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I'm heading out for Trout this weekend. Just wondering if anybody has been out this past week and how have you done with the walleyes...thanks

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Jason...thanks for your reply...I have also read proposed slot limits for walleyes for Trout...have you heard anything from the DNR or local fishermen?

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they are talking about a slot on a bunch of lakes around here. they have seen a real success story with winnie and they think it should be on all lakes. we have meetings in sept.
Jason

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I am heading out to Trout Lake tomorrow, does anyone have any tips?? Any help would be great. Thanks.

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Might be a bad call. It's been very TOUGH out there recently. I went there last Sunday and when there is no one at the landing, but yourself, at 8:00 a.m. on a weekend, what does that tell you? Swan Lake is the same way. The traffic at the landing is a pretty good indicator of how the fishing has been. When it's good, you can barely find a place to park your rig.

A friend just called me as he drove past the Trout Lake landing, saying that no one was there. However, we do have 20-30 mile an hour winds!!

When I was there last Sunday, I was bass fishing and even that was tough. Also, the Fish-A-Rama was held last Saturday and it was pretty tough out there. Some of the better walleye fishermen caught 1 or 2 fish. Some never boated a walleye!

[This message has been edited by Greg Clusiau (edited 08-18-2004).]

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Hey Greg,
It's good to see you around again. I had my daughter's out at Fish-A-Rama and yes the fishing was tough. They mainly bobber fished with leeches on a cabbage weed bed we found and had a good time catching some decent sized gills, around the 8" mark. I had one bass on a texas rigged worm, but it came off in the weeds. We also trolled for northerns for about 2 hours with sucker minnows in deep water and came up empty. The winning walleye was 8.5 the winning northern was 12 the winning bass was 5 (largie) and the winning crappie was 1.

Brian

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Brian ~ I'd like to know where they caught that crappie. I've been out there a lot and have caught everything but a crappie. One time, I set up along some reeds and fished them into the evening and caught a few but all were small.

Also, I noticed many of the lakes that I frequently fish (Swan, Trout, etc.) have a heavy bloom stain to them and there are hatches of some sort all over the place. Makes fishing pretty tough. This just happened a couple weeks ago. I was on Swan yesterday (along with Trout) and there were swarms of small (1 inch) perch in the weeds (seagulls were going nuts) and some type of insects scattered all across the entire lake. Can't hardly buy a fish in these conditions but I'll bet they'll be mighty fat when fall rolls around.

Good Fishing to You.........Greg C.

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Anyone ever do any big Pike fishing on trout in the fall?

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I have never tried it. Was just curious.

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Greg,
I haven't fished Trout Lake in many years and the only time I fished it for Crappie was through the ice. We used to fish evenings in the bay right next to the elementary school. Never caught anything too big, but they were keeper's.

Ole

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