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dang...tough to hear..........hope the good people up there recover soon!!!!!!!!!

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Our group will be returning in September as well. Wish we were able to be there now to lend a hand.

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On 6/22/2024 at 3:46 PM, MarkB said:

My cousin sent me a couple pictures from last week's trip. After the storm, the perch kind of took over the bite and those pictured were all caught on crawlers in 22' of water adjacent to a rock reef . We caught lots of walleyes in this same area. The other picture was take from the Pike River bridge as we were leaving Friday morning. Good Fishing. MarkB

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Mark,

Glad your crew had another great outing. It’s always good to read your reports. Just wish there were more of them like the old days. Sorry you hit the storm. One of the worst in our 14 years. We’ll be dealing with dock issues for a long time but nothing like the good folks in Cook have. 
The fishing has come around a little since the storm. Definitely nightcrawler now. I don’t get far out of Frazer but the reefs are where the action is. Looking forward to hearing from you in September. 
My best to you and Linda,

RLG

p.s. Our good old red lab, Ole, cashed it in last summer, but we have a 6 month old lab now who is learning the ropes up here (and teaching us we’re older than we think we are!)

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4 hours ago, MarkB said:

I'm gonna try this picture thing again. Please bear with me. 

 

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Our buddy Greg with his best of the trip.

 

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Above: Pike River bridge the morning we left.        Below: My cousin Tim caught these the morning after the storm.

 

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I think you got it!

Nice Eye and hog Perch! 👍

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👍 dang that walleye is dark?????they all that dark out of that system?????

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MarkB, Where did you find the perch?  I would love to get into some of those.  MarkB are you fishing more on the east or west end?

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3 hours ago, MikeG3Boat said:

MarkB, Where did you find the perch?  I would love to get into some of those.  MarkB are you fishing more on the east or west end?

Metoo! 

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Hey coming up for the 4th of July holiday.  Wondering if we have any new fishing news?  I am hoping the water is finally going down, although it looks like Rain this Friday and Saturday, and again starting the 1st through the 6th.  Hope the weather turns out better than the forcast.  

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As jet skis frolicked in the bay and I sat staining deck boards, I had the pleasure of listening to bass surfacing and smashing all of the insects sitting on the surface. There are definitely mayfly hatches going on but probably not the big one yet. It's definitely a good time to break out that fly rod if you've got one.

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12 hours ago, delcecchi said:

TrueNorth, were there supposed to be videos on your post?

Yeah...they didn't upload. maybe too large. Sorry. 

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