limeyangler Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 After getting some local knowledge and sifting through past reports on different forums , my buddy and me headed to Minnitaki for the first time. Its been on my list for a while but never seemed to get round to it. Advice from a local was 30' deep. Turned out to be 40' deep. Mid water reef/hump was the best spot. We had a few other spots recommended but there were always a few boats on those spots. We did get the odd fish elsewhere but very few. Wind had been strong from SW the past few days and we tried the windward side of points and islands....with limited success. Got a few smallies and pike when trying shallow...but no walleye. Wind was light to non existent all day except for 1/2 an hour in the morning. Slip bobber in 40' feet worked well in the mirror flat conditions out on the reef. Jigs and minnows, bottom bouncers with minnow/crawler all worked. We did try unsuccessfully for some lakers too, but as luck would have it seems I damaged my transducer when i pulled the boat off my trailer to fix the bunks.....DOH! We did have the trolling motor transducer but it was not getting a good signal either....kinda fishing blind yesterday. Went through the creek from Butterfly Lake into Lyons Bay....water levels are pretty low everywhere out there...but the creek is still passable with motor trimmed...no way you are gonna get through at speed...we chewed up the bottom with the prop a few times....thank goodness its a soft mud bottom. All in all a decent enough day....good numbers of fish...just pretty small. 40' seemed the number out there yesterday...although we did get some even deeper. Reel up slow ! VIDEO <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QZ82n_Bp-Bg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 haven't tried walleye on the float yet....looks like a productive method! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptackle Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 haven't tried walleye on the float yet....looks like a productive method! One of my faves - very relaxing too! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushart Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 A little more homework will lead you to a magical place like Adamhay (sp) Just be extremely careful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) couple of nice action shots thanks.this is a cool shot Edited September 14, 2012 by spincast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Great report Simon. It's not very often that I see a fish taking a baitfish tail first but you have a good picture of one. Thanks. Your video seems to be set to private btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 good report I always love trying new lakes and figuring them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJQ Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Great post!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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