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It appears that most of the bass are off their beds on the deep clear lakes near Hackensack/Longville. I did see 1 smallie guarding the nest still. The winds have the minnows piled up on the NE corner and I'm sure the walleyes were there, but I struck out on my first lake (1 smallmouth). Only fished for eyes for a little over an hour in the morning darkness. As the sun was rising, I switched lakes and was excited when a decent smallmouth smoked my small wake bait as soon as it hit the water on my first cast on lake number 2. Ended up catching over a dozen around shallow rocks and deep cabbage before it was time to go to work. Didn't get much sleep last night, but it was well worth it!!IMG_20190626_044506911.thumb.jpg.5356d56e98d8f9f194902b4b475a2ba6.jpgIMG_20190626_051018877.thumb.jpg.01787116c452a0bddd2e92851a9607dd.jpgIMG_20190626_052313691.thumb.jpg.9ce55a59858666c98ea9b373f8a5b203.jpgIMG_20190626_055434323.thumb.jpg.4bd0352bf078abe3a2bd0326f1a0f4fc.jpg

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"Although the Northland has been about a month behind it seems from where the fish would normally be this time of year, the recent heatwave has bumped up our surface temps and the cabbage beds are getting thick, good news for us as we target the green cabbage at least 70% of the time on our trips as the heat of summer sets in and we always end up with the most plentiful bags!

The cabbage provides cover, shade and holds tons of baitfish so why wouldn't fish thrive in it?

Walleye: ANYBODY’S GAME RIGHT NOW! No matter your preferred style, they’ll hit it! Walleye can be found in 13’-16’ of water or also in 24’-32’ of water pulling spinners and bottom bouncers tipped with crawlers, Lindy Rigs tipped with either crawlers or leeches, Crank Baits, pitching Shiver Minnows, or Jigging Raps have all been producing well!

Bass: Smallmouth have moved off the shallow flats now. You will find them on the rocky or gravel points, bars, and humps. Try using Drop-Shot, Carolina-Rig, or even Lindy-Rig with leeches. Largemouth are hitting Spinnerbaits in the shallows. Try working the pencil reeds, cabbage beds, or soft bottom bays.

Panfish: Crappies and Sunfish alike can be found, you guessed it, in the cabbage beds as well as off the weed lines. Using small jigs like a Clam Tungsten Drop-T, tipped with either live bait or plastics under a slip bobber, has worked quite well. If you prefer a more active method, toss small Mepps spinners or Beetle Spins.

Pike: Of course, well pulled up several of these through our efforts in targeting others. However, if it is the lurking Northern you seek, you’ll find the best luck tossing spoons such as a Dare Devil or pulling spinners over the cabbage, on the weed lines or along the shallow breaks leading to deeper water. Floating a sucker minnow under a float can be hot early morning or in the evening."

Cheers Friends!

 

 

Update: I also wanted to add, as many of you know we have finally hit a major Mayfly Hatch. Although, it does bring forth a little bit more of a challenge, use the hatch to your advantage! The technology that we have today with down-imaging is unbelievable! If you notice a large cloud of mayflies on the graph, the fish are usually located right below them or around. Even though they are getting a belly full of bugs, you can still entice them by slowing down, using simpler presentations! 

Cheers!

— Justin & Alice Wiese, Wheezy Outdoors Guide Service 218-275-7525

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Thought I would add in a Hackensack area report.  I hit up a lake in the area with a few buddies for some crappie fishing.  We made swiss cheese of the lake and finally after searching all day we found a school that wasn't running from us!  We had a blast catching many crappies over 13" with the biggest running 14.75".  All fish over 12.5" went back into the lake.  We kept a few meals worth but released the majority of fish caught.  We looked all over in the deeper areas of this lake but found them in 15 feet of water.  Was a beautiful day on the ice with ability to drive off road everywhere and there had to be 2' of ice or more which made it more work but the reward was well worth it!!  Bait was tungsten jigs tipped with plastics.  I added a euro once in awhile but was not needed as the others in my group did not use them.  Good Luck and tight lines!!

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