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Hey there Guys-

I will be up there this weekend. I was wondering about what types of structure the walleyes are being caught on. Are they still deep or has the weather improved enought to the point where they are being caught shallower? Are they moving out to the main lake areas or are they still hanging around the spawning areas? Also, is anyone having any luck with leeches or crawlers, or are minnows still the way to go? As always, thanks for your help.

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Hey Tyguy,
The bulk of the action continues to be in deep water (25 to 50ft). Points and
shoreline breaks that fall sharply into deep water and deep transition areas.

I did here a few repots of some shallow fish in the evening. Slip bobbers will most likly be the way to go, for that
shallow evening bite.

We are expecting temps in the low 30's
or even the high 20's tonight, what a
suprise, a major cold front just before
a long holiday weekend. smile.gif

Forget the crawlers, I haven't caught anything on leeches but I talked to a few guys that have. All my fish have
come on minnows mostly chubs and fats.

Have a safe trip, maybe I'll see you on the water! smile.gif

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Terry Sjoberg
Ace guide service.
Beautiful Lake Vermilion.
aceguideservice.com

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Hi Guideman (and Ty) - We were up for opener for 4 days and as we've all been reading, the bite was tough. We are coming back up Saturday for a whole week and we figured we might have great fishing by then. However,the local papers (Cities) are saying today that spawning is still not complete, even on local lakes. What is really happening in the lake? How are the water temps? They were 42 to 45 at opener. Any advice and news would be greatly appreciated. I do appreciate the bait info.

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Hi Guys,
The water temp this morning,after the cold front moved in, was 53 degrees in the Big Bay area.
The fish were still biting in the deeper water,29-36 feet, but we were unable to stay on them because of the 15-25 mph West winds.
Minnows are still the best bait. I have been getting a lot of hits on shiners but getting a hook into the fish has been a little difficult.
Rainbows and chubs are a little smaller and the hook-ups have been better,(but not as many hits)! If you can weed out the small shiners and use them you should do great!
Lindy Rigs have still been my rig of choice.
Cliff

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Cliff's Guide Service
CliffsGuideService-LakeVermilion.com
Lake Vermilion
Phone: (218) 753-2005

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