brainerd Brainerd Fishing Reports

[ozzie]

easy to do (live bait rig) get a weight swivel and a hook and you have a good start to a basic bait rig to start trolling with.....

[gulllakeguy]

Gull has been better for eyes lately for me. Have found them on mid-lake structure in 20 ft plus water well away from weedlines. This has been early a.m. stuff.

[stick27]

Has anyone been doing very well on the Gull chain? I have heard of some being caught on the weedlines but not a lot. I havent had the chance to get over there lately and was going to try this week.

[motley man]

Any new reports on the bite on Gull? Is it still the deep weedline and what seems to be working ?

[Davidjojo]

We had success last week lindy rigging with red tails around the weed edges (12ft to 15ft). Clouds and wind were a major factor. Walleyes and Bass together with Rock Bass and Northerns. I fished early every day 5:30AM to 9:30AM. Check out Cobins bar and the Hayfield on the north end.

[ratherBfishnJP]

Hey im curious as to where there are boat launches north of rabbit lake on the mississippi and how the fishing in that area is usually. I am currently in merrifield past half moon saloon. nay help would be appreciated thanks guys

[Traxxx]

Have you used the one east of the Half Moon?

[ratherBfishnJP]

Is that off of county road 19 turns into a dirt lane that goes into state woods and has no dock? do u fish that area of the river often and do u have any luck? usually i fish south of rabbit by greens point but i wanna find new areas to fish north.

[Traxxx]

How did you guys end up doing? Did you find that little oxbow lake we talked about?

[ratherBfishnJP]

Hey traxx we are heading out tonight. we have been so busy and worn out building our vacation house we just havent done anything! but now we got some time to get out. I think we may try heading up that way. Ill let ya know how we do!

[WalleyeJeff]

I built amd lived in the house just off of the Halfmoon landing. Fished that area a lot. Great small mouth this time of year. Also did ok for eyes on some of the bends. Talked to one guy a few years back caught a musky in Halfmoon.

[ratherBfishnJP]

When we went out there last night, we noticed there were alot of hard bottom and depth fluctuation. some spots would be 15 to 17 foot while others esepecially on the bends were 5 to 7 foot of water and seemed to have alot of current moving thru it. what would u use for the smallies and walleyes thrue there. My son caught a HUGE ring perch last night about 2 lbs. and we hit a few crappies and some big sunnies but that was about it.

[TrophyEyes]

Someone told me the walleyes are really deep, like 40+ on Pelican. Is this true? I would expect the fish would all die if you were catching them that deep with the water temps where they are. Thoughts or reports?

[jjz]

You might find them that deep, but 18-22 has been best for me, lots of numbers and nice fish with jigs and minnows. Generally always better fishing and better for the fish to fish as shallow as possiable.

[Eyewitness]

Was out there Sunday. Lots of fish at 28-30 FOW.......

[whitebassman]

slow day today on gull. marked lots of fish, but no biters. Blame it on the front that moved in last night.

[tori's dad]

fished Gull- monday and tuesday sept 20,21st. Monday had an bad east wind gusting to 35 mph- made fishin a little tough- did manage four 18" eyes - using live bait rigs with rainbows- couldnt find decent sized redtails- that may have worked better in my opinion- Tuesday landed 12 walleyes- some on the small 14" size but four over 20" as well- live bait rigs again- here is the kicker- I couldn't catch a fish in under 30 ft of water and the majority came out of 50+ feet of water- great to be out up north again- good luck!

[buddha]

I'm going to attempt Gull on Saturday unless it's pouring rain. Thanks for the update. Guess I'll start looking at the weeds and head deep till I find them.

[Flakehead]

Arrived in Brainerd 3ish Wed, fished Edward from 7 to 2:00Am and took 1 eye and kept 12 crappie from 10 - 13", minnows and mimic minnow, interestingly, we also cought 5 bullheads with one of them looking like his head was the size of a softball! Fished Round 2 days when the wind was blowing 7000mph and caught maybe 10 kept 6. tough to control the boat and rain made it miserable but what do you do when on vacation, fish! Friday night after the wind died I waded onto the flats and threw a #11 original rapala and caught one walleye about 1:00 am under the full moon, way cool! Finally got on Gull Sat about 9:30 after replacing the starting motor, grrr, marked fish on the big rock bar, threw a bouy out on the marked fish and withing 15 minutes there were 10 boats in the area. Didn't catch any so moved to Cinosam bar and got two. tried a couple of the sunken islands with no luck then moved to Holmans point and found some fish using the transition between two small ridges running off the weed line down to 25'. Caught 9 keepers there, largest just under 22" and one 27" northern, all eyes came from the 13'-18' range on both round and gull, some into the weeds. One more thing I'll say is that we used redtails, chubs, and rainbows and caught fish on all of them. Bought 3 doz rainbows Sat AM and only had 5 left that night and cleaned 9 eyes. At $4-5 a doz it was a good alternative to $9 redtails.

