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Last weekend on Pelican


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Had the big event last weekend (wedding) and the new bride, being the wonderful person she is, allowed me to go fishing twice in three days (golfing on the third day). What a woman. I would like to thank everyone who gave suggestions on location and presentation for the walleyes and here's what the fishing produced. On Thursday we got on the lake around 5pm and fished for about 2 hours. Using a large redtail we caught 1 walleye (21") in 29 fow. We also managed to catch, not snag, a young loon. The loon bit on a medium redtail for those interested. The next trip out was at night (around 9pm that same night). We fished for 2 hours again but this trip provided a much faster bite. We trolled #5 shad raps, #7 shad raps and #13 husky jerks. The #5's out produced the other baits 6-0. We found the eyes fairly shallow in 5-7 fow on the inside of the weedlines. We would have stayed out longer but fishing's an adventure at night without a flashlight. Anyway, nothing big was caught that night but it was fun none the less. The best thing is the new bride didn't ask me to put a "for sale" sign on the boat yet.

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Heard the loons had been going good lately. wink.gif Hard to beat a big redtail for that famed fall loon bite. wink.gif

Glad you got some fish, too, by the way. Pelican's been real good to me this month. Congratulations on finding what sounds like a terrific wife. smile.gif

-a friend,
Cory

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Hi Walleye! Congrats again. I was wondering how your crew did over the weekend. Since you guys were in the bite on Pelican has been pretty good as Toad stated. Glad the spots worked out for you.

Jason Erlandson

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Thanks again guys for the spots. I wouldn't recommend fishing for loons. Although this one wasn't very big it really didn't put up much of a fight and I don't think there very good tasting (greasy like Bald Eagle). smile.gif We had such a great time it sounds like most involved wanted to head up next year for an anniversary special.

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