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Population:2,011 (2000 est)
Elevation: 1630 feet
Land area: 34 sq mi
Water area: 6 sq mi
Zip code: 54558
County: Vilas

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St. Germain, Wisconsin

The name St. Germain comes from a French soldier, Jean François St. Germain, who came to this region in the late 1600s. The area holds many great memories for me.  When I was 14, my best friend moved there at the end of the school year.  Over the summer, I went to see him… and it seemed as if he had moved to the other side of the planet – it took that long to drive there.  But once there, I really didn’t want to leave.  It was sooooooo beautiful.  Many years later I returned when some close friends performed in the 4th of July parade and I had a chance to see just how hospitable the town of St. Germain could be… I had a ball!  And then in the fall of 2003, I went back for a Musky fishing tournament, and I fell in love with St. Germain all over again. Read more

Articles
On the Hunt for Muskellunge
It was the 15th Annual St. Germain, Greater Wisconsin Musky Tournament, and Berghoff was the Tournament Sponsor for the second straight year.  A contest was held to become the official Berghoff Musky Hunter Team...Read more
Tying the Palomar Knot
Often mistakenly called the Palmer Knot, the Palomar Knot is arguably one of the best knots to know how to tie – especially for the avid fisherman. It is an extremely easy knot to tie, exceptionally strong, and very popular with bass fishermen for tying on jigs and worm hooks. It’s also the only knot that will work with Fire Line®.

 

Fishing on Big St Germain in the fallFishing Report

January 8, 2008

Here's the latest scoop on our area conditions...
Our warming trend of late has been a double edged sword of sorts. It's great for ice fishermen, absolutely terrible for sled heads. The mobility issues of a week ago are no more, although a bit sloppy out there, actually walking around on the ice is easy now.

The ideal situation would now consist of a hard freeze followed by an inch or two of snow for a little traction. It's very slick out there, so be careful and if/when it freezes without snow cover some "creepers" may be in order.

I'm finding 9-13 inches of that hard, clear ice, an inch or two layer of water, and a frozen slush crust perhaps 2-3 inches thick. Some guys will add those numbers up and call that the ice thickness, I go by the hard ice I find. Some of that top ice is soft, some you crunch through, once it's frozen solid it offers stability.

The crust will hold some weight which makes mobility MUCH easier. A buddy was over on Stormy yesterday and found 8-9 inches of good ice. He mentioned most guys were parking on the ice by the landing and unloading four-wheelers/snowmobiles then heading out but one guy did drive out... that's just insane this year, not worth the risk. I in no way recommend road vehicles on the ice this year, you'll see them out there, but.....

An important note, as Pete has already mentioned, is our over-all ice conditions when compared to this time frame in years past. We have nowhere near the ice cover as usual, know your lake, get reliable reports, back up those reports with your own investigations. Our ice varies greatly from lake to lake this year.

The fishing....

Fishing has been really good the last few days, good action, good numbers, some bigger fish. The warm spell has definately turned some fish "on". Pike have been very co-operative using shiners in weeds (smaller fish) and, surprisingly, in deep holes (larger fish).

The wallys are doing their usual "like clockwork" thing. You could probably set your watch and be within 10 minutes by your first walleye catch.... 4pm. Either sucker minnows or shiners have been working. The key is small, get the little 2 1/2 - 3in minnows. Watch your bait guy, don't let em' load ya up with those 4 - 4 1/2 inch sucker minnows. You'll end up with a lot of "hit n drops". They'll work but not nearly as well as the smaller bait.

Panfish have been going strong also, my basic spring bobber rig coupled with the Vexilar and maggots on a little Rat Finke has been the ticket. Very basic approach and working well now. I was beginning to focus on all panfishing but the wally bite has sucked me back in lately. I'll get back to some gill/perch fishing soon, I need to come up with a fish fry for some visiting friends.

In a nutshell, the water on top of the ice has created late spring-like conditions. I've noted lots of water running into holes which must refresh the system leading to an increase in feeding. That's my take on it anyway.

Well, that's the happenings from Eagle River...

Many flags n fish frys to all.

Muskie Matt
Regular Fishin' for Regular Guys
www.MuskieMatt.com
www.MuskyMatt.com
info@muskiematt.com
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A map of St Germain, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States. Click to see the map on MSN Maps & Directions

St Germain, cont.

The St. Germain Chamber of Commerce website sums it up pretty well: “St. Germain Wisconsin is in the heart of Wisconsin's Northwoods, surrounded by 1,300 lakes, the Chequamegon National Forest, the Nicolet National Forest, the Northern Highland - American Legion State Forest, the Oneida County and Vilas County Forests.”  Now I ask you – what more could you want?!  With excellent fishing, golfing and biking in the warm months, fishing, snowmobiling and cross country skiing in the cold months, and great lodging, shopping and dining all year ‘round… have you got the best of all possible worlds or what?

Check out St. Germain and make your northern Wisconsin vacation one to remember!

 

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