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Mr. Pike1

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The report on the South East side out of Stockys was poor. The ice conditions were 6-8 inches but could not find many Walleyes. We tried Deep and shallow. Where is the bite?

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Talked to a buddy yesterday that was out on the 6 Mile. They had 4 over 16 inches and lots under 10 inches. If you are seeing fish on your locator and they wont bite, its those dinks that are trying to figure out the best way to tackle a jigging spoon.

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Was also on the Se side this weekend went out of the Isle township access and fised the outside tip of Malone Island found the ice to be 8" to 10" never went much further out than the north end of graveyard. Not to much to report in the way of fish though had one 24" walleye at about 10 pm sat night and one jumbo perch earlier. Was in the sleeper house and I tend to become complacent and lazy when I get in there it's just like being in my living room. I did scout around a bit with little success. Oh well there is always next weekend to look forward to. And as always the fish are merely a bonus

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What a difference a year can make! fished all day friday and saturday. ended up with about 20 nice perch but we worked very hard, only got 1 pike with tip-ups out both days. last year i could have used a hot dog soaked in gas and got more pike! didn't fish a hole that didn't have YOY perch. it is going to be a long year with all that food. i wonder how far under our allotment we will be this year!

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Mr Pike 1 glad to see you are on the forum. Yes we did not find the biters. Did see one on the camera, and those little perch. This year will be very interesting with all I read out of the Mill Lacs Digest and the "deep water no mans land" netting surveys. There seems to be fish all over the lake. The problem is there is ample forage now as well. We will just have to find a pattern that works. That's what makes fishing interesting. This October/November fishing was very slow but we did manage to get fish in the boat on each outing by experimenting and sharing information, right Alphid and Catch'Whopper! By the way, thanks for grilling those brats and dogs on the ice for us on the ice Saturday night. That was a blast. Let's keep the reports coming and hopefully we will find a way to pull a few in.

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Mykal,
That was a pretty good time, no problem! Food makes the painful experience of waiting for fish go that much faster! Well, we can see what ends up happening over the next couple weeks, maybe the lookers will start biting. Sounds like the fishing has been tough for a lot of people out there. Might be heading out there in the coming week with vacation time arriving...

Tight lines!
Catchin'

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