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I'm not much on the newer depth finders, but the guy I fished with had a new Lowrance and his chip had White Iron on it.

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CCY - We are heading to Shagawa this coming weekend for a week. Previous years we stayed on the Farm/Garden/Iron chain so this is my first time to Shagawa. Your post has me real excited, I hope I can get into the smallies like that. Any tips?

FYI - We will be staying at the Lady Bug Lodge, from what we saw while visting there it is a nice family place. If you are interested I can let you know more about it once we get back.

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gurkster, I would hit as many of the midlake rock piles as you can find or points with big boulders they seemed to hold more fish. When it was calm I used top water (rebel pop-r's) and when there was some wind I used rattle traps crayfish color and a brown shad color. I wish I would have went early'r in the week rather than the last day of our trip. I would have trailered my boat every day of our trip if I new it was going to be that good. I wish I could go again this fall. Let us know how you did up there and how the resort was when you get back. GOOD LUCK CHOMP!

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Just got back from the cabin and the walleye bite is still hot on Farm lake, catching eaters anywhere from 6-12 feet with the majority in 8-9. Slip bobbers and leeches worked for us. Caught a few nice sunnys and one still had her eggs. Late spawn this year but nice to catch the walleye so easily in july. Will be back up in 2 weeks to have at it again. Boat traffic on the lakes seems down big time probably due to gas.

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Welcome to FM grin

Where did you stay??? TimberTrail. Did you fish the reef on Farm??. Try trolling shad raps also next time you go on the reef.

Troll anywhere from 5-23 ft. You will catch bigger Eyes & Smallies .

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CCY - Thanks for the tips. We leave in the morning. I will have a report when I get back on both the fishing and the resort.

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CCY - We had a great time at Ladybug Lodge. I would highly recommend them - very nice people and place. Fishing on Shagawa was ok. We hit the mayfly hatch - so they were all over the water, and also hit some wind and rain mixed in. I will be back to the resort as they were great. I would also like to fish the lake again under better conditions. We did get some fish, but it was slow for us.

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This work thing is killing me, finally getting back up to Farm on the 28th July, what is the word on the eyes? We had a great crappie hole but it has been dead for 3 years, any recommendations or techniques anyone could pass along would be great.

Pat

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No, tubing the kids one day and we stopped in 23 feet southwest of the big island and while changing out kids we drifted across a tree pile(must have been put there prior ro ice out and sunk). It bloomed on the finder and we caught the biggest crappies there for 4 years, not a thing since, have not been able to find the thing the past 2 years(may have decayed down). The kids won the Hawg panfish money 2 years on a row at the Winton gun club). Well they are 21 and 23 now and the time just keeps flying by. We got a book on top of the 13 YO but he keeps on growing).

Pat

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Back around 7 years or so not too far from Timbertrial lodge is the spot I'm talking about I think it was 26 ft. It is now laying on the bottom.

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I'm heading up to Farm on Saturday for a week, staying at Timber Trail. Where is this rock reef located? Looking at a map, I'm guessing it's just north of the island off the point, is that correct?

How about the smallies, where is a good place to find them on Farm?

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Look at page 1 the third post down. If you want more info let me know. I'll check back later. Say hi to Bill and everyone from me . Mark Pothen

Welcome to FM grin

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Another good spot for trolling Shad raps is just follow the shoreline to the left of the boat launch, troll the entire shoreline up to the boy scout camp. You will catch Eyes. Smallies & sometimes Pike.

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Thanks Rodmaker

I'll tell them hello from you.

I've been going up there for 15 years or so and just love it. Never had a ton of luck with the fishing, but that's partially due to the lack of effort. This year I'm planning on spending more time on the water. My kids are getting into fishing now, so it's easy to get a pass from the boss.

Saturday can't come soon enough...

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It's pretty easy fishing on the reef with slip bobbers, and tiny glow jigs. You will catch Eyes & Smallies.

How many go up there, and what cabin do you stay in??

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I go up there with a group of 30-40 extended family members. We normaly rent 5 cabins or so in our group. My family and my parents "tough it out" in the 6 bedroom Diamond Willow cabin. We have having some friends from Charlotte NC join us this year as well, so we should come close to filling it up.

I'm one of the few who brings a boat, so lots of pulling kids on the tube or ski's and evening boat rides. I dont mind, as long as I'm on the water I'm having a great time.

Since I'm hoping to increase my fishing time this year, I'm guessing that will have to be early mornings.

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If you can, try and get out with lighted bobbers around an hour before it gets dark, and fish for around 1/2 hr after it gets dark. It's a blast

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The week on Farm was alot of fun. The weather was perfect and the fishing was decent. I got out most mornings did pretty good fishing for walleye's. Spent alot of time on the rock reef jigging with leeches, and also tried trolling and drifting the shore between the launch and the boys camp. Had a couple of 22's and lots of 12's, but still caought enough 15's for a couple of meals.

We also found some fun sunfish action between the point and the island one evening with the kids. I think we ended up with about 20 of them. Another fantanstic trip to Farm lake.

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Fishing was pretty slow for us we tried all over and never really got into much of a bite. The biggest was a 22 incher at night not much else to speak of. The weather was near perfect alot of tubing and waterskiing was had by all. A very beautiful location I look forward to going back sometime.

Thanks for all the updates Good fishing!!

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Any Smallies. Sounds like a good trip. Hopefully some of the info I gave you helped.

How is Bill doing??

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Rod Maker no smallies a few rock bass. It was wonderful I will be back!!! Thanks for your help

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Anyone care to give any recent reports out of these lakes. Hope those that had the chance to enjoy summers last long weekend had a good time. Family,fishing and the scenery of these lakes how can that be beat.

Thanks in advance.

Farmer

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rodmaker:

Just looking at some of your posts on Farm Lake area. The wife is giving me a week fishing trip up north next spring for my b-day and am trying to decide where to go. Looking for great walleye, northern and small mouth fishing. Can you give me any information on the spring bite on these lakes, looking at the last week of May to the first week of June. Any info. would be greatly appreciated, haven't been to the Ely area in a long while.

Thanks!

Farmer

P.S. my e-mail address is [email protected]

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First of all give Bill @ Timbertrail lodge a call and book a reservation. Give him my name mark Pothen. I'll shoot you an e-mail Mon.

Timbertrail lodge has a great guide. Rob Nelson you may want to book also.

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Any advice on the chain for this next week? Not looking for anything exact,,, just general info. Also, any word on Shags? Thanks in advance!

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