Mid-September Report

[seifjr]

Quick report from our first day and a half of fishing the south shore.  Got set up around noon on Friday in 27 fow off Pine.  The spot we fished was actually an old waypoint on my buddies handheld GPS.  We were set up on the tip of a contour line that looks on the map like a point.  Friday we kept and cleaned a good mix of sauger and walleye, and threw back a 23" and 24".  We finished Friday in 15 fow and boxed a few nice walleyes to wrap up the day, but it wasn't fast by any means.  Saturday we started in 15' and didn't have any action so we moved back to the 27' foot spot again.  It was game on!  The mix was much more slanted toward walleye and several slots were boated.  21", (2) 23's, 24", 24.5". 25", and a 26".  We filled out our limit with walleyes ranging from 15"-18.5" and sauger all over 13".  Probably one of our better days ever on LOW, top 5 for sure.  It seemed all of the other boats were out further than us in 30'+ fow trolling, so it would be interesting to see how they did.  We had a great fish fry last night, and will be hitting the water again this morning.  In our modest opinions, the jig bite is on!  Hopefully today continues that pattern.  Good luck everyone.

[DRAGFOOT]

We did really well on Friday in 27ft straight out from the gap, got started around noon as well and fished the the same spot all day. Tried 27ft around noon on Saturday and no go. We bounced around a few different depths before we settled in at 30ft and did even better than Friday. A few slot fish, biggest just shy of 28" plenty of little ones and most of our keepers were 14-15". All we did was jigging.

[curt quesnell]

Jigged in 30 feet of water all weekend at long point.  Saturday wasnt fast but it was pretty steady. 4 or 5 slots, nice Walleyes to keep and some saugers and 4 big perch(we fished all day)  My sister in law Kris landed a 52 inch sturgeon for a good highlight of the day and her fishing career.  Sunday I went back alone to shoot some video and the first 5 fish I caught were slots 2-24s 2-26s and a 23, nice start. I fished for 2 hours and got some good video. (in the pic Kris is peaking under the fish hoisted by brother Steve)

[soli433]

Thanks for the reports and info everyone.  I'll be on the lake in a few days, hope the bite is on!

[CANOPY SAM]

Hey Soli!  Give me a call when you plan to go up.  I'm chompin' at the bit to start into fall fishing.

[Hoey]

Four of us fished Fri, Sat, and Sun in the Rocky Point area.  The walleye seemed to be scattered, mixed in with jumbo perch.  Found most of our fish in and around rock and ruble piles on the sand flats off Lambertson's.  Went up to Archie's for an afternoon and found very few fish there.  Two of our guest each boated an eye over 27", one coming off Archie's.  Worked some of the close-in reefs to the north on Sunday and found a few nice keepers, again scattered.  

Locals were talking about the water temps, still in the low to mid 60's, better catching coming closer to the 50's.  I am off fishing for a couple weeks.  Thanks for the posts.

[Dewski]

Three of us went out in front of the Warroad marina Saturday.  Drifted in 8ft to 13ft of water.  In 6 hours we filled out walleyes.  Threw a couple of small ones back and one in the slot. No saugers, but one northern and one perch.  Great weather.