pouring rain so I decid...
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Posted: 4/27/2013
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to go somehwere local after some warranty work on my big motor so called up a friend to see if he wanted to come along. Launched just after 8am with only one other vehicle in the parking lot. A...
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Posted: 3/27/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/26/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Water is very murky. Moved to the northeast to fish the edge of the flats. Stuck two in two and a half hours. Both solid fish fat and hungry - 3lb and 4lb. One fell for Luke articulated Chartuse and ...
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By: asdfghjkl
Posted: 12/31/2012
Species: Catfish
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I was out fishing for a coupple hours and once it got to the evening i got a huge bite. It was a 14in catfish. I also caught many crappie and perch.
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By: Scotti509
Posted: 11/24/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out from 10am-2:30pm. Tried for largemouth and got a 3lber along with a 24" tiger muskie. They were the only 2 bites I had. All in all it was a nice day to fish !
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By: Scotti509
Posted: 10/14/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got this 9lber this morning. I tried for muskies before heading out for bass. Not expecting anything, I had one follow a spinnerbait and this one crushed it. I was waking a single colorado blade and s...
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Posted: 9/18/2012
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My brother and his family drove over from the west side Friday so I could take him fishing for his birthday. He's in the USAFR and had arrived home from training in Wisconsin about 4:30 Friday afterno...
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Posted: 8/25/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We put in at the public launch at 6:30am and headed to the sunken island. We fished 5" senkos off the edges in 4' to 7' water. Caught a 2lb lm about 15 min in. Then got 4 smallies, 2 dinks, a 1 l...
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Posted: 8/24/2012
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After a summer full of commitments, decided it was time for some panfishing so I got hold of Lotech Joe and offered a day on Newman Lake if he was game. He readily accepted so I picked him up early We...
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By: raptor662
Posted: 8/13/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So we hit the lake around noon, sun was up and hot. Fished for about an hour with nothing but little bits. Headed over to my favorite muskie hole and sure enough:) was getting ready to pull my spinner...
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Posted: 8/8/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Got out on Newman about 7PM with my buddy Jake Z. Motored over to the west side of the lake, working the lilly pads with a Booyah topwater frog. after about 10-15 casts and using the "pull-pull-pause...
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Posted: 7/19/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Launched about 6pm and only fished for an hour, thought bass sounded like a fine dinner so headed out to try to make it happen. Landed a 3 pounder and a 1.5 pounder and headed home. not bad for an ...
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