Eel Pouts, How do you catch them?

[MidCoast]

I want to catch some Pouts on Mille Lacs... What should I be looking for and what kind of presentation should I use to catch them with?

[Dylan33]

Not sure about the bite on Mille Lacs, but you generally don't have to get too fancy to catch 'em. I'm no expert, and this is very basic and vague, but here goes...

1.Fish at night

2.fish on the bottom, or very close to the bottom with a dead minnow. Jig for a few seconds to create a little noise and movement...most of the time the pout should take the bait when it is still.

3. Fish deep water structure...25-40 foot humps (same spots you'd probably fish walleye at peak times)

[perchman]

I dont know what the deal is (not that its bad) but i used to catch at least 1-2 every weekend i was up (the 2 am special), but havent caught one in years now.

[kingfish689]

Not many pout left in mille lacs over the years to many just tossed out on in ice and now they are rare. seems we always hated it when we caught one and now we miss them. good luck with pout on mille lacs. this is a good case of you should have been there 10 years ago

[TRZ II]

Best way to catch them is too fish really hard for walleye at 2am, some meth may help your luck. THey are very rare now, I have not caught a keeper size pout in 3-4 yrs and I'm up every weekend in winter.

[mixxedbagg]

What is the best tackle for pout?

[eyebjim]

By far the best way to catch them is by accident. I can't seem to keep the things off my rattle reels overnight. I get at least 1 a night followed by an hour of fixing lines. I even got one last week on the flats which was odd as I usually only get them in the rocks.

[Red Miller]

I heard it said that they are very cold water fish. Thats why you dont see them much in summer. They go to the deepest part of the lake and just lay there. Winter gets them more active with the colder water. I guess they commercially fished them on Rainy for cod liver oil in years past. But of late they have become scarce. The thinking is the warmer waters in all seasons has taken its toll.

[srfishin15]

1. Find deep mud or sand next to a rock pile or hump.

2. drill 2 holes.

3. Fish agressiely in one hole with a green glow buck shot and a dead minnow.

4. Place a bobber with a red or green glow teardrop and a shiner minnow about 6 inches off the bottom in the other hole.

good luck.

[broman]

I watched a fishing show where they were targeting pout. The did alot of pounding on the bottom with depth finders(large clip on weights). It brought them in.