Jump to content
  • GUESTS

    If You  want access  to member only forums on FM, You will need to Sign-in or  Sign-Up now .

    This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member.

So how was the weekend on tonka?


Recommended Posts

I had a very productive morning on Saturday. Got out about 5am till 730am to try a new spot that nobody has fished all year and turned up three walleyes in about 20 ft of water. It was cool getting out and trying new spots and having it pay off with a few fish.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Where did ya go? I promise I won't tell. I went to a lake up by Rockford called Rebecca. Just doin a little crappie fishing. There was not a footprint on that lake I've been fishing Tonka all my life so I'm experimenting a little now. Besides my brother who I fish with lives in Becker so we split the milage.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Even on Tonka (I have fished it most of my life) if you look hard enough you can turn up some places to fish which do not get touched. We will have to get together the next time I head out to Tonka.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Caught four walleye eaters this weekend. Lost the biggest walleye of my life. Got it to hole, when I tried to turn it's head around to bring it up, my line snapped. I have an 8 in auger, the belly was at least 8 inches across. It covered from side to side across the hole. I will kick myself for a while.

I will fish tomorrow though.

Steve

Link to comment
Share on other sites

That's disappointing but at the same time motivational pipesmoker. Any tips on how you're catching them? I do not want your spot, just depth, bait, and/or time of day kinda thing.

I was out on Saturday and had some problems so I didn't get on the spot I wanted to be but I only caught one small perch fishing from about 5-9 pm. Didn't mark a single fish after the perch left.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

34-6 feet. I jig with a small swedish pimple and shinner head, and deadstick with a fathead. I'm catching fish with both. I think we just have to be there when they come through. Somedays nothing, somedays I need them to slow down. I have a spot that was unbelievable this weekend. I'm going tomorrow a.m. and I'll let you know. I hope it's not time to go for crappie. Walleye are so much fun!!!!

Steve

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I fished last night from 5-8:30 or so with some luck. I was in about 25 fow and was marking fish after the perch left but couldn't get them to bite. I was using a jig and a big fathead on one line and an angel eye and minnow head on the other. Ended up dropping down a plain hook and a smaller fathead and instantly had a 16 incher. I marked some more fish and couldn't get anymore to bite until I pulled up another fat 16 incher on the jig and minnow. This was around 7 or so. I was still marking fish but they started to look smaller on my flasher so I downsized one of my lines thinking they could be crappies but couldn't get them to bite. Finally a little after 8 I pulled up a rock bass. I was marking a lot of what appeared to be walleyes for a good portion of the evening but just had a hard time getting them to bite. All in all it was a pretty good night though.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Vado's is a long ways away from me. I couldn't find shiners either at my places.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 Quote:
Vado's Bait on Centeral Ave still has Shinners!!!!

Are you sure about that, I haven't seen any there in a while.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The gal at my baitstore told me that the reason no one has shiners is because the DNR implemented a regulation that bans the import of shiners. Any truth to this? How long has this been around? That really sucks because there is still so much of the season left that we could be using them. Sounds like some shops still have them.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

A bait supplier I know confirmed this. Most of our shiners come from down south. Not anymore. The places that still have them are getting them from a local source.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

We had a huge post about shiners not long ago. It's to stop the spread of VHS. (Fish ebola)Found as close as Green Bay so far. Find that thread - good info

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.


  • Your Responses - Share & Have Fun :)

    • leech~~
      Nope not me.  May want to go nextdoor and ask around?  
    • smurfy
      Looks to me like Leech brought his chair home!!😅😆
    • Brianf.
      I'm not there, so I can't tell exactly what's going on but it looks like a large area of open water developed in the last day with all of the heavy snow on the east side of wake em up Narrows. These two photos are from my Ring Camera facing north towards Niles Point.  You can see what happened with all of snow that fell in the last three days, though the open water could have been wind driven. Hard to say. .  
    • SkunkedAgain
      Black Bay had great ice before but a few spots near rockpiles where there were spots of open water. It looks like the weight of the snow has created a little lake in the middle of the bay.  
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   Thanks to some cold spring weather, ice fishing continues strong for those still ice fishing.  The bite remains very good.  Most resorts have pulled their fish houses off for the year, however, some still have fish houses out and others are allowing ATV and side by sides.  Check social media or call ahead to your favorite resort for specifics. Reports this week for walleyes and saugers remain excellent.   A nice mix of jumbo perch, pike, eelpout, and an occasional crappie, tullibee or sturgeon being reported by anglers. Jigging one line and using a live minnow on the second line is the way to go.  Green, glow red, pink and gold were good colors this week.     Monster pike are on a tear!  Good number of pike, some reaching over 45 inches long, being caught using tip ups with live suckers or dead bait such as smelt and herring in 8 - 14' of water.   As always, work through a resort or outfitter for ice road conditions.  Safety first always. Fish houses are allowed on the ice through March 31st, the walleye / sauger season goes through April 14th and the pike season never ends. On the Rainy River...  The river is opened up along the Nelson Park boat ramp in Birchdale, the Frontier boat ramp and Vidas boat ramp.  This past week, much of the open water skimmed over with the single digit overnight temps.   Areas of the river have popped open again and with temps getting warmer, things are shaping up for the last stretch through the rest of the spring season, which continues through April 14th.   Very good numbers of walleyes are in the river.  Reports this week, even with fewer anglers, have been good.  When temps warm up and the sun shines, things will fire up again.   Jigs with brightly colored plastics or jigs with a frozen emerald shiner have been the desired bait on the river.  Don't overlook slow trolling crankbaits upstream as well.   Good reports of sturgeon being caught on the river as well.  Sturgeon put the feed bag on in the spring.  The bite has been very good.  Most are using a sturgeon rig with a circle hook loaded with crawlers or crawlers / frozen emerald shiners. Up at the NW Angle...  Ice fishing is winding down up at the Angle.  Walleyes, saugers, and a number of various species in the mix again this week.  The bite is still very good with good numbers of fish.  The one two punch of jigging one line and deadsticking the second line is working well.   Check with Angle resorts on transport options from Young's Bay.  Call ahead for ice road guidelines.  
    • CigarGuy
      With the drifting, kind of hard to tell for sure, but I'm guessing about a foot and still lightly snowing. Cook end!
    • PSU
      How much snow did you get on Vermilion? 
    • Mike89
      lake here refroze too...  started opening again yesterday with the wet snow and wind...  very little ice left today...
    • Hookmaster
      A friend who has a cabin between Alex and Fergus said the lake he's on refroze. He texted me a pic from March 12th when it was open and one from 23rd when it wasn't. 🤯
    • SkunkedAgain
      I don't think that there has been any ice melt in the past few weeks on Vermilion. Things looked like a record and then Mother Nature swept in again.   I'll give my revised guess of April 21st
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.