Upper Red Lake Fishing Reports by Outdoors with JonnyP
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By Jetsky · Posted
I'm catching them on bobbers and leeches. Try fishing smaller side bays on the edge of some rocks but not in the rocks. Fish in about 6 - 10 feet of water. The bite starts about 7:30 pm till 9:00 pm. I also noticed a few may flys hatching in the areas I'm getting success. I think they're coming into the bays in the evening to feed on the mayflies. -
By SkunkedAgain · Posted
Generally I agree with your assessment Gimruis. Nobody likes a nanny state, but the harsh reality is that without rules and regulations far too many people take advantage of limited natural resources. There are those that will never follow the rules regardless, as well as those that don't recognize that as more people catch more fish, we all need to keep less. I've eaten a few SM in my life, and they taste just as good as a walleye or northern. However, I would bet that 80% or closer to 90% of all people catching SM practice catch-and-release. Therefore I am not sure what a slot is going to do in this specific situation. Maybe the DNR has some good theories but I doubt the main culprit is the number of large SM being kept for food. I assume that it is a contributing factor but not the main one. -
By gimruis · Posted
Honestly the only way you are going to catch more muskies is to put more time in targeting them. If they aren't willing to bite, you aren't going to catch any. Its not like walleye or bass or panfishing where if a fish is in a neutral mood you can still maybe get one to bite. The bite window is shorter and briefer with muskies and there isn't nearly as many of them either. You could fish for a week straight without a mere sign of one and then when a bite window opens you might catch several quickly. I would focus on weedy areas with good cabbage. Target periods of higher potential like sunrise, sunset, cloudy/rainy days, and at night time if you are able to. I wouldn't use really big lures yet either. Downsize a little until late summer and then you can beef it up with bigger lures. -
By gimruis · Posted
If this theory is accurate, then we've created our own problem here by keeping too many sizable ones and not enough smaller ones. Its no different than the problem we've created with northern pike populations in many lakes that are full of stunted, smaller aggressive ones and lacking sizable ones. Most fish this far north take a significant amount of time to reach larger size. Removing these larger fish takes time to replace. For many years, the regulations in Mille Lacs for smallmouth was only 1 fish over 21 inches. Now, you can only keep fish under 17 inches. I believe the regulations in this lake is what has made it what it is today. Relying on anglers to do the right thing to overall better the status of a fishery rarely works. We tend to rape and pillage for too long until the problem can't be fixed anymore. -
By MikeG3Boat · Posted
Had another tough fishing weekend. No walleyes for me. I don't know what I am doing wrong, I am marking fish around the reefs in the mid 20 ft of water, but nothing is biting. Where are some of these bobber spots people are talking about? Any help would be appreciated, I just can't seem to get this figured out. I am over on the west end of big bay. I willing to drive a ways if it will be worth my time. -
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By Jetsky · Posted
LOL Skunked, I believe you're probably right. No Muskies but they caught their limit of eaters and one of them caught a 26 incher. So a successful trip for them. -
By knoppers · Posted
when I was guiding for Dan Gapen on the river, we kept the smaller smallmouth for shore lunch. they taste like any other fish. -
By leech~~ · Posted
Church is tomorrow, you may want to go get that mind cleaned out!🤭
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