Hot W/E action on Balsam lake!

[Slayingm]

I had 2 guide trips on Balsam lake this weekend and like the weather the action was hot! In fact on Sunday we boated 15 nice Walleye and lots of Smallies and a nice Pike. Sat. we also boated good numbers of Walleye and smallmouth. The Walleye were all caught jigging grubs and minnow style plastics on deep weedlines throughout the lake. Here is a typical Walleye one of my customers caught on Sunday.

 

On the Sat. trip I had 4 guys out and they all caught a few fish including this pig smallmouth that crushed a jerkbait. We were catching our bass on tube jigs and jerkbaits in 4- 10ft of water with rocks and scattered weed clumps.

 

Aside from all the fish we caught the highlight for me was the gourmet lunch my customers brought in a monster cooler.... even ate on china plates!!

 

Stay safe and Good Fish'n.... Greg.

[davey buoy]

Gotta say that's a great all around day!!!!,good going fellas!!

[sofabed]

I think I may be looking for a guide in September. How much notice do you need?

[singingdog]

That's a nice looking smallie.

[Slayingm]

I think I may be looking for a guide in September. How much notice do you need?

 

Hi Sofabed, all Fridays and weekends are booked up to the end of August so only booking weekdays now. I have lots of dates avail in Sept including w/e's but they will all fill.... I will PM you.

[joeybacala]

I too fished Balsam with the advice of a board member. First of all his info was very accurate and with that we had a lot of good fish too. I will say no walleyes but the smallies loved those crank baits.

[B Diddy]

Hey drhook, slayingm or anyone else in the know.....I'm fishing Balsam in a few weekends. Any advice on baits, colors, etc? I will be targeting bass

[Cast-Away]

A fun report indeed!

[joeybacala]

We were fishing on a sunny day and found the bright colours worked pretty good. The retrieve wasn't too fast and focused in the 10-15FOW along weed edges.

[Slayingm]

I think I may be looking for a guide in September. How much notice do you need?

Hi Caster.... all my Fridays and weekend dates are fully booked until mid Sept so only booking week dates now. I have Sept 5th and 20th avail for a weekend date.

[Slayingm]

Hey drhook, slayingm or anyone else in the know.....I'm fishing Balsam in a few weekends. Any advice on baits, colors, etc? I will be targeting bass

 

I have great success with Dark Pumpkin and smoke coloured tube jigs and also X-Rap and Husky jerk jerkbaits working rock/weed areas in 5-10ft of water. Good luck!