fishing reports A Great Week!

[MarkB]

It's amazing how fast time flies when people,fish, and good times mix together perfectly  My cousin and his Buddy arrived here last Saturday and, this morning, they left for home. I always get a bit edgy this time of the year in preparation for their annual outing: pre-visit fish location, most effective angling method, peak activity periods, etc. Fortunately, everything came together and they enjoyed what they termed as one of their 3 best trips ever!

I found during the pre-visit fish location that the walleyes were located on reef tops. During 5 days of fishing, we fished reef tops ranging in depth from 6'-18'. Specifically, we fished  one reef at 6', another at 10', one at 15', and a fourth at 18'. Clouds and wind dictated the preference for a particular day. The reefs were strung out from Frasier Bay to the east end of Big Bay. I had two people ask if we fished the Comet Island reefs and the answer is we did not. I always marked fish before we spent much time on the deeper reefs we fished. The shallow reef was pull up, throw out the anchors and fish.

The most effective angling method, hands down, was slip bobbers. We caught fish trolling but the guys I was fishing with weren't accustomed to snaggy rocky reefs and the experience with constant snags was frustrating. So, we used slip bobbers and had phenomenal success. We set the hooks for 2' shallower than what the sonar read(except the shallow reef) and caught walleyes, smallmouth, and northern. The only bait we used while slip bobber fishing was leeches. There were spots we fished that were swarmed with mayflies in the water column.

Our peak activity period was most definitely evening from ~5:00-9:00. We fished mid morning time slots but found the bigger fish were mostly caught very early morning and the above mentioned evening time. Mildly windy days helped the mid-day bite but nothing compared to 5:00-9:00 in the evening.

Me, my cousin and his Buddy fished for 5 days and caught over 100 walleyes during their stay. We caught 23 slot fish from 18"-26"(lots of 21's and 22's) and we ate walleyes twice during their visit. We caught 5 northerns with the biggest at 32". The bass fishing was spectacular and while quantity was no problem, the biggest we could muster was 17.5".

It was a blue ribbon trip and great fun was had by all........

Good Fishing,

MarkB

The attached pictures are not included because of gargantuan fish size but because the parties involved probably appreciated the lake as much as anyone will this season..............

[fishingdad]

Mark you definently have it dialed in. (I do not). We have the area around Moc Point pretty hard & pretty hard for us to find a consistent bite. Pretty interesting to watch a musky this morning completely attack my bobber by the "s" curves. Has the bite stayed consistent with the bright sun? A bass fisherman would have a blast on the rock piles I've fished.

[MarkB]

fishingdad

I don't know where you're fishing around moccasin point fishingdad but there are lots and lots of reefs in that area that are holding walleyes right now. The deeper reefs are west of where you're fishing and we did really well down that direction earlier. I talked with a guy who PM'ed me about a week ago about where to go to catch some walleyes for his buddies. I don't usually get into the specifics of that type of info so I told him to check rock piles, even deep ones, and when he marked some fish, drop anchor(s) and slip bobber fish with leeches. He PM'ed me back and told me that he went out, trolled and caught one walleye. He dropped his anchor and they caught slot fish all afternoon! No rhyme. No reason. Just rocks Now, I'm not suggesting that, but, find a rock pile and there are lots of them(as you know), and slip bobber it. If the sun is shining in a clear sky, try deep reefs. Keep moving around until you find them...and you will find them!!! That is exactly what I have been doing when I have been going out this past week. Good luck!

Good Fishing,

MarkB

[fishingdad]

Thank you very much Mark, both for the info & the fantastic posts you continue to share with all us other hopeful Vermilion fishermen & women