Arnesens Report

[Guest]

Fished Arnesens, house #53 on Sat. and Sun. <P>About 1.4 miles out from Arnesens, 28 feet of water. 5 guys, 66 walleye/sauger on Sat., 67 on Sun. <P>Honorable Mention: 28, 24, and 21 inch walleye. 12 pound northern. Plenty of eater size fish. Salmon and hammered silver color swedish pimple style jigs, as well as plain red hooks and small chartreuse Gem-n-eyes produced very well. All big fish on the salmon color and full minnow. Also, try a double minnow on a plain hook, it worked well. <P>The Arnesen employees said we were catching more fish than others on both days, for numbers and size. You absolutely must keep changing it up to produce numbers. When houses around us would move, we would fish out of there holes outside and produce good numbers quickly. What one fish might like, the next won't. No fish in 20 minutes on a lure, change (even if you were catching them on that jig, come back to it later)(suprisingly, gold was not a good choice). <P>Finally, a large portion of the fish are hitting the bait when you lay it on the bottom of the lake. Jiggle, jiggle, rest it on the bottom, lift up, if resistance, set the hook and enjoy.<P>Hope this helped.

[Grouse]

Fidelis..<P>Great report. Details are very good. Thanks.

[mr marbles]

Great details,thats great!

[bapperpimp]

Was the house out by Gull Rock? If not, what area were you fishing?<P>Also, does Arnesen's have houses out on 12 Mile Reef yet?

[STILLNOFISH]

A group of us got back from Arnesens yesterday. We stayed in a couple of their sleepers. The sleepers were in 28 ft. of water and over the mud. They are unable to put there sleepers out around Gull rock or 12 mile because of ice thickness(9-11 inches). We had a great time and fishing was good. Was able to keep 52 eaters ranging from 14-19 inches. Talked with a group that was portable around gull rock in 31ft of water and they said they only caught little ones, with very few eaters. Gold angel eyes worked the best along with a glow hook on a bobber. The perch fishing was also fantastic where we were at. The majority of the perch were caught on the bobbers. 2 nice eater walleyes were also caught on a bobber between 10-11:30 PM. Good Luck to all.

[LOWinEYEin]

Great reports! I only have 3 weeks! Starting to get a little impatient.<BR>Keeep the reports coming!!

[STILLNOFISH]

I forgot to mention that Arnesens does not sell shiners. We were unaware of this and were forced to use fatheads. This is purely our mistake for not asking ahead of time. It did not appear that the shiners would have made adifference, since the fishing was good with the fatheads. It was nice to catch a couple of fish late at night when not expecting much. Arnesens felt it was going to be several weeks before themove the sleepers out to 12 mile and Gull rock. Personally I think the spot they had them was just fine for now. I must admit I was a little surprised at how thin the ice was, where we were at. They are only using trackers (small cars) to move their homesat this moment. This definetely told me that they did not feel comfortable with anything heavier and having been out their, I now see why. This is not to scare anyone, just to inform others on the ice conditions around the area. Good luck to all and let us know how you did.<P>Dr. Bob,<P>I am definetly with you on the sleeper thing. I would recommend this to others if they have not tried it. <P>Grouse,<P>I am aware of some spelling and grammar mistakes in my last post. To be honest I don't care, because I feel people will understand what I was trying to say.<p>[This message has been edited by STILLNOFISH (edited 12-30-2003).]

[LOWinEYEin]

Yeah, that is why I'm thinkin about bringin <BR>shiners. We had pretty good luck a few years back out of Zippel using shiners. So I think I'm going to pick some up an the way up. Last year at Arnesens, we did pretty well on fatheads though...who knows.<P>Any more reports?

[Jaypo]

I'm curious about the use of shiners vs. fatheads. Is their a significant difference in productivity between the two? I'm sure it has to do with time of year, but has anyone seen a big difference when fishing with shiners and fatheads simultaneously?<P>March 4-7.... Can't come quick enough...may not be able to wait!

[bapperpimp]

As for shiners vs fatheads, it all depends on the day. I was up before Christmas out on 12 Mile reef and couldn't get a bite on a fathead, but the shiners under the bobbers never stopped. For some reason, the fish didn't like the jigs particularly well that weekend. Other times, I have seen absolutely no difference. Whenever I go up to LOW, I always bring 2 bags of shiners. One for each day. If they bite on them, you have them. If not, you are only out 5 bucks.

[Piker]

I never buy anything but shiners, anymore. I usually find that the people I'm with do the experimenting for me and find out that shiners are better than chubs, fatheads, whatever. I once told someone that I'd catch more fish on a month-old dead shiner than they could on a live fathead or chub. I only use chubs or fatheads as a last resort, to me shiners are worth it. That's my opinion, but I know a lot of people like variety too.

[LOWinEYEin]

I am going to do the same Pickerel, a couple of oxy bags please...and fill'em wit shiners!

[Northlander]

I always do fine on fatheads but bring shiners along just incae. Fatheads last a ton longer even in bubbler.

[pickerel hunter]

Great info on this post fellas. I bring both shiners and minnows and what works, works, and if it doesn't save them for lunch with a few Old Milwakees. Yeah haw

[LOWinEYEin]

Anoyone have any Reports??? <p>[This message has been edited by WhaTT! (edited 01-13-2004).]

[LOWinEYEin]

Bump

[slotfish]

our rocky point report-<BR>3 guys, two days fishing, 6 in the bucket, threw back maybe 13. very slow. 2 fish out of that 19 total- one 27" and one 29" kinda odd, provided some salvation though. they need to move their houses. the guide was saying that there wasn't quite enough ice, as we looked out to 12, 16, and arnesen's reef and saw hundreds of houses, trucks, etc..... never go without your portable, you'll never know when you may need it!!<P>a good time was had though.

[LOWinEYEin]

Bapper<BR>Yea I talked to at the show too. That was last weekend, he said the fishing was slow. I hope when we go up next week that It'll be better than last year. Though we did good last year, always hope for the best....Thankx for the replies!!

[decoy]

We fished Out there on Sat. with the million others. Started at Arneson's reef had one fish from 7:30-9:30. 32'= 16" SAUG. Moved to gull rock east side. 28' Graphed and caught one more... set up caught 2 more in the next hr. Moved again to the south. 28' Graphed fish like mad. Set up and , managed one more and a pout. (also 3-4 fish that were T I N Y) Moved to the west side of the rock caught another keeper and a 22" eye before leaving at 4:30. Not the best luck I have had more likely the worst day, but 7 fish and a good time. <BR>PS. If anyone found a shovel Sat morning north side of Arneson's reef I lost an aluminum grain scoop. Just in case some nice person out there would like to return it ??? <P>Thanks, and that's my report.<P>Anyway email [email protected]

[bapperpimp]

After talking to Arnesens at the sportshow this past weekend I found out that houses are on the way out to Arnesens reef and 12 mile reef right now. Its hard to move houses on the weekends so its done during the week. WhaTT, I guarantee you will have fun and you will catch fish whether you fish by Gull, Arnesens reef or 12 Mile. The guy in the last post seemed somewhat disappointed. He only got a 27 and a 29, that is something that I would be disappointed in...