limeyangler

Ive always used a flourocarbon leader when fishing topwaters for bass. Either the swivel or uni knot is effective to connect the line to the braid. I was using 17lb vanish, reason....Pike! However the pike seldom got anywhere near the leader line, even when i was using mepps spinners. I am rethinking the flourocarbon leader for topwater lures though, as i've heard it sinks rapidly and would maybe have an effect on the action of the lure, especially the heavier 17lb test....just my thoughts out loud really.

Hi All, Went out on Monday on Lake Wabigoon with the intention of getting some walleye. I was in a couple of small lakes off the main body of water hioping the walleye had moved onto one particular mid water hump. Alas no walleye yet. So plan B was to cast for bass with topwaters, 2 follows but no takers....so to plan C. We have noticed a real explosion in the crappie population in one of the lakes, and have been catching them frequently, if not incidentally while fishing for walleye, so i decided to actually try and target them. To cut a long story short the pattern seemed to be, find the bays with a grassy like weed, set your slip bobber to 2' and away you go....all nice size too. I did try using a powerbait microtube as bait as i was ripping through minnows because of the abundant perch and small pike also inhabiting the bays in the grass. Once again i have to say that the claim that powerbait/gulp outfishes live bait is far fetched in my experience, and whilst i did catch some, the bite was not as aggressive or as frequent as with the live minnows. MONDAYS FISH WERE ALL AROUND THE 13" RANGE So.....Monday i layed a slaying on the Crappie, i only kept 4 as i realised as i was putting them on the stringer i had no idea how many made up the legal limit, i knew it was more than 4 (12 or 15 i think) but being uncertain decided to be cautious. I wanted to go back to see if there was an actual pattern or whether i had just lucked out, so i headed back there yesterday(thursday) Turns out it was not luck and the ticket was to find the grassy weed bays and set the bobber shallow. It seemed that they were only on the east shore of the lake too, as i tried across the other side first to test my hypothesesiseseises ....lol...however you spell that. Anyway, now armed with the knowledge that you can legally keep 15 in Zone 5, and with the killer tactic worked out, i put another beating on them crappie, although i did only keep 6, as they are big and i dont need 15 to feed my family....here's some video of the action........ CRAPPIE DAY.....LOL

Ok....lol.....next time i wont bleep out the swaring Glen

Hi all, Had another great morning on another little back lake with some good buddies. We carried the 12' boats down to the lake, attached the 4Hp motors and were off. First cast produced a 21 incher for me....and so it went on...and on. Lots of jackfish too....always fun. I could go into huge detail....lol...but wont. I was using a hammered gold Beetlespin witha yellow 3/8 jig, and chuck was using a hammered gold walleye spinner, both tipped with a live minnow. Most of the fish were caught on the wind swept shoreline in 12' to 3' FOW. Chuck and myself must have thrown back over 20 fish, the majority over 19".....with the best going to me at 23"......man these guys were fighting hard! Here's the pics/videos from our morning. WALLEYE VIDS ALWAYS LOTS OF PIKE SOME PICS HAD A BLAST......CANT WAIT TO GO AGAIN -Cheers -

Hi all, I've been invited to pre- fish for the Dryden Walleye Masters on Tuesday. The guy told me he wants to try trolling for walleye. The water is very stained to tea coloured where we are, nowhere is more than 40' deep. Any and all tips would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

AWESOME!

Too bad about the tourney sign Looks like a great day out, like others have said, your son's smile says it all.

Excellent walleye there Bruce......i sympathise with your daughter......despite my natural in-built tan...i still fried today...and thats with sunscreen......had the shades on all day too so i look like a panda.

Great Pike there girls, excellent report TJ.

Yup, certainly am getting through my cash for bait, we are busy scoping possible minnow ponds at the moment, first traps should be in this week. I did a little experiment with a buddy last year, he was using Gulp leeches from the tub a i had live leeches....i out fished him 5 - 1. Last year the now never to return PWT Can- Am tournament on my home lake wabigoon was artificial bait only (Canada won!) and the guyswere bringing impressive 8 -10lb walleye to the weigh ins every day, not sure if that was on gulp type baits or trolling crankbaits though, lol...they tend not to say where and with what they caught their fish. A lake i went to weeks ago fishes best with twisty tail grubs, whereas when i tried those at the lake in this report not a sniff. I guess they work, but for me its a confience thing, if i'm already shelling out $50 in gas for boat and truck to get into some remotish lakes, i'd rather put in an extra $10 with my fishing partner for 4 dozen minnows. I might revise that as my funds start to dwindle though....lol. Actually yesterday was the first time i have been bit all year, its been soooooo cold here up till this week, but i'm sunburnt now....YEAH....SUMMER....AT LAST! Hey Splashhopper, its a good job you live down there...lol....my wife'es folks are in Dorchester, w'ell be down in October so you can put me onto some good spots when we're down....sound good? Gissa shout when you're back TBAY. You mock my pain.....lol.....its a tough life for me here...you could try and be a bit more understanding Would love to see ya up here JB....LJ could team up with my missus and give us a lesson in fishing. If ya come in september w'e hit Lac Seul for some Fall fishing....some real hawgs to be had. Yup Grt1, i wold be going crazy if that was me....you are a lucky so and so to be on Gullrock....my time up there last August is still the best walleye fishing i've experienced so far .

