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catchin'whopper

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Yeah, what is up with the smallies? i will be up there too, just wondering if the bite is still on?

Chisago, nothing more special, some more bass, not a lot, the usual cookie cutters on baby 1-'s etc. shallows, 1-5 ft on shorelines with some weeds seemed to be best. talk later
-catchin'

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Anybody out there get a chance to chase some Smallies around this past weekend? Any specific lures or depths? I plan on heading up this friday and plan on staying around for the weekend. Any recent water temps to report? Any info on this would be great.
PS Alphid and cathchin'whopper how did your day end up at Chisago on Sunday??

Its good to be a part of the FM family!!!!

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Smallie action was OK for us this weekend we did not catch alot of fish only about 10 or so each day but the size was good, and i got one 21' man was that a hog. I'm starting to regret not mounting it, hopefully someone else will get it when it is really a slob.

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The water temp was 65 or Monday night. I was trolling for the walleyes. Nice night to be out there. fisher98, I will send you a PM with some hot spots for teose smallies.
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Dan Wood--

have you gotten out there to fish smallies during the day lately? If so how have you been geting them? And What section of the lake have you been fishing??? I plan on trying for some smallies at night this Friday, probably somewhere on the west side.

Thanks--fisher98

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TRZ--

what was the pattern you found??what section of the lake did you fish?? Any particluar lures or colors that did better than others? Did you see anyone fishing docks?

I plan on hitting it pretty hard this weekend, so i will hopefully has some good info to share on monday! Thanks for any info you can provide>>>

fisher98

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We hit shallow rock pile areas near vineland and the isle area. i use a live bait rig and my partner used topwater. some areas produced for me and others for him. I don't know how many times i have hit huge schools of slot walleye using livebait for smallie. I didn't see many others fishing for smallie.

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TRZ--

Thanks for the info---i will give you a full report on Monday describing our weekend...hopefully the Big Lake is calm this weekend---thanks again and we will chat with you on Monday!!!

fisher98

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fisher98,
No I haven't been up there lately. I'm planning for the next full moon timeframe - Oct.10th. Should be getting pretty good about now for those fat and sassy smallies!

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Fellas--

fishing this past weekend was tough....a lot of wind, wind, and more wind....on saturday we found fish on the east side of the lake off of points in water ranging from 3-6 feet.I used craw colored Norman cranks, and Baby 1-Minus...fish would crush it!! Water temps were 60-62...on sunday we fished in Wigwam Bay, out of the wind...we found about a dozen or so docks, and the fish would move up to feed and then retreat into the reeds....we threw pumpkin or watermelon colored tubes and craws....all the fish this weekend were very fat and big....also caught a 23 inch walleye on a crank, along with a few 'therns, and one small muskie....i expected the fishing to be a bit better than it was, but the quality of the fish were excellent...we just need a few calm days, and i think the fishing would be a little easier....see ya

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How late in the year can you expect to catch those smallies up shallow? Are they still in the 2-4ft rocks up until a certain water temp, like 50?

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