fishing reports
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I can assure you tournament fishing is more work than most would imagine. This will be my last tournament baring Logan needing a partner until September/October. Lake Lanier is known as the Atlanta Ocean for a reason, and I would rather be in the salt water if I'm fighting that crap.
Angus 1895
5 year old buck +
Got a 29 inch white channel cat yesterday.
Two days earlier I think this one is 24 or so.
Two days earlier I think this one is 24 or so.
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Angus 1895
5 year old buck +
Angus 1895
5 year old buck +
White bass?
bwoods11
5 year old buck +
Angus 1895
5 year old buck +
BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
Took my wife and 8 year old daughter to the Boundary Waters for a trip from May 26-June 1. We paddled out 18 miles from our entry point to our campsite starting at 430am. 7 portages and lots of paddling to get there, but made it in about 6 hours. We had very few bugs until the last day. One night it got down to about 32 degrees. I wiped some frost off the tent. Tuesday after memorial was a little rainy. The next day we went an additional 5 miles out on a day trip and really pounded the walleyes on a new lake. We caught 50-60 fish in a few hours of fishing. I spent most of the day covered in fish and leech slime. Average size was very impressive. Probably over 20". My daughter caught a couple 24-25". LOTS of 21-22".
My wife told me she never caught a walleye before this trip. She proceeded to catch her first promptly followed by another 75-80 fish. She lost a really big fish on our long day trip. It was a wall mounter. We had some great fish dinners (pan fried, deep fried, and baked in tinfoil). We had 2 fantastic moose encounters. On the way out mom and 2 babies popped out of the brush close to us by shore. On the last day just as we left camp at 445 am mom and baby crossed the water in front of our canoe by a narrow neck down that I like to fish. My wife got a great video while I paddle through.
It was a highly successful trip and they are already planning on going back next year. We put about 60 miles on the canoe and caught about 175-200 fish total. I only got to fish about half the time and that was just fine. It was awesome to watch them having such a blast. Our 19 year old daughter and her boyfriend arrived in Ely this morning to take the same trip as us. They are gonna have LOTS of bugs and some weather to deal with. Hoping they stay safe.
I will be doing this trip for the rest of my life as long as my body allows. It is a world class experience.
My wife told me she never caught a walleye before this trip. She proceeded to catch her first promptly followed by another 75-80 fish. She lost a really big fish on our long day trip. It was a wall mounter. We had some great fish dinners (pan fried, deep fried, and baked in tinfoil). We had 2 fantastic moose encounters. On the way out mom and 2 babies popped out of the brush close to us by shore. On the last day just as we left camp at 445 am mom and baby crossed the water in front of our canoe by a narrow neck down that I like to fish. My wife got a great video while I paddle through.
It was a highly successful trip and they are already planning on going back next year. We put about 60 miles on the canoe and caught about 175-200 fish total. I only got to fish about half the time and that was just fine. It was awesome to watch them having such a blast. Our 19 year old daughter and her boyfriend arrived in Ely this morning to take the same trip as us. They are gonna have LOTS of bugs and some weather to deal with. Hoping they stay safe.
I will be doing this trip for the rest of my life as long as my body allows. It is a world class experience.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Wow, that's amazing! Congrats!
Mortenson
5 year old buck +
Yeah I agree, nice trip! I did BWCA twice and it was a ton of work but very fulfilling. We also tried paddling and portaging so far that you'd barely see another human. What were the walleye hitting on? We always struck out on them, but did catch a few casting cranks off rocky shorelines we'd be camping on. Bass and northerns were plentiful.
BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
Walleye were biting on 1/8 and 1/4 ounce jigs tipped with leeches. We caught a few on cranks, a few with plastics, and one with a spinner bait, but I like to use leeches and slowly drag the jigs across the bottom. Sometimes I use a bobber, but its kind of rare. I went on the same trip last year from May 28-June 3rd. Last year we really pounded them on leeches and plastics. The water was a bit warmer last year and the aquatic vegetation was a little further along with TONS of minnows and walleyes up shallow. Last year we found them all in 4-10 feet. This year was mostly 8-22 feet.
I like to focus on shallow neck down areas, places where current is running through or places where the wind is blowing in good. If you can put all 3 of those together in the same spot 100 fish day is very possible. We caught about 75-80 fish from the same spot on Thursday between our morning and evening excursion. The wind and some current really get them going. They like to come in from suspended over deep water and just smash everything once the wind starts blowing. The fish I cleaned from next to deep water were gorging themselves on tullibees.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Tell me about your electonics. I have a mini-pontoon boat that stays on our pond that I'd like to put a fish finder on but have no clue what I need or want. Does your Garmin have everything you want? What would you consider mandatory options? I really have no clue what I'm looking for and would rather learn from someone else's trial and error...