Hi all, went back to a a lake i'd only fished once before...and that was icefishing, but we did pretty good so had high expectations for it. Took a good hour to get in there with the ATV, trail in was in pretty rough shape. We headed to the creek mouth we'd fished in April on the ice....no joy except a couple small pike. We then tried to find some sheltered shoreline as the good ole weather network was ....as usual....way off the mark with its forecast and there was a really strong northwest causing whitecaps.... ........anyway after struggling to get good boat control with no fish to show for our efforts we headed to a spot we had fished through the ice in February, and after a 2 hour search for walleye we limited out in 20- 30 minutes, with a good number of oversize fish going back, a couple of small whitefish (i'll be back to target those for sure) and a boat load of slimey pike. All taken on jigs with minnows, colour did not seem important as we all caught around the same amount with different colours. Minnows were main bait, i had a few nightcrawlers and they worked just as well, just hooked on the jig. 12' 14' FOW was where all the fiash were, including the whities. Here's a video of us when we found the fishies, and a few random pics of the afternoon. WAS WORTH THE WAIT LOTS OF MINNOW THIEVING PERCH TOO LOONS WERE NOT SHY AT ALL LEW'S DAUGHTER INSISTED WE KISS ALL THE FISH BEFORE PUTTING THEM BACK, NO TONGUES THOUGH PLEASE...EWWWWW! ALWAYS LOTS OF PIKE IT SEEMS THIS WAS SITTING IN THE MUD AT THE LANDING, KINDA COOL THE STRAINED LOOK ON MY FACE IS CAUSE I HAVE AN ELBOW INJURY AND THE STRINGER WAS HEAVY!

Congrats on the first '09 crappie Mike. the carp battle sounded like fun. I love circle hooks ....but someone mention the hair rig set up...good advice.

Thats something i've got on my to do list...catch a fish on fly tackle.....WTG JB! Now...back to the important stuff....lol....when ya gonna catch a walleye?....just kidding. Good stuff man!

LOLOL......i know exactly what you mean by too tired to do a detailed report....had many days like that myself. Excellent report .....nice fat Whities!

Great stuff Rob! that 27" is a real beauty! Love the sunset pics too BTW.

Sounds very promising John, my wife took to bass and pike fishing......especially with the topwaters, she hates fishing for walleye though...too slow and boring she says...even when she's pulling in fish after fish (dont start Dawg)

Nice looking Lakers....good pics too.

Good stuff archie...nice looking supper there. I had the same problem today....my fishing buddy Lew just wont slow down....lol...he trolls way to fast IMHO...i'm a terrible passenger....much happier when i'm in control of the boat

Thats incredible.....soooooo many trout. Ive been 3 times for brookies and still to catch one....here's you with 100's....lol...not fair! great report and pics. Cheers.

you mean you all kept your limit!!!?....ok ....ok...i am joking....lol...JOKING!!!! great stuff Mike....guess team 3 gets some more inches....WTG

hi all, got out for a couple of hours on Tuesday, went to a spot i love even though the fishing has been tough there so far this year. In fact the fishing has been sporadic evrywhere for me this year. Talking to other anglers it has a lot to do with the cold weather, poor fishies dont know what time of year it is or where they should be....lol. I snuck into the little bay after trying to find the smallies....without success, water temp at the surface still mid 50's. Anyway, was marking lots of fish in the little cove and tried my usual 1/8 jig 'n' minnow presentation. Got a couple of pike but was after some supper fish...walleye and crappie. I knew something was up with my presentation because i could see the jig on the fishfinder and fish were coming off the bottom but not hitting. So i decided to try the slip bobber, instant result...small walleye. Then i lost what mustv'e been the biggest crappie i have ever seen...was at least 14 inches and fought like a 3lb pike......darn it! Also tried the floating jig with a running(slip) sinker ...again instant results....a nice 17' walleye. Then the thunder clouds started to gather and i decided to head home before i got caught out in the middle of Lake Wabigoon.......anyway....seems like slow vertical presentation was the key yesterday......here's a few pics/vids.

Nah, not taken with my 'mobile'.....lol......i dropped my camera the other day and its not been the same since......and yeah....the smallie was surprise...a welcome one too

Hi All, Went out with my buddy Adam fora few hours on Lac Seul this afternoon. All fish were caught on plain jigs, most were on the sand bars in 5-16 FOW. We saw a few other boats out there...and most agreed whhen we chatted at the landing that the day was slow. We still got a few fish over 20 inches our limit of 17-18 inchers a load of small pike, i even got into a 19 inch bass for good measure, i expected more as we have done really well there before...but i aint complaining...honest Here's a few pics/vids of the days events

excellent.....gonna have to try that with my 3 month old...thanks for the idea

Hi all, Got all my chores done pretty late yesterday, its hard to not keep stopping and playing with my baby son...he's all giggly and playful these days. Anyway at around 7pm both wife and baby were napping and i thought i'd hook up the boat and try a little pond up the road. Went there opening weekend with a buddy and drew a blank apart from a few small pike. Surprisingly enough for such a small lake this lake has a good walleye population, and even a few bass. GOT INTO A WALLEYE ABOUT AFTER AROUND 20 MINS TROLLED AROUND FOR ANOTHER 1/2 HOUR WITH NO BITES, ONLY A LONE LOON FOR COMPANY HOOKED INTO PSYCHO BABY PIKE, THOUGHT HE'D GET AWAY BY BITING THROUGH MY ANCHOR LINE....LOL GOT A FEW MORE PIKE ON TOPWATER, ALL PRETTY SMALL THOUGH TROLLING BACK TO THE TRUCK I GOT INTO A BETTER WALLEYE All in all a great couple of hours mesing around on this small pond. All the walleye went back as this is such a small lake, the pike were also returned.