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Rice or Koronis?

NELS-BELLS

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I am hoping to get out and wet a line tomorrow afternoon/evening and I was wondering if anyone has been to either of these lakes recently. I was hoping to try for walleyes but I really don't care what bites. Is Rice still green with algae? Which of the two lakes would you fellow FM'rs recomend?
Thanks in advance.

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I haven't been out to Rice or Koronis for nearly 3 weeks. But historicly the bite is good on both this time of year. Rice is usually clearing up by now but it was still pretty green last time I was there.

One Rice the shiner run gets them going. Usually the East bay is good for this bite. Although I've done well pulling cranks on the flats in the evenings as well.

Koronis the bite can be fantasic. I usualy pull cranks over the remaining weeds in the evenings there. When the frog run starts it gets real good after dark very shallow.

After checking with a few guys sounds like the shallow bite is going on both lakes right now. Most are pulling cranks but some are casting/drifting a jig/minow combo.

Good Luck

Borch

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Thanks Borch for replying.
I decided to try Rice because of the strong winds out of the NW, I knew the west landing would be calm. I got there about 2:30 Fri. afternoon and fished until dark. I was forced to stay in the protected areas, out of the wind. I only managed one small walleye, a perch, and a decent sized smallie. (which were all released) I saw a couple of small walleyes caught by other boats. All of the fish that I caught and the fish I saw caught were in about 18 - 20' of water. The bite should only get better.

I'm not complaing though. It was still nice to be out in the boat and enjoying the colorful scenery rather then working. smile.gif

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Blooming still? The water quality issue is starting to worry me out there.

Paynesville Press reported a water test had it high in fecal content back in June. Wonder what's coming in from the Crow....

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I know there is a sewerage problem in the Crow river in some spots now. In Hutchinson theyve got warnings not even to fish in there now because of the high contaminits. You can tell by the water quality if its dark brown and stinks its not good. I would probably stay away from fishing lakes with the crow coming into it for a while.

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My brother went out on Saturday night on Rice and it was very slow. The lake has bloomed once again and things are pretty green. I was still up north working on deer stands so I wasn't able to make it out this weekend. I'm out of town again this coming weekend. Hope to make it out a bit during the week if my schedule and the weather copperates.

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What is interesting though is the difference between Rice and Koronis. Rice always blooms much harder than Koronis and they are in the same system within a mile of each other. That extra mile of swampy buffer might help but I'd guess there are other issues.

The water quality has been bad since the major June rains wash all those nutrients into the system. I've never seen it like this before. Usually it's cleared up by now.

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dfv87,

Drop me an email when you hit the pond. I'll be hitting at least one or two nights around full moon as well.

Borch

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Hey borch,
I also noticed that Koronis is soooo much deeper and has the "flats" to filter alot of the bad stuff, I think that also plays a major role in the difference.
We caught 4 eyes last sat night on Koronis with cranks and one was a solid 18" fish with another 16" and 2 little ones. Once again we hooked and lost another nice fish we didn't get to see. Will be heading to the pond on full moon and maybe Alexander by cushing this weekend. I let you know the results.
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Well I went out on Koronis last night. It was a bit slow although I did catch a few nice walleyes(14, 18, 21, 24 & 24") pulling cranks from 6:30 - 10:30 pm. Started the night real shallow without a bump(3-5 ft). There were a couple of shore fisherman and guys casting the shoreline. So maybe I wasn't shallow enough. Did get into my fish in 7-9 ft of water around the remain weed beds.

Just for your info the docks at the landing and the hazard bouys have been pulled for the season.

Good Luck if your able to get out.

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Borch,

Nice to hear you got out.

Kinda a crappy night on Thursday-rain & wind?

I haven't been fishing much lately--too darn busy. frown.gif

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Borch,

Nice to hear you got out.

Kinda a crappy night on Thursday-rain & wind?

I haven't been fishing much lately--too darn busy.
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Skeets I know what you mean. It had been nearly 3 weeks since my previous outing. That's just too long. I was beginning to twitch involuntarily. It won't be that long before I get out again. Plan on getting out a couple more times this next week.

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Well, here goes my report for Koronis. Fished today from 9-1, ended up with 2 eyes, 16 & 17 inchers.

Both fish came on fireball jig&fathead on the windy shoreline. No hits at all trolling cranks, I guess that might only be a evening/night bite.

Only saw one boat there, not too much action on the lake.

Still felt good to be out!!! grin.gif

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Well I've done very well on cranks in the afternoon other years on Koronis. But Last time out it was getting pretty dark by the time I started fishing.

I think I'll hit it again Saturday night. Unless Mille Lacs is on fire when I fish it Friday night.

Might as well go fishing as duck hunting has been very poor the past few weeks. frown.gif

Looks like I'll have an open seat whether it's Koronis or Mille Lacs if any one is interested. jeffonthewater at aol dot com

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