Good luck!

[leech~~]

Arrived in Brainerd 3ish Wed, fished Edward from 7 to 2:00Am and took 1 eye and kept 12 crappie from 10 - 13", minnows and mimic minnow, interestingly, we also cought 5 bullheads with one of them looking like his head was the size of a softball! Fished Round 2 days when the wind was blowing 7000mph and caught maybe 10 kept 6. tough to control the boat and rain made it miserable but what do you do when on vacation, fish! Friday night after the wind died I waded onto the flats and threw a #11 original rapala and caught one walleye about 1:00 am under the full moon, way cool! Finally got on Gull Sat about 9:30 after replacing the starting motor, grrr, marked fish on the big rock bar, threw a bouy out on the marked fish and withing 15 minutes there were 10 boats in the area. Didn't catch any so moved to Cinosam bar and got two. tried a couple of the sunken islands with no luck then moved to Holmans point and found some fish using the transition between two small ridges running off the weed line down to 25'. Caught 9 keepers there, largest just under 22" and one 27" northern, all eyes came from the 13'-18' range on both round and gull, some into the weeds. One more thing I'll say is that we used redtails, chubs, and rainbows and caught fish on all of them. Bought 3 doz rainbows Sat AM and only had 5 left that night and cleaned 9 eyes. At $4-5 a doz it was a good alternative to $9 redtails.

Good luck!

We just closed the camper down on Edward this weekend. This was one of the worst years we have ever had for Eye's on the lake. Also, did you say you kept 12 crappies from Edward? They are even harder to find on that lake then Walleye's are. Good Job!

[gulllakeguy]

Went out to Gull today. Awesome day to have off and to be fishing. Wow, the bite was on. Rigging with redtails in 20 to 16 fow on a very steep break to deep water. Right where they're supposed to be. The wind picked up at 1:30 and they started feeding. All fish between 16 and 23 inches. Water temp 55. West wind at 10 to 15 and a slowly falling barometer. We found alot of small fish in spots but kept searching til we struck gold. Good luck!

[eyenutt]

Been on Gull 3 times in the last 2 weeks. some of the best fishing I've had all year. some days they were right next to the weeds other days we found them in 25 - 28 feet. best has been lindy with red tail or large rainbow although I've caught them on jig and minnow some on raps and even used up some old crawlers and caught them on those too.

[hookitintail]

have you guys been gettin your fish on the north or south end of the lake?

[eyenutt]

yes...I have caught them in numerous spots. move around until you locate the fish and them work them for a while.

[gulllakeguy]

North end

[jwmiller33]

Traxx, how has the walleye been up in your neck of the woods lately? I'd like to get out on Gull at least one more time this fall. Its been a great year, from the ice in january, the hot summer months, early fall and now id like to hit em one more time this late fall.

[WalleyeAlliance]

The Walleye fishing is the best it's been all year on the Mississippi

We have caught over 150 fish the last few times out. 30" being the biggest

Check out the pictures on the web site. Some lakes south of Deerwood of been producing good size and quanity also

Walleye Alliance

[eyenutt]

Was out on Gull one week ago today. Took my Father in Law out for his last outing of the year. Caught 25 - 30 eyes, wanted to have a family fry so we kept 10 for the pan...nice size 15 - 17"

[Traxxx]

Traxx, how has the walleye been up in your neck of the woods lately? I'd like to get out on Gull at least one more time this fall. Its been a great year, from the ice in january, the hot summer months, early fall and now id like to hit em one more time this late fall.

JW,

Haven't been out in a while,been busy chasing birds around. Sounds like they're still biting good on Gull from the reports I've been hearing. I'll be on stand all this week. Hopin to get a chance at a big buck and poke him with a sharp stick Good luck if you head up. Not long til we're back on the ice

[buddha]

Picked up a couple of nice eyes on Gull saturday and marked a ton in 24ft but couldn't get anymore to bite. Had to put the boat away for the year. Can't wait till ice I guess.