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Hi, I'll be coming up to fish long lake the middle of August, I was wondering if there was a guide service in the area. I haven't ever fished the lake before but am looking at hooking into some walleyes and musky. Hopefully not at the same time. Any info would be great. I haven't seen a whole lot of info for long lake but I'm hoping that its an OK lake, I did some research on it and seemed good at the time, but there hasn't been a whole lot of info on here about it. Also, any tips on the lake would be appreciated. I am hoping that my family decides to stay here for awhile. Most of them are golfers. I'd like to catch enough Walleye for a fish fry, but everything else is CPR. thanks in addvance.

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Hey trigger, I have a cabin on Long and been fishing it for about 10 yrs. No muskie in the lake but there is some good size gators. Lakes been slow but its warming up. Look for eyes' off most points between 12-18ft, lindy rigs with leeches have been working the best for me so far this yr. Good luck on a great lake...

Posted

hey trigger..

give delaney's a call. in park rapids. this guy jonah will put you on some fish. last time out with him, we boated 2 legal muskies, cpr'd. supposedly he's an even better walleye guide.

just bring extra smokes, cuz he'll bum 'em all nite.

good luck...

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hey trigger..

give delaney's a call. in park rapids. this guy jonah will put you on some fish. last time out with him, we boated 2 legal muskies, cpr'd. supposedly he's an even better walleye guide.

just bring extra smokes, cuz he'll bum 'em all nite.

good luck...


Jonah is MuskyBug85 here on the board he should be able help you out. We have had a cabin on the lake since before I was born and I still can't figure the fish out. Might have to get ahold of Jonah myself.

Posted

I would highly recommend Jason Durham of the Go-Fish Guide Services in the Park Rapids Lakes Area. He is the King of Fishing in the Area and if anyone can put you on fish it will be him. He is also one of the nicest guys you will ever meet and i guarantee you will have an excellent time.

Posted

My parents have a cabin on Long Lake. We always make a trip up there in mid-august to fish walleyes. We usually go out at 10pm-1am and troll the weed edges, and have had excellent results. The water is very clear and lots of deep water. I'm sure the locals have found them during the day, but we're usually tubing and water skiing. GOOD LUCK!

Posted

thanks for the recomendations guys, in the middle of august i would look at weed edges in 15 to 19 feet and run a jig/leech combo, lots of eater fish in long a you also have a great opertunity at hooking into a big dawg, i took a buddy ice fishing out there last winter and no more then 15 minutes into things he made a run to Pilgrims taxadermy with a walleye that went 10 and change. as far as guides go i would recomend my father, he has caught more walleyes on long then most people have ever heard about, Dick Winter of Dick's Fairly Reliable Guide Service, he has been guiding the park rapids area for 42 years and knows a thing or two about catching walleyes, Jonah

Posted

Hey, thanks for the info. Thats great. I'm used to the all night walleye fishing in August, we used to fish lake Plantangenet and it was the same, 10 to 1 am bite. Hopefully we can get some walleyes. I'll try and get in touch with a guide soon. The info is greatly appreciated. Long Lake looks promising and I really liked the Park Rapids area. Maybe this one will stick. Thanks again.

Posted

Long is one of the most/most populated lakes in the area, but if you can hold your own on the weed edge and put up with the pontoons and jetski's, the daytime is a great bite. I am more of a rigger with a crawler combo myself.

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i would recomend my father, he has caught more walleyes on long then most people have ever heard about, Dick Winter of Dick's Fairly Reliable Guide Service


And, just how would we go about contacting your father?

Posted

i can email you his phone #, i can't post it here because it violates forum policy. Thanks Jonah

Posted

Just got home from a 10 day trip at my cabin on Long. Had a good week with the Walleyes until the July 4th weekend. The lake was crazy with jetskis, tubers, and pontoons. It was a little crowded on the lake. Had some great battles with some Pike. They always are fun to fight to the boat. Was wondering how you did at Dakota Jonah?

Posted

Thanks Jonah. towtruk7 (at) yahoo.com

Posted

i never got back out but i am going out there tommorrow to check on things after the lake got trashed. glad to hear you did well. it was nce to meet you in person this week, Jonah

Posted

My brother and I have used Dick's services a couple of times. There is no denying that he knows the area lakes. The experience/insight that we gained was well worth it.

I wanted to know/learn more about specific lakes and Dick had all the history, etc. We now have a place on Belle Taine, so who would know more about that lake than Dick? Nobody.

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