Big Sandy long weekend

[Stcloudangler]

Coming up in 10 days, whats the scoop out there?  First time fishing the lake, pretty quiet on the forum here....

Hope to get out a few times over the family vacation, looking for any tips you can offer

[Born2Fish]

Haven't heard much of any fish being caught. Though I do know you can still catch them. Last year we stuck to shallow weed breaks in the rock and it seemed to do us alright. Trolled using lindys and leeches. Haven't been up much this year, but hope to be up sometime in the next few weeks. 

[Stcloudangler]

Thanks, I didn't see this until now.  We tried a few spots with rapalas and jigs and leeches.  No luck - talked to a fella that lived on the lake and he didn't have much good to say about the fishing right now.  Luckily, we had an extra boat and fished Minnewawa and got the kids into some panfish.  Amazing how different those lakes are, being right next to each other like that.

[birdguy]

I do most of my fishing for walleyes on the main basin and usually do well. Use the DNR Lake Finder TIFF map that's 609511 bytes in size, not the one thats 385143 bytes. Blow it up and take a look at the north to north east main basin area, lots of holes, points, humps and valleys there that hold fish all summer. Mornings always seem to be the best time, up until about 9:00 or so.

[knoppers]

I do most of my fishing for walleyes on the main basin and usually do well. Use the DNR Lake Finder TIFF map that's 609511 bytes in size, not the one thats 385143 bytes. Blow it up and take a look at the north to north east main basin area, lots of holes, points, humps and valleys there that hold fish all summer. Mornings always seem to be the best time, up until about 9:00 or so.

I agree, that's the area I fish also. I have done OK during afternoon to late in the day, so its a area you could back to if they stop biting in the morning.