Sunday on Tetonka

[Uncle Grump]

Luckyfish and I hit Tetonka yesterday from about 9.00-2.00. Our plan was to be looking for walleyes - but plans got changed - mainly due to the wind.

It was a howling East wind out there - my Frabil Hideout was going every which way in the wind (Did the 100 yd chase-your-shelter-dash at one point).

So once we got set up, we stayed put, plus Lucky still has his L. ft in a cast, so its a hinderance to him - but he does move well on it considering.

I set out a tip-up and a dead shiner - got 1 flag right away, but when I pulled it up, the shiner was gone. Lucky had been out early, before I arrived, had one perch - maybe 10-10.5" long, but fat - like a sausage.

Once I got setup - might have even been 10.00 due to my battle w/ the wind, I dropped a green Forage minnow tipped w/ a crappie minnow - a red blip rose up off the bottom, my green blip turned red, and after about 10 seconds, there was a tug. Fish on! A perch - about the same as Lucky's earlier fish.

By the time we quit at 2.00, Lucky had 4 perch, a small Walleye, and a small Northern. I had 9 perch, and a small Walleye (the northern and walleyes were released). These were the nicest perch I've seen come out of a southern MN lake. Have never been to Winni, Leech etc, so I can't compare to perch up there.

I also experimented some - nothing doing with fatheads or a portion of a fat head minnow - had to be a crappie minnow. Also tryed tipping my Forage minnow with a wax worm and a crappie minnow - got two immediate bites that way.

Tryed a red #8 hook suspended on a 4" dropper under a #2 Swedish pimple, also tipped with a crappie minnow. Two fish that way.

It wasn't fast and furious, but we got fish. I know I missed at least as many as I got, and had many, many fish come in - take a good long look, and then swim away.

All of the fish I saw on my Vex were tight on on the bottom - they would come up once you presented your bait. I got a couple of fish to follow up about 2 ft, but that was it - and those lost interest and swam away. A FL18 or LX3 sonar would have been very useful yesterday - due to the zoom feature.

Ice thickness was about 18", and it was slick - very polished - and the sifting snow on it made it worse.

Lucky donated his 4 to me, so my bride cooked up some of them for supper last night, and we have a few for another meal as well. Very tasty! Thanks for a pleasureable day Lucky!

UG

[LuckyFish]

Your welcome UG. Just wish we could have moved some I think being more mobile would have put us on some decent walleyes. Tetonka is one great lake and with all that structure mobility is the key. Wind, slick ice just don't mix with a cast on the leg! I look forward to some more trips on the lake with ya UG.

Ken/Heather we were in 26' basin.

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Good Luck & Good Fishing. Lucky

[kenandheather1121]

Congrats on the catch. Glad to hear someone had some luck. We have good luck there in the summer by best point by the docks. Get alot of really nice perch and eyes there. How deep of water were you fishing in?
Good luck and be safe.

[This message has been edited by kenandheather1121 (edited 01-26-2004).]