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    Fishing Report Clubs

    By Rick

    Fishing Minnesota has added a new menu item (see above) called Fishing Report Clubs. It's a way to keep the really good fishing reports coming and being shared only with those who are also providing fishing reports. We will only approve new members who request to join if they have already posted a recent fishing report in the area forum, associated with the Fishing Report Club area you want to join. We are going to limit the number of regular memberships, in the Fishing Report Clubs, t
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Fishing Minnesota News & Musings

do You want to do a callout to other members? @mention

You can use the @mention aspect whenever you want someone to be notified about a post or let them know you are talking about them. Type the @ symbol type in a couple "lowercase" letters pause then once the names pop-up either select or keep typing in letters to narrow down the list until you get the @mention name you are looking for. You can play a game so members can see how it works. If you want to practice or If your name has been @mentioned below you should see it in your notificatio
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basin tactics for summer walleyes

In earlier sections I spoke about weed walleye tactics and some of the things to look for and crankbait tactics for early season fishing.  As the water temps continue to climb into the upper seventies and low eighties the fish will seek the cover of the weeds and the relative cool deeper water by sliding slightly deeper and moving to offshore humps and deeper breaklines where they bottom out into the basin.  This time of year I switch my search to these areas and will cruise the breaks with my e
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Weedline walleyes part 2

Last week I spoke briefly about some things to look for when targeting weed walleyes and getting to know the types of weeds to better understand the clues and tips they can give you as to what the bottom substrate would be like.  This week I will talk about specific tactics to use to pull fish out of the weeds.  First of all live bait rigs like lindy rigs and spinners can be fished along the edges of prominent weedlines that have distinct and defined edges.  Trolling is an option with longer wee
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weed walleyes

Bass fishermen have known for years that weedlines and weed line transitions concentrate and hold fish but mention weeds to a walleye fishermen and many of them will shy away from fishing in and around the weeds opting for easier, more familiar presentations like pulling live bait rigs or spinners away from the salad.  To catch walleyes among the weeds you need to know the types of weeds and the habitat in which they grow.  Often you can rule out lily pads and cattails as they tend to grow over
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Burning down the house

Last entry I talked about using cadence changes to trigger fish and using the sweep method to trigger neutral fish.  Today, I will talk about another similar method which is burning baits across flats and ripping.  As summer water temps continue to rise many walleyes will begin to transition from post spawn staging areas on shallow weed edges to the deeper edge of the weedline near the first break into the basin. In many lakes this will put you into the 12 to 15' range.  This is prime habitat fo
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Cadence kills

In my last entry I talked about changing up the retrieves and adding pauses to trigger neutral fish in cooler water.  Today I am going to talk about speeding up the cadence to trigger bites.  As previously mentioned, many of us fall into the same retrieve we have always used when working crank baits because we are creatures of habit and will try to use patterns that have worked for us in the past.  Water temps at the surface are in the mid seventies at this time and this is a great time to begin
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Cold cranking

Well a couple weeks into the season and the water temps are coming up into the 65 degree range in my neck of the woods.  It has been a great season so far with a lot of fish boated.  Starting on the opener and the proceeding weeks I worked shallow sand flat areas in 5-7' using crankibaits.  The water temps were in the low 50's.  This scenario begs for live bait rigs and jigs and minnows and these baits do have a time and a place but for me there is nothing better then casting for open water eyes
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Fishing Minnesota News & Musings

What fathers do on Memorial day.

When you are the father you take your little girl to the Memorial day parade....but in my case... This is what fathers do on Memorial day. Watch their baby girl playing a flute in the Marching band on Memorial day. That and remembering my father and grandfathers who fought n WW1 and the cold war defending our freedoms. And all the others who defended the liberty and way of life we enjoy today. Annabelle is in the front row with the flute closest to the camera. Have a great Memorial day and i
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Oh Canada

Down to one shift and 24 hours of scrambling to not forget any crucial gear. Gotta pack clothes and buy food yet. Weather still looks great for the week. This time of year you have to pack for all weather conditions. With two young kids along, really got to make sure they are warm, dry, and well fed.
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Oh Canada

My first blog ever, but I am excited about our Canada trip coming up this Thursday. A group of guys that I have worked with over the years (law enforcement) are taking our annual foray into Ontario. We have done this since 2005 and haven't missed a year yet. I don't think we will ever miss (knock on wood for good health, etc). We have been going to Donnelly's Minnitaki Lodge since 2006 and haven't ever wanted to change resorts. The people that run the lodge are like family now. We have had ups a
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Fishing Minnesota News & Musings

To succeed in life, you need three things.

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.  Reba McEntire Our wish is to work out the tough bugs in your new Fishing Minnesota forum, there will always be some bugs and we want to have the ones that make it tough to sign-in worked out. Please use the Contact Us link at the bottom of the page if you cannot sign-in. We will help you. Some of that issue was operator error...mine. We are committed to moving ahead with the new forum because of the possibilit
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Shack's Blog

Welcome to Shack's Blog

Welcome to Shack’s Blog   Welcome everyone! This is the new bog format with the new FishingMinnestoa.com website.   We encourage everyone to join in and post/comment on our blogs.  Whose blog is going to become the most popular? What will everyone blog about?   Most likely I will blog about catfishing but one never knows what could pop up in Shack’s Blog.   Again, welcome.    
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American Angler Leagues

Lake Minnetonka Youth Fishing Informational Meeting

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Kolt Ringer, President American Angler Leagues, INC. Direct: 612.819.8500 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fishAAL.com    Lake Minnetonka Youth Fishing League Hosting Informational Meeting May 19 - 6:30 PM Lord Fletchers – Season Dates Set - July 7-August 15, 2015   Minnetonka, MN - For the third year in a row, youth anglers will have a chance to fish, compete, and participate in an organized fishing league on
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Fishing Minnesota News & Musings

When all else fails, read the instructions.

Well ladies and gentleman, seeing as no one else has started their own blog and only one other person has updated their status here, I will kick it off. As most of you know we changed over to a new forum. What most of you don't know is that it is a radically different forum. Before we get ahead of ourselves, go ahead and enjoy the new, albeit slower forum (we're working on that). Once you get used to it, it will seem very similar to the old forum with a few interesting quirks.   As 'you post
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