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I'm not opposed to fishing during the spawn in a lake with a healthy population but any bluegill over 8 inches or crappie over 12 inches I always throw back

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2 hours ago, Kettle said:

I'm not opposed to fishing during the spawn in a lake with a healthy population but any bluegill over 8 inches or crappie over 12 inches I always throw back

Where are some of those lakes??🤪😉

 

Guess it's more of a feel good for me. Before the cabin lake had the 2 back to back severe winter kills I didn't hesitate to take them either. There where ALOT of little sunfish in there. Bug enough to clean but none 8 inches.

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I definitely don't share those lakes, there's a lot of lakes in the area that get absolutely pounded especially in the winter. Same trucks at the access multiple times a week. Especially lakes with the main basins being 25-40 ft, the fish are just sitting targets. The lakes with really deep depths and structures often have great fish but that's because they are hard to find and not able to over harvest with ease. A few really small lakes in the middle of nowhere I know of but I definitely don't fish them hard or often due to over harvest so I completely understand where you are coming from being on a lake with previous winterkill

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I hear ya, I was just giving you crap 😉 about naming the lakes!!! I do fine finding my own.

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Was out yesterday, water Temps 55-62. Windy, we had a heck of a storm Monday night. Fish were pretty lethargic. Still managed to catch some walleye, C&R yesterday so no new pictures. Really had to go slow, backtrolling and pausing to the point of vertical jigging to get them to bite

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1 hour ago, Kettle said:

Was out yesterday, water Temps 55-62. Windy, we had a heck of a storm Monday night. Fish were pretty lethargic. Still managed to catch some walleye, C&R yesterday so no new pictures. Really had to go slow, backtrolling and pausing to the point of vertical jigging to get them to bite

yea i watched the radar monday nite........just hope no trees landed on our buildings up there??? i'll be up june 11 weekend again!!!!!!!

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1 hour ago, smurfy said:

yea i watched the radar monday nite........just hope no trees landed on our buildings up there??? i'll be up june 11 weekend again!!!!!!!

Our campground took a few hits. One camper totaled with broken roof by Nisswa, mn

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The campground we used to be at our by new London had a tree smash up  $70,000 Duramax, tipped over a camper with the people in it also. Only thing from the camper from rolling over was the slide out. Guess the camper is totaled.

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Fish still seem in a cold front funk. Tried panfish today on several lakes and only got a few little ones in the wind and cold. Water Temps getting closer to 60

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11 hours ago, Kettle said:

Fish still seem in a cold front funk. Tried panfish today on several lakes and only got a few little ones in the wind and cold. Water Temps getting closer to 60

so with your report, i assume the sunfish still havent spawned yet?????

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I'd be surprised if they have, obviously it was windy and overcast but I didn't see any beds in the calm area of the lakes. My sister fishes every night off her dock and there's only been one evening when she's caught bluegills and it was sunny and calm. I think they'll push up with better conditions soon

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7 hours ago, smurfy said:

so with your report, i assume the sunfish still havent spawned yet?????

Not as far as the Remer area as of last Sunday.  We found virtually no panfish in the shallows of 3 lakes of different types.

 

Most fish marked were in 17-19 feet and not eating.  Even the pike in the clear, deep water were down there and had to be dragged into biting.  The bite was oddly off.

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There are a couple guys in our campground that head out to diffrent small lakes using float tubes every day and they have come back with good catches of crappies, sunnies and bass out of shallow water as low as 2 feet they have said. Kind of wish now that I never sold my tubes and gear! 😕

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with the spring as it's been wouldnt surprise me either. headed up next friday and would really like to get into some panfish. BUT, i got issues with taking panfish prior to them spawning.  guess we shall see!!!!!!!!!! 

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Water Temps range from 60-66. Fished 3 lakes in the last two days. Mayfly hatch is in full swing. Walleye fishing is switched to lindy rigging or jigs and crawlers. Bluegills are in the shallows, caught a released what appeared to be all males today with milt coming out of them. The flies sure messes with the side imaging 

 

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thanks for the report kettle!!!!!!!!😉👍 sure hope they get that baby making business done in the next few days!!!!!!!!!! i'd like to beat up on a few sunfish!!!!!1😇 if not guess i'll be doing alot of catch and release!!!!!!!!

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Whew, rough weekend for walleye fishing, warm, sunny and calm. Fished 3 lakes yesterday and got 3. Bluegills are in the shallows, kept a few small males. Crappies post spawn on most lakes 4-8 feet in cabbage/coon tail, they cooperated well. Kept 10 between two of us and let the rest got. Water Temps anywhere from 60-66. Mosquitoes are the worst I have ever seen them. A few gnats and now a few black flies. Water still up on most lakes. Buddy was reeling in a small crappie today and a big northern latched on, good 5 min fight, finally let go, crappie was dead, don't like fileting 8 in fish much but hard to throw a dead fish back

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Got some nords to, kettle can have them walleyes 🤣

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You still filleting that pile? 😉

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12 hours ago, Wanderer said:

You still filleting that pile? 😉

naw..........🤣 i'm like a surgeon.......i can whip threw then in no time!!!!!!!! most of them are going to go through a smoker so no need to remove the skin!!!!!!!!👍

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20 hours ago, smurfy said:

Got some nords to, kettle can have them walleyes 🤣

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How many fingers do you have?  😆

 

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All 8 fingers and 2 thumbs!!👍

 

Go ahead call TIP, there where 2 of us and all within the legal parameters! 🤪

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Lesson learned today, overpowered boat and a heavy 4 stroke are a Hassel. Will definitely be ordering a 16 ft SSV soon. Water coming over the back and gunning it and pulling the plug is not the best idea. Report: 6 walleye 17-19 inches and let go 4 over 20 inches. Water temp 66 degrees, jigs and a half crawler

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I don’t see what the issue is 🤷🏻‍♂️ What are you going to tell the TIP hotline? That you saw a guy catch 1 pike shy of a 1 man limit? The slot might be in question, but all but the smallest one look to be over 26 inches.

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1 hour ago, JBMasterAngler said:

I don’t see what the issue is 🤷🏻‍♂️ What are you going to tell the TIP hotline? That you saw a guy catch 1 pike shy of a 1 man limit? The slot might be in question, but all but the smallest one look to be over 26 inches.

No biggy JB,. Leech was just trying to bust my chops. They were all legit!!👍

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On 6/18/2022 at 5:02 PM, smurfy said:

No biggy JB,. Leech was just trying to bust my chops. They were all legit!!👍

Yep, observation! 

The diffreance of being an asss, and becoming the asss! 😆

 

On 6/15/2022 at 1:55 PM, leech~~ said:

How many fingers do you have?   😆  👈

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so did yesterday's/ last nights weather do any damage up that way?????

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Many lost power, saw several trees down. I was just getting off the lake when it hit. Temps went from 90 to 70 within minutes. I didn't get any hail. 

Water Temps in the high 60s low 70s, walleye actually bumped shallow to weed lines that are starting to come up.

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Crow Wing Power had a lot of outages up there last night and some still this morning.  Outing got hit hard again that’s quite a bit south of you.

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