Moose's Report - Cambridge-Elk River-Foley-Milaca-Mora-Ogilvie Fishing Reports

[monstermoose78]

On 2/2/2020 at 8:01 AM, Cret Jigs said:

Went out on Blue lake .... The sunnies were biting every where.   Most where on the smaller size but was still fun.   Moved to deeper water .... SUNNIES ... they where all over it seemed.  Just know size.  Maybe a few border liners.  But for a quick 1-2 hours at midday, hey it was fun.    Tried a small lake close bye and it was very slow 1 hour before dark to dark.  weird.  see ya all out on the water ... gotta go get on the 4 wheeler and get out there

Cret we need to go fish soon

[monstermoose78]

Please try to toss those gills 8 inches or bigger back. If you get that trophy fish put it on the wall. 7-8 inch gills are sure good to eat. This will help or lakes by putting those big gills back and remember eating a 10 inch gill is like eating a 30 inch walleye. Crappies over 12 are fun to catch but but keep the ones under that size. 
 

okay okay enough with the preaching hot bites below:

Green Lake has a good crappie bite going out in the basin. Move until you mark them.

Lori lake has been giving up some water gills and crappies.

Little Elk has some gills and crappies lots of sorting but action. 
Elk Lake has been giving up some nicer crappies from the Briggs chain. 
Lske FRANCIS still has some nice fish but you need to cover ground to get them.

[eyeguy 54]

Personally I prefer to eat 8-8.75 inch gills. 

[monstermoose78]

7 hours ago, eyeguy 54 said:

Personally I prefer to eat 8-8.75 inch gills. 

You fish lakes that have bigger fish and less pressure than around me. You don’t find many gills over 8 inches here

[Rick G]

2 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

You fish lakes that have bigger fish and less pressure than around me. You don’t find many gills over 8 inches here

Oh moosy.... less pressure... no,  not by a long shot. And if you looked harder, you might find better fish 

[monstermoose78]

1 minute ago, Rick G said:

Oh moosy.... less pressure... no,  not by a long shot. And if you looked harder, you might find better fish 

O yeah rick more pressure over here

[Rick G]

1 minute ago, monstermoose78 said:

O yeah rick more pressure over here

[Cret Jigs]

On 2/3/2020 at 8:46 PM, monstermoose78 said:

Cret we need to go fish soon

No doubt .... thinking about hitting green lake Saturday maybe

[monstermoose78]

Fished with tview a while back. I was thinking of going up north to meet up with Borch but it’s dang cold

[Rick G]

55 minutes ago, monstermoose78 said:

Fished with tview a while back. I was thinking of going up north to meet up with Borch but it’s dang cold

You maybe should go out and fish with Jeff.... being its your advice they are following.lol just sayin' .... and being some other VERY good anglers struck out.

[eyeguy 54]

get out there and catch em guys!  And post pics so I can see what I am missing.

[Rick G]

1 hour ago, monstermoose78 said:

 I was thinking of going up north to meet up with Borch but it’s dang cold

You are kinda chubby... wont get cold Now get your azz out and meet up w Jeff and his brother.

Edited February 8, 2020 by Rick G

[monstermoose78]

1 hour ago, Rick G said:

You maybe should go out and fish with Jeff.... being its your advice they are following.lol just sayin' .... and being some other VERY good anglers struck out.

I am sick with a temp of 101.2 ain’t happening today. I was going to fish panfish and then head to Mille Lacs with my brother. I let them both know it is not happening today.

Edited February 8, 2020 by monstermoose78

[Rick G]

9 minutes ago, monstermoose78 said:

I am sick with a temp of 101.2 ain’t happening today. I was going to fish panfish and then head to Mille Lacs with my brother. I let them both know it is not happening today.

wtf.... you better get to hospital... severe symptoms of being  full of

[eyeguy 54]

Lol

[Cret Jigs]

10 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

Fished with tview a while back. I was thinking of going up north to meet up with Borch but it’s dang cold

 

Hey Moose, wound up going to Harelson bay ... Lake Minnetonka.   Size was pretty decent.  Caught some Crappies And Sunnies.   Took home 6 nice crappies and 1 Large-mouth bass.  Lunch tomorrow   

[Borch]

You didn't miss anything Moose.  Pulled the pin and hit another lake with much better results. 

