Fishing Report 9/27 Thru 9/30 2019

[MarkB]

We arrived at the lake late afternoon the 26th and decided to wait until the next morning to start. We found lots of biter walleyes in 21' to 27' of water. They were mostly located on mud bottom adjacent to terrible snaggy structure. We observed huge baitballs and large schools of walleyes in close proximity. We caught 23 walleyes, 3 bass, 1 northern, and 3 jumbos. Countless fish were missed and hooked and lost. The weather was cold and the wind was negligible. I used crawlers exclusively and my companions used pike suckers. We did equally well. Saturday was the nicest day we fished and we ended up with 28 walleyes boated and several hits missed and fish lost. We also caught 4 smallmouth, 2 northern, and 2 jumbos. Our largest fish was a 25 inch walleye. Sunday was cold and the wind was almost unfishable. We quit before noon to watch football. Lasted until midway through the first quarter of the Vikings game before we went back out. We ended up with 19 walleyes and 2 jumbos with the largest being a 23 inch walleye. We fished Monday until 2:00 and packed up. Our last day produced 17 walleyes. All of these fish were between 15" and 17.5". Hooking the fish was a hit or miss proposition for us. We missed as many fish as we caught. We caught no dinks on this trip. 14"- 25" was our length variation with the average being ~ 15.5". Speed seemed to be the key with .4 to.7 mph being optimum. 1oz bouncer, 3ft leader, a red bead and red hook was the terminal tackle. We fished 3 different spots during our stay and caught fish at every one. I found that looking around rock piles in the adjacent deeper water until we found concentrations of fish produced the results we were looking for. It was another great trip on my favorite lake.

I have included a couple of pictures of my cousin and his friend.

Good Fishing,

MarkB

 

 

[PSU]

Great report, much appreciated!

[StillFishin']

Nice to see a report from you again .  And as always you get fish!

 

[JerkinLips]

Great report Mark B.  Think I caught all the dinks that you were missing and you caught all of the eaters I was looking for.

[Fish Head]

Hey Mark!  Great to hear from you again! It sounds like you had a good trip back. Stay in touch. Always loved your reports!