2/26 - 2/29 Report

[Matt Johnson]

Just got back from LOW and the fishing was pretty good. A lot of walleyes and saugers, as well as some jumbo perch, tulipees, and a few pout. Went out about 6.5 miles from Adrians road. Biggest fish was a 29 incher...<P> <P>Lost another big one below the ice. Other then that most of the fish were smaller but good eaters. Caught a good majority of my fish on a plain hook with a split shot about 10 inches up and a minnow hooked upside down. Also caught quite a few on the 1/8oz white/blue Glow Devil tipped with a minnow head. The ICE Series should be good in a couple weeks, I'm looking forward to it!<P>Good Fishin,<BR>Matt Johnson<P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.firstchoiceguide.com" TARGET=_blank>First Choice Guide Service</A><P> [email protected]<BR><A HREF="http://iceleaders.com" TARGET=_blank>Iceleaders</A><BR><A HREF="http://catchn.com" TARGET=_blank>Catch-N Tackle and Bio Bait</A><BR><A HREF="http://marcumcustomerservice.com/" TARGET=_blank>MarCum</A><BR><A HREF="http://stonelegacy.com" TARGET=_blank>Stone Legacy</A>

[neusbaum]

Thanks Matt<P>I'm going up in two weeks for our annual trip. I'm wondering what time of day is the best walleye/sauger bite, and are you fishing known structures or random locations.<P>Thanks

[Matt Johnson]

About 31 feet of water over a flat, there is a large underwater bar nearby as well. We caught fish most of the day, but the best times were about noon to 2pm the last couple days when I was there. Sometimes you had to deadstick in order to catch fish, they didn't want a lot of movement and if you jigged the fish would go away. I had luck by raising my minnow on a plain hook and letting it slowly fall, then I would let it just sit there for a couple minutes, seemed to work pretty good when the fish came through. I hooked my minnow upside down because that way the fish didn't have to move a lot to eat the struggling minnow. The minnow was constantly trying to upright itself but couldn't, a perfect display of an injured minnow and an easy meal for those walleyes and saugers. You can also rig up an Ice Buster bobber and cut it down so it is barely a float, that works too.<P>Good Fishin,<BR>Matt Johnson<P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.firstchoiceguide.com" TARGET=_blank>First Choice Guide Service</A><P> [email protected]<BR><A HREF="http://iceleaders.com" TARGET=_blank>Iceleaders</A><BR><A HREF="http://catchn.com" TARGET=_blank>Catch-N Tackle and Bio Bait</A><BR><A HREF="http://marcumcustomerservice.com/" TARGET=_blank>MarCum</A><BR><A HREF="http://stonelegacy.com" TARGET=_blank>Stone Legacy</A>

[bturck]

Matt: Good report, and a nice fish. We were east of you during this time in Riverbends houses and found pretty much the same thing you did, no magic lures lots of experimenting and patience. Hope things hold together up there for a few more weeks. Bill

[BDR]

Nice fish Matt! Lookin forward to the Ice Series. Underwater bar huh? It is hard to keep fisherman away from the bars! <P>------------------<BR>Will fish for work<BR>Brian Rogers<p>[This message has been edited by BDR (edited 03-01-2004).]

[TJB]

Were you guy’s mobile? Or did you fish out of a permanent? We will be up this weekend with the 7X14 Bar on wheels. I will through the portable in also, but I do like to fish in style, DVD, Playstation. Portable only fits 2 and there will be 3 of us going. Hope this warm weather holds. Sure would be nice to post some similar pic's. Thanks for the great report Matt.

[SPUD BAR]

Matt, just wondering how you hook the minnow to keep it upside down? I'll be up there next week and would like to try that if the bite gets slow. Thanks!<P><BR>

[Guest]

spud<BR>we were hooking our minnows upside down, in and out of the same side just under and back from the dorsal fin, don't hit the vitals, this way they squirm like crazy. seems that the fish liked this because we didn't have to jig much.

[Matt Johnson]

I like to hook it closer to the tail, that way you don't kill the minnow and it struggles more too. The minnow's head really gets going and that triggers a lot of fish into striking.<P>Here's another pic of the fish...<P> <P><BR>Good Fishin,<BR>Matt Johnson<P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.firstchoiceguide.com" TARGET=_blank>First Choice Guide Service</A><P> [email protected]<BR><A HREF="http://iceleaders.com" TARGET=_blank>Iceleaders</A><BR><A HREF="http://catchn.com" TARGET=_blank>Catch-N Tackle and Bio Bait</A><BR><A HREF="http://marcumcustomerservice.com/" TARGET=_blank>MarCum</A><BR><A HREF="http://stonelegacy.com" TARGET=_blank>Stone Legacy</A>

[the olde man]

niiiice fish matt! I got 2 weekends to go fished the aquarium at the office today ...nothins biting...can`t wait anylonger!

[icefisher8467]

Hey matt thats one nice fish! A friend and I will be up there Weds-Fri of this week and i am wondering how far off of the road were you able to get or did it not make any diffrence as long as you were in 31 Ft.