manitoubass2 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Well, another birthday for us to celebrate. This time it was my son Jigger, turning 7. He wanted to go fishing, so we hit the shoreline various times during the weekend. It's just the start of shiners running into the Rainy River from LOTW and Rainy Lake, and this means walleye start moving back into the river. Despite some really horrible conditions, we figured them out pretty good, and the kiddos had a blast . The water level is still really low, and the water temps changed by about 10 degrees, fluctuating up and down throughout the days, which can make things very tough. The all start bait of the weekend was Yum pink/white grubs on jig heads, cast into the current and burned back. No other methods produced fish, no other baits either, with a few exceptions (black grubs on jigs, and minnows on jigs). We caught a good 60-70 fish, mostly walleye. All were dinks though, the biggest was maybe 15", the smallest being about 6". We kept enough for a family feed, the rest were released to fight another day. Campfire hotdogs, frog catching, crawfish hunting etc all filled an adventurous weekend with my children, followed by some homemade pizza/breadsticks, and of course a fish fry. We ate good, had alot of fun, and were all reminded how much we have to be thankful for . I actually had to thank my son for making my weekend so memorable, lol, thats pretty cool if you ask me! Fish food Gotta be comfy to fish! Eagles celebrated with us! Rare catch A giant! lol, held out and still small. Caught fish like this all weekend admiring the catch, as a team! Maybe you can join us next year my girl, lol Hope you enjoy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Great family fishing report!! Sounds like a great time, and, I'm sure the boys didn't care that the 'eyes were smaller. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaque Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Thats awesome....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Fantastic stuff....that's my kind of birthday for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Great stuff. What a fun weekend for the whole fam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) Great family fishing report!! Sounds like a great time, and, I'm sure the boys didn't care that the 'eyes were smaller. Thanks for sharing! It was a great time! I try to put my kids on numbers more than anything, thats what they prefer, and they find it more exciting. One lb or 10lbs doesn't matter to them, lol. This weekend though were going for the mommas, haha Edited September 13, 2011 by manitoubass2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 2 little guys fishing already, 1 taking tackle inventory Thats priceless !!! thanks for the smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) 2 little guys fishing already, 1 taking tackle inventory Thats priceless !!! thanks for the smile. I think she'll be an angler as well, as soon as I put a rod down it takes her .5 seconds to make it to the rod! lol I got two girls as well that fish, but they were pre occupied on that day, by crawfish and frogs, lol Present time! The girls fish too! sucker Edited September 13, 2011 by manitoubass2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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