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jrwalleye Apprentice

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this will be my first trip up I would like to know what type of bait,lures etc. I should use for walleyes and smallies. THANKS

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jr - Well, your first trip to Ely and your first post on FM. I think you're on to something.

I haven't really fished the chain, so I can't be of much help. But, there have been many posts regarding these bodys of water and if you do a search on this site for White Iron, I'm guessing you'll get all kinds of hints.

Good luck and I'm sure you'll enjoy the heck out of the area.

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best bet is by the inlet. fish at the depth where you mark fish. will have to sort out the keepers. another good bet is a larger flat out from white iron beach resort. where are u staying and when? ill be up on white iron tues-sunday of this week

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It's pretty rocky, expect some snags, use the right tackle. On Whiteiron there is a waterfall/hidden stream of somesort that produced some bites. I got lucky near an island in the middle catchin' a walleye and caught the largest small mouth bass in my life on that lake. Watchout for underwater rocks that may bust your prop.

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were staying at timbertrail lodge on farm lake.I guess I will have to pull my boat out to get to whiteiron.Thanks guys for the info.we will be up there this sat till next sat.

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you won't have to pull your boat,you can travel into White Iron from Farm.We fished White Iron a few years ago.The 3 spots we did the best were around the bridge where White Iron dumps into Farm,where the river comes into White Iron at the south end of the lake and the main lake hump out front of White Iron Beach Resort.

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The hot bait right now is still leeches, with chubs coming in a close second. Not too many hits on crawlers right now.

We had some customers come in from Pipestone and they did quite well, mostly on leeches. Smallies were the best. They had a DeLiar scale and weighed in an almost 8 lb smallie and a 7 lb one too. Most of theirs were in the 2-4 pound range.

The walleyes they hit were also on leeches and an orange jig, not so deep in the lake anymore.

Their northern pike did well on some pike colored Rapalas and a tiger one too. The biggest pike was caught on a red/white spoon.

Of course this area isn't real close to the Farm Lake, etc chain, but they are all deep lakes for the most part.

I'm sure Bill at Timber Trail can put you on to the hot spots in the lakes nearby.

Have a great time! And bring your rainsuit! wink.gif

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