Alphid, Mykal you out there?

[bigeyes]

Just wondering if you guys have been out yet pulling sticks at night. Pretty early I know, but I am starting to get ready. Heard from a few folks that some fish are starting to go? Need the bottom to fall out on these temps real soon! Feel free to email me at [email protected] and we can compare notes. we all know much of the fall pattern is top secret info!

[Alphid]

I got out last night for a couple of hours and managed to get into some good fish. When you find the colors that they want, for us it was orange and black you could get some fish. We ended up switching colors for a while unitl we found the correct one and then it was fun. The size of the fish we caught were smaller than usual with teh biggest being about 20 and the shortest 16 1/4, Thrown back. The rain brought us off the lake early so that was too bad and I think if we got a little bit of moon light the fish would have been really going good.
Our second hit of the night was a rod breaker and I quickly set the hook. A couple seconds later my line breaks. I was a little upset with myself thinking that my line was frayed, didn't look like it but I figured it. A couple minutes later a hear a splash at the front of the boat, I look again and about a 40+ in miuskie is tail walking on the surface. Too bad but it was better than thinking a walleye broke you line.

Depth we where fishing was about 4-8 feet, rocks. Trolling about 1-1.7 mphs.

It was a fun first tme out there and I will be up there again this weekend.

Bigeyes, I will email you in a bit too.

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[bigeyes]

My kind of fisherman, sticking it out in the rain last night. Still waiting for my first night-ski on the pond, had one break off last year.

[Mykal]

Bigeyes, I will up on Saturday night with Mr Pike this weekend. I still need to mark a couple more bouys in the gps, but I will be out late night on Saturday scouting some of the usual haunts. Maybe we'll see you up there.

[bigeyes]

Sorry, no Milly this weekend, but you better hurry on the bouys the sherifs dpt. will be pulling them in the next couple weeks. I will be on a forest chicken hunt. I will be out hunting, probably walking 20 miles and probably no seeing a bird. It will be a pretty tough year again. Not near as fun as 4-5 years ago.

[dfv87]

Aphid Mykal & BigEyes,
I do quite a bit of night trolling with cranks and can relate very much. I have a 16' rebel with a 30 hp motor that trolls very vell on smaller lakes but have always been very shy about going on ML with it at night. My question would be, are there really good spots to crank where I would not have to venture far from a landing and feel like I am "at risk". I have all the lights spotlight and etc. but have also heard the stories of how the pond can be especially at night. If you have any spots to share and do not want to post them I understand if it helps you could Email me at [email protected] I appreciate any help.

[Mykal]

DFV87, Respect the Big Pond, yes, but don't let it keep you away from a night run. The good news is much of the Fall action is close to shore. There are MANY potential good spots. I don't know which one's are good yet as I haven't been out at night in a couple weeks. If you are going this weekend and we have a SW wind. Launch from Isle to Cove and you will be close to some prime rock reefs and shoreline, and out of the wind if needed. Let us know when your coming and we could at least get you started. Derek or Scott from Mille Lacs Guide Service is another great option. They run Fall night trips and REALLY know the lake. I am planning to set up a trip with them myself sometime.

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[dfv87]

thanks for the info, I will be trying this fall.