Any Sawbill reports?

[krats]

I am going up to Sawbill Lake on June 8th for the first time. We are going to be staying at the Sawbill Outfitters camp ground.
Can anyone give me any background on the Lake or any of the portage lakes adjacent to Sawbill?
Thanks in advance.

[Mudcutter]

Stayed at the campground myself a couple times prior to bw trips. Nice place, quiet, conveinent, and has a small store that has about anything you forgot.
My first solo trip was to Burnt Lake. Two easy portages. One to Smoke, and the other to Burnt. Good fishing lake. Has smallies in it even thou the DNR report suggeests otherwise. Campsites are decent. Other than that--I know Sawbill is good fishing lake- especially the north end in the early and late part of the season. Know a little info on the Grace- Beth- Phoebe area. Where do you plan on heading??/
Keep your line tight.

[krats]

Thanks info. Mudcutter. All I know is we are just going to stay at the campground there and we are going to portage into Alton Lake. The guy that put the trip together has been up there a number of times and says the walleye fishing is excellent. What he says is we will spend most of our time slip bobber fishing.

[Mudcutter]

From what I hear--- Alton is excellent for pigs, not so hot in numbers. But that was a few years ago from my source. At Sawbill Outfitters Store at the campground, they have pictures of pigs caught outta Alton.
I'd fish those bobbers hard at night.
Keep your line tight.

[Fisher Dave]

I used to fish Sawbill and Alton a lot. Alton has never been good for numbers of walleyes for me, or anyone else I have encountered... but quality walleyes.. YES.. probably a 4 lb average over time. Sawbill is loaded with walleyes although the average size is smaller, but eaters can be picked out with the occasional nice fish... big smallies in Sawbill also, just not a ton of them. You can drift with a live bait rig and a leech or crawler just about anywhere on Sawbill, including near the campground and get into walleyes.

Alton is loaded with smallmouth of all shapes and sizes... the water can be gin-clear so jigs on deeper boulders can be a ton of fun.. many 100+ smallie days on Alton.

[krats]

Thanks Guys, I cannot wait until Thursday! I will post how we did after I get back next Sunday.

[knoppers]

was up there in 81, portaged into alton and a group of 2 were portaging back to sawbill, they had a stringer of walleyes, nothing less than 6 pounds, with the largest 10 pounds. they had at least 10 walleyes on the stringer.

now I know why catch and release is so important. now that I look back, what a$$holes.

we just paddled through to the next portage, on the way to phoebe, great trip, we caught some smallmouth going through atlon, but some good 2 to 3 pound eater walleyes on phoebe. good luck.

[This message has been edited by knoppers (edited 06-06-2004).]