Borderview Report 1/2-1/4

[TCon17]

3 of us went out of Borderview for 3 days last week. Accomadations were great, houses where nice, plenty of room, fishing was somewhat slow.

Caught almost 80 fish in total, mostly sauger. There were a lot of little ones caught, under 11". Took 19 home, nothing over 21" was caught. That seemed to be the norm with most guys staying there. Guides said we were catching more than the majority were, but a lot of guys didnt have electronics either. We also caught a good number of big tulibees.

Most were caught on smaller gold/chartruese spoons, little red buckshot spoons, or a set line with a plain red or gold hook. A vex was a must with very picky biters that had to coaxed if they hit the spoon at all. More than half were on the set line after they ignored the spoon. Found that banging the spoons off the bottom kept fish hanging around longer as they seemed to roam in small schools. We would catch a couple, then there would be an hour without a mark.

Will be back next year!

[little chief]

Good to know, I'll be up there soon with them. We had a blast last year and hoping for the same this year!

[vexi]

Thanks for the report. How deep or how far out were the houses.

[fisherman-andy]

My group of 4 also stayed in Sleepers from Borderview. The houses were warm, clean and we were checked on regularly for needs. The outhouse was heated and as good as it gets for primitive.

We ended up with 26 total walleye/sauger combo. Largest walleye 21" was caught in 15 fow before dusk. Most of our big fish came in 15-25 fow. We also iced about 50 tullibees. There were so many small eye/sauger caught that we didnt even bother to count as it would've been well in the 100's.

Slender Spoon was "KING" but buckshots, macho minnows, lindy ratlin flyers also produced. Glow lures is a must in the early morning and evenings. Day time anything gold color worked.

Deadstick also worked well. We had set ups with bare hooks and dropper spoons.

We were the few that actually ventured & fished openly outside during the daylight.

[little chief]

That's good to hear, we talked of throwing a portable in for some adventuring so maybe that will have to happen this time. How far out are their houses? Curious as to how far from the houses to the shallower water