[Wanderer]

Hope you’re feeling better @monstermoose78

[Tom Sawyer]

On 2/8/2020 at 9:55 AM, Rick G said:

wtf.... you better get to hospital... severe symptoms of being  full of

 

I've heard that sickness is very hard to cure good luck goose

[monstermoose78]

Met up with my cousin and his kids today to teach them how catch gills and crappies. The oldest who is 10 caught on quick and out fished his dad by an easy 6 to 1. He caught his personal best gill at 8.5 inches and his personal best crappie that went 12 and 1/16. He called me just now and said he wants me to take him fishing again tomorrow and next weekend. It’s easy fishing when it’s nice and the fish are on the munch.
 

We fished 10-12 feet of water and we used 3 mm jigs in white, gold, and metallic blue. They used wax worms and I used plastics. Spring bobbers were key for letting the kids see the bites. We kept enough fish for good fish fry for their family and grandparents. This is what it is about getting kids hooked on fishing.

[monstermoose78]

Well went fishing with my boss and his family today. The fish were fired up for me with plastics. I have no idea how many fish I caught but it was a big number. I bet I had to catch 20 gills to get a keeper. As the wind picked up so did the fishing biggest gill was just over 9 see the photo. All fish were released today.
 

best bait today for me was a 4 mm dark purple jig with a plastic fly looking bait. I don’t remember who makes them, but I got them at the Bait Den in St. Cloud. The bigger profile I think kept them smallest gills away. 

Edited March 2, 2020 by monstermoose78

[monstermoose78]

Went fishing with a friend and we hit up a lake that is known to have some big fish. The first few hours I got it handed to me. I caught a few perch and no gills. We moved all over the lake and spilt up to cover more ice faster. I remembered fishing the lake with my grandpa and we fished near a shore line by two big pine trees. I think my grandpa was guiding me as that is where we found fish. It was not lights out but they were nice gills. 
 

I kept 8 gills for a old guy I normally see fishing but I have not seen him all winter. I  called his son-in-law and he picked up the fillets and delivered them for me. “Remember to take care of those old guys as one day you will be the old guy!” Grandpa Rudy told me!!

[Cret Jigs]

Went out yesterday on Baxter ... no one out there ... landing in good shape ... drilled a bunch of holes where i've done good in the past ... NOTHING ... did not mark one fish.   Got on the wheeler and headed out to Blue.   North landing in rough shape now.  was able to go around on the wheeler and get out to 12 feet ... and Sunny after sunny.  Went to 15-16 feet;  Boom daddy!   Crappies!!   caught a few on different plastics but they wanted the green moon jig with smaller minnow dead sticken!   was not planning on keeping fish but would have caught my limit and every one was a keeper with the biggest 12.25"   average was around 9.5 -10".    Going to give it a shot this morning for a few hours and that will be it as that North landing don't have much left for a wheeler and would not try a truck!!    

[monstermoose78]

Way to go Cret!!

[Cret Jigs]

Well ...this morning was ok ... kept a few this time for lunch - perch was 10"

[monstermoose78]

The turkeys are moving drive carefully 

[monstermoose78]

Went out to break in the shotgun and boy I was shooting way off mark at them crows. Finn sat there watching and shaking his head as I unloaded multiple times. It was fun to shoulder the shotgun again. Might try again tomorrow 

[Wanderer]

Huh, crows.  Interesting.  Never thought about them as a spring shoot type bird.

 

In prime breeding colors I bet! 
 

I watched a dad gum black squirrel take a hideout in one of my new wood duck boxes tonight.  I think I’ll have words with him tomorrow.

Edited March 29, 2020 by Wanderer

[Wanderer]

 

Evicted

[monstermoose78]

Way to kick that sucker out wanderer

Edited March 29, 2020 by monstermoose78