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OLY Community Regular

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Where is the best place to park. I have never fished the lake, but i am thinking of giving it a shot tommorrow night. Thanks

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Here's my pike...1/32 ounce jig and 3lb test, thorne bros sweetheart rod...you can still see the waxie in its mouth...

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There is parking all around the lake on either East Lake Harriet Parkway, or West Harriet Lake Blvd...

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cornfed

we were fishing inbetween 15-17 fow.We were just on the edge of a bar but our first spot was taken.

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i never thought i would see a pike come outta harriet!nice catch!

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That's a fun way to catch a pike!

I haven't seen a pike out of Harriet since I started fishing it four years ago. Wonder if the population is starting to rise a little bit or if you just caught one of the 14 pike in the lake. grin.gif

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I got one last summer that went almost 10 lbs. Nice fat pig. Only pike I've ever seen on it. we fish muskies there and one would think we'd run into some here and there.

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I'll be out there after work today. I think we're going to try the east side. The only two other times I've been on the lake is on the west side last month. If anyone else is out in that area, stop by and say hi. We'll have my black Shappell and my cousin's clam close to it.

Anyone other reports from the last week or two?

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Took my daughter out last night (Friday) for the "golden hour" no walleyes for the first time but got into some keeper sized crappies and one really nice perch (just shy of a pound) one other house on the lake have not seen it that empty in weeks. many must of found out what I did, that the walleye bite had slowed way down

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Lots of fun on Harriet tonight. We drilled holes in 12', 15' and 18'. We were able to use my buddy's new u/w camera so we took a look down.

Lots of healthy weeds at 12' and pretty thick so we moved out to 15'. As I dropped down the camera I saw a big snout just a couple of feet away. It happened pretty quick so I didn't think it could possibly be a fish, but I turned the camera back and there was a nice muskie staring at me! Absolutely incredible.

It was like viewing a shark in a tank. It was very curious of the camera (bluegill style), moving in and out and at one point it was just a couple of inches away from the camera, but it never tried to eat it.

Absolutely beautiful fish and quite thick. Guessing it was a lower 40" fish. We watched it for a good couple of minutes. We tried to take a picture of the screen, but then we lost him.

As for the 15' spot, on one side of the hole we had a weed edge and on the other side the weeds stopped and it turned to a gravel mix. We thought it'd be pretty good.

We hit the crappies pretty well, a couple of 9", but the rest were the typical 7-8" fish. Caught about 20. They started around 6pm, went cold from 7:10-7:30, then slow n steady until 8 which surprised me.

No walleyes which I thought was surprising since we were on a transition spot. Tried a variety of presentations for them, but no takers.

Fish wanted a green glow jig w/ either waxies or crappie minnows. A red glow jig caught only a couple. We were able to get most of those we saw on the flasher to bite. They would rise a good couple of feet to hit it.

What type of structure are the walleyes relating to? I thought we had a good spot and we had 23' of water fairly close by.

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Exactly the way it worked for me the other night can't find any walleys to save my life this week but couldn't miss them last week if you find them let me know

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All I know is that I have had a lot of fun on Harriet this year. I have been out there 6 different times and have caught a good number of fish each time out. When the temperature has been steady a few days in a row, there has been a very good perch bite. Little frostie spoons and waxies or a pink/white Delong jig and waxies. I haven't caught one over 10 inches but the action is fun on a Thorne Bros noodle rod.

Walleyes have been decent. The biggest I've gotten was a 22 incher. Other than that exception, nothing bigger than 12 inches.

I guess I have been surprised by the Crappies. The crappies seem to come in around 5:30 to 6:30pm. Not a lot of numbers but decent size. They have been taking my #3 swedish pimple with a minnow head.

I have fished the entire time on the west side just touching the weeds in 15 to 16 feet. My favorite part is it is only a 25 yard drag of my house to the spot. This is an inside turn. I have wanted to fish down by the beach because I have seen guys walking way out from the beach. Tough to leave my spot.

I have always been curious to know what the guys catch up by boat landing. It has to be sunnies but I don't know.

I'm in a Fish Trap Guide. A FMer stopped by a couple of weekends ago but I have forgotten his name. I hope to be out on the lake saturday or at least next week.

I have found a lake that has kind of cured from running to Mille Lacs every chance I get in the winter.

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Walleye71,

As far as the beach goes. I think most people up there are fishing for crappies. Its a pretty hammered spot. Not a bad location for muskies too. I'm sure the occasional walleye can be caught there as well. But like I said, mostly crappies. To be honest, unless you like the crowds, I'd just keep fishing where you are. Why move when it seems like you are enjoying your current spot....unless of course you're looking for company. Good luck out there.

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i fish the beach area sometimes and the two times ive been out this year i have'nt caught 1 crappie. all pearch and eyes's.fdr

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There are some very good spots off the beach - not right there, but on the south side, that have a lot of crappie, sunnies, perch & the standard small Harriet walleyes. "My" spot that I've been haunting for the past few years always holds at least a few of these, & there's rarely anyone within shouting distance, although the last time out I did see some holes drilled in the area. It appears that the south side gets a lot less pressure than the west/east sides points, which I've never ventured to. Any way you cut if Harriet's a nice lake in the middle of the city & can be a tough bite, too.

I have yet to crack the "nice" walleye bite out there, but I usually go to Harriet when I want to C&R a bunch of decent sized crappie. Maybe someday I'll put in some serious time out there to try to find the little buggers since everyone knows they're in there...somewhere.

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