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"The Lodge" fishhouse.. How's mobility on area lakes??


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Thinking of heading out towards Hutch area lakes "next" weekend.. Bringing the "Lodge" fishhouse, and portables.. How has the mobility, travel, been on the area lakes?? How has the walleye bites been?? No need to name a lake, just how the bite has been??

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You should be fine as far as travel goes, depending on what happens with this snow that's coming tonight/tomorrow.

Ditto on the flow fishing.

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Try Minnie Belle in the morning for eye's.

Howard Lake for crappies in the evening and eye's during the night.

Ripley and try Stella for dink eye's.

Travel in not a problem but bring a shovel, there are some 1-2' drifts out there! Ice is anywhere from 12-20+".

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Pelican Lake for Crappies, Ripley only has HUGE eyes, everyone that is out there is catching good eating crappies

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Status of the fishery as of 2005:

(Ripley)

Moderate numbers of walleye were gill netted, for this type of lake, ranging in length from 10.0-25.9 inches. Walleye averaged 20.0 inches. The 2005 walleye catch rate (4.0/net) was almost identical to the all time high catch rate from 1995 (4.1/net). Walleye were last stocked in 1981, indicating that natural reproduction is sustaining the fishery.

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Last time stocked in 1981. It would be safe to assume that yes there are hogs in ripley. Average of 20" Them are not hogs, but having an average like that sure does sound pretty dang good. Thanks LIMITOUT

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Info from MNDNR LakeFinder on MinneBelle,

A total of 51 walleye were sampled by gill nets for a catch rate of 5.7/net. This catch rate was slightly down from the last gill netting in 2003 (6.7/net). Of the 51 fish netted, 75% were 15 inches or larger and 16% were 20 inches or larger. The average length of fish captured in 2006 (16.9") remained about the same compared to 2003 (16.7"). Fish age determined from fish scale samples revealed walleye of 11 separate ages. Fish that were 3, 5, 6, and 7 years old were most common. Walleye fingerlings are stocked every other year at Minnibelle to supplement natural reproduction.

So comparing Ripley and MinneBelle, if you were to catch bigger walleyes, Ripley sure does give MinniBelle a run for the money

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walleyes disappeared and the travel i good, been to alot of lakes north of hutch but wolf lake i got northern and crappies other then that i could be mowing the lawn.

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    • partyonpine
      Opener and the week after were good.  Not the numbers we normally get but better quality in the East End.  Not surprised on the weights for the Auto City a.  Usually for us we only catch a few slot fish but we averaged 3 a day for 10 days.  2 overs, biggest 27 inches.     Our best luck was 12-16 feet for quality.  When we went deeper we caught more but smaller.  Bass were really starting to heat up.  For me little earlier than normal.  Found some nice Bluegills the day we went after some panfish.  Dock fishing was as many as we wanted per usual.
    • Shulsebus
      We will be up on June 8th for the week. It will be our 13th year in a row staying on the lake.  I hope the walleye are hitting the bobbers by the time that we get there. 
    • SkunkedAgain
      Those are some fine specimens. Great job
    • gimruis
      I'm quite shocked to hear that a walleye tournament is still doing a live weigh in.  Virtually every event these days around here is doing a catch, photo, and release format.   Regardless, nice work.  Congrats.
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   A great week of fishing with walleyes and saugers caught in good numbers.   The go-to presentation, again, was a jig and frozen emerald shiner.  Emerald shiners are a staple in LOW and walleyes love them.  Other minnows worked also, but emerald shiners are a favorite of anglers for good reason.   The Lighthouse Gap area, Morris Point Gap and just in front of Pine Island held nice fish in 17 - 21' of water.  Various schools of walleyes and saugers across the south shore.     A quarter ounce jig in gold, glow white, pink, orange, chartreuse, or a combo of these colors tipped with a minnow worked well again.   Some big pike and jumbo perch being caught by walleye anglers. On the Rainy River...  Some nice walleyes were caught on the river this weekend, although most anglers normally head to the lake.  12 - 15' of water is holding some nice fish.   Sturgeon fishing on the Rainy River is closed until the keep season starts up again July 1st. Up at the NW Angle...  Some nice walleyes being caught along with a mixed bag.  12 - 25 feet of water.  Points, neck down areas and bays with warming water were holding good fish this week.    The go-to presentation was a jig and minnow as on the south shore.  A mixed bag as is common around the Angle.  
    • leech~~
      Nice work!   Here's two words you hardly ever hear anyone say anymore.  "grateful and humbled"   
    • Brianf.
      RLG, thanks for the shout-out!     Jeff and I are still trying to wrap our heads around what happened this past weekend.  We are humbled and full of gratitude  for having won 'The Classic' for a second time.     We practiced through all the rain on Thurs and the wind on Friday and found six different spots holding big fish.  Fishing was good on both days with several 'overs' in our catch...but would it hold up for another day?   We didn't know.     On tourney day, we made a long run to our first spot where I lucked out on a 26.5"er on my second cast.  Jeff followed up with a thick 27" er a few minutes later, which turned out to be the big fish for the event at 7.26lbs.  We finished out our limit and weighed-in at 10:30 am for the welfare of the fish in our livewell.    There were some big weights in this event which would have won in most other years, but - for whatever reason - this was our day.  Everything just went our way.  Again, we are just super grateful and humbled by this success.  We also want to congratulate all the other anglers who did well and give a big 'thank you' to the tournament organizers who put on such a great event!  
    • SkunkedAgain
      I had a good start to the season on opener. Fishing was slow but consistent. I had four eaters in the box by lunch dragging perch raps. Crappies were biting. I haven't been up since so don't know how things have changed since then, but I'm sure the walleye continue to migrate out into the main basins.
    • redlabguy
      Let’s start this by congratulating Brianf and son for winning their second City Autoglass Walleye Classic last weekend. These guys know how to fish.  We just got to the lake for the season. Chores are almost done and I’m ready to fish.  red(new dog is more yellow)labguy
    • Jetsky
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