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PASSIONFORTHEEYES

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PASSIONFORTHEEYES Enthusiast

PASSIONFORTHEEYES

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Headed up next weekend, Help needed!!!

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Fished the west side Friday and Saturday, certainly not fast and furious but fishing was pretty darn good.....Finally!!! Water temps ranged about 61 to 64. Had to do some searching and work the spot just right but we found nice fish at a couple of different locations away from the big packs. About a 1/3 of our fish were over the 19.5 mark. We used a non traditional type of spinner rig and I think this was key as the other boats that flocked in on us were'nt getting them near as well as these things did. Fish bit Crawlers and Leeches about equal, minnows picked up a few as well.<P>Saturday afternoon around 4ish saw a nice storm cell bombard the south shore with rain and hail. The radio chatter made it sound like it was miserable for some of the brave folks that dared stay out while this passed!<P>Spoke with friends that fished shallow water near Twin on Friday and they did pretty well. Other folks I spoke with did well near Willow creek on Friday afternoon.<P>Water has warmed up nicely now so the fishing should be pretty good for a few weeks yet in the shallows.<P>fiskyknut<P>

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Thanks Fisky for the good report, as soon as the weather permits we will be up there.

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I was up Wed-Sat out of Wheelers point area. Fishing was a little slow, but we did better than most. We caught fish anywhere from 7 feet to 26 feet, but most were 13-17 Minnows were the best bait. The bite was very light. The key was S L O W!! Dead stopped vertical jigging landed me a 27" eye on Saturday. <P>Good Luck

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Two of us fished Buffalo yesterday, it was a little slow for me, my partner using a copper spinner and night crawler, out- fished me 3 to 1. I was using hammered gold and chartreuse spinners and crawlers. We kept 11 eaters. Water temp yesterday was 59-60 degrees with a good old east wind. A fun day on the "Pond".

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Fished Sat & Sunday out of Morris Point.<BR>Not much action, most fish being caught on minnows at the Field. Caught a couple on crawlers, Water temp about 59 Degrees.<BR>

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    • smurfy
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      By smurfy · Posted

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