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Are there bass in Winnie?


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Hello, my brother has invited my family and I up for a camping trip on Winnie (we're from Utah). Now I've been looking a bit at the lake map of Winnie and curious about bass fishing. Are there good bass numbers in Winnie or is it a walleye lake? I was reading the other night that there are smallmouth as well as largemouth, is this true? Now my brother will probably try and make us fish walleyes, but I really want to try some bass fishing up in this area given the chance. If the populations on Winnie aren't much, is there another spot to try?

MT

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The best is the Walleye numbers and for eating. We do have great numbers of largemouth in Winnie. Look for bull rushes on the side you are staying. By the mouth of Sugar Lake is great. Crawler rig with a crawler weight and just cast in the rushes then hang on for the action. Good luck.

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The Cut Foot Sioux chain of lakes (connected to Winni) has decent bass fishing. If you are a bass guy you'll find them smile.gif Just use what your normally use for bass and northern. You don't "need" live bait for bass and pike, but for walleyes you definitely need some sort of live bait (crawlers, leeches, minnows). Have a good trip!

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Thanks guys, that's the name he mentioned, just didn't remember it off the top of my head. Boy I feel like an idiot now though - sue or Souix(come one MT get with the show)!! Geez I should have known.

Well hopefully we'll get into them good, still not sure when we are heading up for certain. Could be the last weekend in July or the first weekend in August, should be up for a week though as long as the weather is decent.

Paul, is that you with the Muskie on the front page tonight? Nice fish, I wish I could catch a fish that big. I guess there is a chance to hook into one on Winnie while we are bass fishing, you never know.

Again thanks guys!

MT

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MT,

Thanks, it was a fun fish to catch.

Both CD and I will be fishing the LETS series on Winnie the weekend of 26th and 27th. If you are going after that shoot one of us an e-mail and we can give you a few starting points and an idea of what was working. If you will be up there that weekend. Shoot me an e-mail and I can give you my cell amd we can do the same. You are in for a real treat, Winnie is a great lake. grin.gif

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Thanks Ron. Are you a saying that most use live bait for bass on Winnie? I'm actually not much of a live bait fisherman, but if its what works then I'd be up for trying it.

Is live bait a better choice all around on Winnie, like for pike also?

Another question, talked with my brother last night and he mentioned something about another lake near Winnie and it being attached to Winnie, something about sue and feet. Can't remember for the life of me what he said though. Anyhow he said we would be staying near there and that this other lake might be of interest to us. Do you know what I speak of?

MT

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MT,

The lake you are referring to is Cutfoot Sioux and little Cutfoot Sioux. Some really nice panfish to be found, haven't yet fished it for bass, so I can't help you out there.

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Paul,
I'll be up on Winnie that same weekend - Can I call you on your cell phone for tips on what's working? grin.gif

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