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[Mike89]

2 hours ago, eyeguy 54 said:

first timer. not in bladder yet. not fun. drugs helping. 

did they break them up for ya??   never had them and don't want them!!!!!

hope all goes well for ya....

 

[eyeguy 54]

thx, just one.  2mm. no need to make it smaller.  just gotta let it do its thing. 

[Wanderer]

I found a tightly grouped school of smallies last night hanging on a pile of 22 - 50 mm stones in the river. 

18 incher

They’ve been pretty tough in the high muddy water lately but if you can find the right current break they seem eager to eat again.  3 inch swim baits and Rapalas are doing it right now.

Good luck Royce.  I’ve only had one in my life and that’s one more than I needed!

Edited July 7, 2018 by Wanderer

[Tom Sawyer]

5 hours ago, eyeguy 54 said:

thx, just one.  2mm. no need to make it smaller.  just gotta let it do its thing. 

Glad your on the mend...

[Coleman]

Has anyone been able to find a few eyes on the chain? I've been really struggling this week. Water temps in the upper 70s and weeds seem to be everywhere. I've been seeing weeds up to 18' deep. I've been mainly fishing Horseshoe, but plan to hit Cedar this morning. Mainly been dragging a spinner rig with a crawler in 15-17'. Thanks for any help. 

 

Luckily I have a load of venison to feed the crew if the eyes don't cooperate. 

[Borch]

I've been finding some nice eyes in the river sections look pulling cranks in 5-8 fow.  Best has been early morning before the boat traffic gets too heavy.  During the week when boat traffic is lighter has prolonged the bite.

[Wanderer]

Had the family out yesterday for for some ‘toon time.  The whole cruise, fish, swim, tubing, eating, fishing again deal here in central.  We were an a smaller lake due to the wind (10-15; G to 25) but still made a good day out of it!  

Water temps were in the upper 70’s and the panfish were stacked up on the wind blown weedlines.  I was able to troll to start out scouting.  We picked up bass and pike but I was able to drop way points on the schools of panfish and return to them later.  The anchor was just enough to keep us hooked up to where we could dunk crawlers under slip bobbers set anywhere from 6-10 feet and keep everyone catching fish.  Sunfish mainly with some reaching the 9 inch mark.

Nice dinner last evening.  Everyone happy and a little sunburned.

[Borch]

Got out fishing Wednesday evening and targeted panfish to start the night.  Got into a mixed if sunfish and crappies off the weededge.  Crappies suspended higher and sunfish closer to the bottom.  Caught quite a few in smaller plastics.   Water temps around 80 degrees.   Tried trolling for eyes after dark but couldn't find any.  Did get into some dandy bass though.

[JustinN]

Put the boat in the Mississippi River for the first time north of Sartell Dam and landed a 20.5" eye, two smallmouth of average size, a catfish, and too many party crappies. Jig with enough weight to make contact with the bottom and a crawler hanging off was the ticket. 

[JeremyCampbell]

Nice day out.Looking forward to fall.

 

[monstermoose78]

Great stuff Jeremy 

[eyeguy 54]

I see the secret beach.  

 

[JeremyCampbell]

Hey guys.Hope you and your families are well.Missed you all.

[Wanderer]

7 hours ago, JeremyCampbell said:

Hey guys.Hope you and your families are well.Missed you all.

 

I was wondering if we were going to see you back around.  Glad to see your post! People get busy in the summer ‘n all.

[JeremyCampbell]

Pretty day on the river..Some size 6 hooks and a container of crawlers made our entertainment today.

[monstermoose78]

Looks like a great time had by all Jeremy!!

[Rick G]

Nice job, JC!!!

[kfancody]

I found 14 of these! Glad ice is back.

