What's Working For You Now?

[MuskyBug85]

yeppers i sure am, the chatue turned into a zorbas and the panfish and pike have been biting on the lower crow wings. Jonah

[jed]

class of '91 for me. great place and close to good fishing (and westwood). thanks for the help.

jed

[Go Ike]

Jonah, you have added life to this site. We all thank you for you sharing your knowledge to rest of us to become better fisherman. I am only 16 years old and I am becoming addicted to fishing, literally, I love it. I visit the Park Rapids Area about 2-3 times out of the year and there is no better place in the world. Every since I went guiding with Jason fishing has become another part of my life. thanks again.

Tyler

[MuskyBug85]

Ike my friend guys like you are the reason i joined this site, there are alot of younger guys just getting their feet wet in the sport and looking to this site to gain honest knowledge and know how that has no sponsor bias. i am glad that you are geeting into fishing and not some of the other things that alot of todays youth are, there is alot a guy can do with a fishing background. Thats how i got into college. Jonah

[Go Ike]

FYI, One of the colleges i'm most interested in is bemidji state so that way i'll be closer to paradise, usa. Maybe i'll see you up in the area sometime.

[Go Ike]

Have a friend who has a cabin on potato who caught a 7lber this last wednesday. He was fishing around some of the sunken islands. Can't wait to join him up there in august

[MuskyBug85]

Hey guys, all of you that still have a dad around remember to tell him how much you love him and thank him for introducing him to the great outdoors. I had a buddy loose his father not to long ago and he said something that has stuck with me. he said no matter what you will always be able to say "yeah my dad taught me that" out on the water. So this week take the time to tell your dad you love him and thank him for all that he gave you. I know its emotional but i think we loose site of the things that are really important in our live and focus on thing that bring us instant gratification. Thanks dad, Jonah.

[eagle]

Jonah,got a couple last Friday.Didn't have a chance to try again Sat or Sunday.Thanks for the help.

[MuskyBug85]

no worries i am glad it worked out for ya. Jonah

[GerrySchoolcraft]

I was up in the area over the weekend. Crawlers in the morning and leeches in the afternoon seemed to be the ticket. We did ok in the 12 to 16 foot again with the biggest being 27", picked up and moved to a diferent lake in the afternoon. ran into some big gills, 9 inchers on an "area lake" fishing for walleyes. I won't give up that secret cause big gills are getting harder to find.

[MuskyBug85]

Been leaving the walleyes and muskies alone due to hot water and not wanted to kill any fish. that means i have been out chasing those goofy green carp also know to most of the world as bass, a dirty four letter word i dont like to use. the smalllies have been doing well for me on potato with the best success coming on tubes and cranks fished on the rocks.

[Fishook]

We were in PR last week and I need some help. I bought a half pound of leeches, two dozen jumbos, and took up 5 doz crawlers in hopes of feeding some walleyes. Went through all that bait in 4 days due to the gills, perch and rock bass eating my bait before I could get it down. I was fishing jigs in 8-20 feet of water and depth did not matter. Tried slip bobbers and lindy rigs but same results. Had fun catching lots of fish but not what I was after. Short of trying a different lake, any ideas?

[cylinder]

That can certainly can be a problem. You can try Gulp worms or leeches, they stay on the hook a little better. The little baitstealers don't bother as much after dark-- that might be the only other option that I know of.

[hoffy]

I am coming up to Itasca State Park at the end of August.I want to catch Walleyes, what lake is best in the park, andwhere should I try and fish? Thanks

[archer59]

Nothing working for no one??

[CPR guy]

Fished several lakes this past weekend, caught walleyes with jig & minnow vertical jigging on steep drops in 24-60 foot deep. Largemouth & smallmouth bass in 3-18 feet on chatterbaits, tubes, 4" power minnows & x-raps. Bass were relating to downed timber & green vegetation. Water temperatures in lower 40's to upper 30's.

[river huntfish]

just wondering has anyone ever tried the new lure CHUBBY DARTERS.... Picked some up dont know how the work or what to catch

[NELS-BELLS]

It was a slow bite over the opener for us, but we managed to catch 5 eyes, some nice crappies, numerous hammer handles, and some good sized rock bass.

One 17" eye on Potato with a leech and the rest on Eagle with leeches. Didn't see many fish caught either. The Northerns we caught right on the edge of the reeds with a jig and minnow. The few crappies we caught were up in the weeds.

The water temp was 58 - 60 on Eagle, 10 degrees warmer than last year.

Nels