Fishing & Guide Info

Hayward, Wisconsin Fishing & Guide Info - Chippewa River Guide Service

Ashegon Lake Resort is blessed to be able to offer its guests the service of a highly regarded and extremely knowledgeable fishing guide who knows the Hayward Area waters.

Tom Greenup
Tom and his wife are the owners and onsite operators of Ashegon Lake Resort. Tom has years of experience fishing Ashegon Lake and other Hayward Area rivers and lakes. Take advantage of Tom's local knowledge and easy going personality. He specializes in fly-fishing for musky, light tackle for smallmouth bass and northern pike, and heavy tackle for sturgeon and catfish. He will accommodate anyone that wants to fly fish, throw hardware or fish bait. Tom mainly fishes the Chippewa River but also fishes the Teal River and Flambeau River. Whether its flyfishing or spin casting, let Tom put you on some fish!

Full Day Guide Trips: 8 to 10 hours. Includes lunch and drinks (no alcohol). $350.00 per day Half Day Guide Trips: Normally run 6 hours. $275.00 half day

Tom furnishes:
9 & 10 weight rods for clients that do not have larger rods.
All flies and leaders as necessary.
Some gear tackle for those who may need it.

Tom uses:
9 & 10 weight rods for musky and 7 & 8 weight rods for smallmouth bass.
Sage rods and Rio fly lines.
Ties all his own flies.
Fishes out of a 14 foot Hyde drift boat.

Clients should bring:
Polarized sunglasses
Rain coat
Hat
Sun screen
Proper dress for the time of the year:

Summer: shorts, sandals or tennis shoes, light shirts, light rain jacket

Fall: dress in layers (the weather can change hourly) and rain gear

Ashegon Lake is a great fly-fishing lake for trout. It's stocked by the Department of Natural Resources with 3,000 to 5,000 trout a year. In the fall of 2000 the DNR stocked 18,000 yearling brook trout! The LCO tribe stocks walleye fingerlings, too.

While we encourage catch-and-release fishing for fun, the minimum size for trout is 9" and the bag limit is three.

The Lake is home to rainbow, brook, brown, splake, and lake trout, bass, musky, walleye, and pan fish.

Ashegon Lake is ideal for fly fishing from a boat or float tube. Local flies and guides are available. Hatches include Callibaetis, Caddis, and Midges. Fish sink tips with streamers for the big lake trout and walleye, and poppers for pan fish and large mouth bass. Within a twenty minute drive are many great rivers and streams including:

• Chippewa Flowage
• Chippewa River - for musky, small mouth bass
• Couderay River - for musky, northern pike, and brown trout.
• Day Lake
• Flambeau River
• Namakagon River - for trophy brown trout.
• Spider Lake

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Over 30 years of Fly fishing experience! Located 23 miles SE of Hayward, Wisconsin.

Float the Chippewa, Namekagon and Flambeau Rivers and fish for World Record Musky and Smallmouth Bass! Fly rods and flies are provided, and you may use conventional tackle. We use state of the art Hyde drift boats (Sage, Rio, Simms & Redington).

Come join us for a world record experience!
$350 per day for two people.

Tom Greenup, Owner and Guide