[Rick G]

Got out for the first time this winterish... with eyeguy54 .  Anyhow, we chose a community hole that we heard had good ice.  Within 20-30min of town. Once there we found between 4-5inches of clear hard ice, the wind and warm temps through out the day ate away at the new ice a bit. We did find plenty of fish, most were just a bit small, but hey I was on the ice and enjoying life so no complaints today. I found my best action to be shallow, 5-8ft, close to  live weed growth. Only thing I really had continued success with was a pink Northland slug bug. I tried quite a few other baits, but kept putting the slug bug  back on.  

If your planning on heading out in the next few days, please use caution. The rain we just had likley will have negative effects on the new ice. I know that quite a few areas of our lakes froze later than than the more wind protected areas. Please stay safe and use a sharp spud bar to check your way.

[eyeguy 54]

fun time for sure getting out, now with the rain and a little warmth time to sit back and wait a bit. Looks like a nice cold week on the way to make it good. That's a sweet rod you made. I had good luck with gold again tipped with small impulse mayfly and for fun fished a while with the pink polka dot with slug bug and they liked that also. Smoking 6 crappies today. I used the old UL gander rod with the spring bobbed for most of the day with 3mm. Had the 4mm polka dot on the UL inferno. Both worked dandy. I put the solar green micro ice in 3 pound on all the reels for this season. These eyes can see it much better. 

[kunzi26]

Got out over the weekend to one of my regular lakes. Found between 6-8 inches everywhere I drilled. Was pretty windy and getting worse so I set up pretty quickly with my light pop-up after drilling a few holes in 8-10 FOW. Was able to get into a few smaller crappie and some pretty decent gills. Didn't keep anything this time, mostly wanted to get out again with my 9mo old pupper. He did pretty good, was happy with sniffing each fish I pulled up until a 25" pike decided to add some excitement to the morning! Here's a link to the video (You can skip the 1st 20 seconds or so of me fumbling with my phone camera.) if anyone wants a laugh - sorry for the language. I realized halfway through after he got up to the ice and ran that he pulled down my other rod that had about a foot of line in the water to keep Patch from sniffing the jig. The rod got caught luckily on the pike's line and I was able to pull it up after landing the pike. Lesson learned! 

 

Video Link - https://photos.app.goo.gl/yU2qXuq7DscXAqfn9

 

 

[Mike89]

excellent!!!  good save on the other rod too!!  good looking pooch too!!

[matt320]

Fished Little Rock tonight Erdmans access, fished from 9pm-1am,  9fow buck shots and  pink glow hooks and shiners on a dead stick have been good baits seems like after dark they only want the dead stick between two of us we got 20 eyes average was between 14&16" night bite has been hot lately would have stayed longer but we ran out of minnows. 

[Rick G]

Guess it's time I put up a report..lol.

Snow is pretty deep on our area lakes, travel is tough. Hole hopping is darn near exhausting! Good news is, fish are still eating. Just have to be more energetic to get to them this winter.  At this time of yr, most fish will be in mid-winter locations with shorter peak feeding times. The last few outings the panfish have been most active for a few hrs in the morning and a shorter but more consistent evening bite, mid day has been a grind to stay on active fish.   The good news is that with the heavy snow and slush pockets on the lakes it will keep fishing pressure to a minimum, so if you do have a chance to get out you might find you have your favorite spot to yourself

[Wanderer]

Yes!  The snow has been a battle in Central MN!  I’m expecting deep snow and slush for this weekend but gonna give it a go anyway!

 

Super nice fish Rick!

[smurfy]

got bored so took a drive around the chain. sure isn't a whole lotta activity. most activity seems like around the island by cozy corners. the south end is nonexistent for fish houses. otherwise a few scattered around ceder island and horseshoe.

[smurfy]

pretty quiet out there this morning!!!!!!!!

[Borch]

Today was the window.   Gonna be nasty out there tomorrow with fresh snow and winds gusting to 45 mph.

[smurfy]

went by grand. eddies was jammed packed. a few out and about on the lake. 

[Wanderer]

1 hour ago, Borch said:

Today was the window.   Gonna be nasty out there tomorrow with fresh snow and winds gusting to 45 mph.

 

You got that right!  Just checked radar and the incoming precip is turning almost hurricane like.