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BNelson
Posted 8/6/2017 7:29 PM (#873270 - in reply to #873269)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Location: Contrarian Island
I read just fine. Just sayin this year many guides and very good fishermen are not doing great. You might have a tough year if you went. You haven't gone this year so it's funny you comment how you think you can light them up... just sayin'...
Anything IS possible....weather trumps all.. anyone can get their ass handed to them if they hit the wrong week weather wise... good luck north.

Edited by BNelson 8/7/2017 1:00 PM
Nupe
Posted 8/7/2017 12:51 PM (#873354 - in reply to #873270)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?




Posts: 519


Location: Bloomington, IL
Couldn't agree more with...

BNelson - 8/6/2017 7:29 PM
Weather trumps all... anyone can get their ass handed to them if they hit the wrong week weather wise.

Edited by Nupe 8/7/2017 12:52 PM
flyingfish8604
Posted 8/7/2017 2:12 PM (#873363 - in reply to #873354)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?




Posts: 300


Got back Saturday from a week at Walsh's Bay Store. My wife and I had 80-90 fish to the boat, but only one made it to the net had 4 others hooked up, but most would just follow deep, and go round the 8 forever. That was the story of everyone at camp, no matter how close or far we'd run. Saw 4 or 5 over 50", and plenty in the mid 40's. For whatever reason, they simply just wouldn't eat.
BNelson
Posted 8/7/2017 2:20 PM (#873364 - in reply to #873363)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Location: Contrarian Island
we were up last week. My boat got 29..
4 over 50" to 52. 11 over 48. Not IAJustin 35+ numbers but not all bad we had very short feeding windows... some were like 30 minutes and then done.... key for us was to be on the spot on the spot when we thought one would fire... run and gun, cover water. burn gas, (600 +miles on the boat) and fish smart.. it worked for the most part... fish were finicky in the 8 for sure..but we got some big ones to eat in the 8. lost more 50s than I care to think about..


Edited by BNelson 8/7/2017 2:32 PM
short STRIKE
Posted 8/7/2017 3:15 PM (#873372 - in reply to #873364)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Posts: 470


Location: Blaine, MN
Every year when I get the privilege to go up for a week my numbers goal is 21. Sometimes I do better, and sometimes worse. Heading up Thursday Morning (8-10)... anyone having success with numbers or bigger fish in the Sab bay area? (Seems like the numbers of fish are there the last few years, but overall size is down). Plan to head West if the bigger fish just don't want to play in Sab. I will trade #'s for size any day.
jaultman
Posted 8/7/2017 3:33 PM (#873375 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?




Posts: 1828


I was really hoping BNelson would take up Justin on his bet.
BNelson
Posted 8/7/2017 3:36 PM (#873376 - in reply to #873375)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Location: Contrarian Island
if I knew the weather for his week I would... if he got socked with a nasty azz cold front dropping water temps for a week I imagine I might win the bet....

Edited by BNelson 8/7/2017 3:39 PM
musky1969
Posted 8/7/2017 4:42 PM (#873383 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?




Posts: 214


Well I will be at Baystore on the 11th and this is our 17th year there and 24th on the lake hope wife and I figure it out early in the trip but it always seems like a run and gun approach this time of year !
Darren
Dan Klis
Posted 8/7/2017 5:36 PM (#873386 - in reply to #873364)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?




Posts: 153


BNelson - 8/7/2017 2:20 PM

we were up last week. My boat got 29..
4 over 50" to 52. 11 over 48. Not IAJustin 35+ numbers but not all bad we had very short feeding windows... some were like 30 minutes and then done.... key for us was to be on the spot on the spot when we thought one would fire... run and gun, cover water. burn gas, (600 +miles on the boat) and fish smart.. it worked for the most part... fish were finicky in the 8 for sure..but we got some big ones to eat in the 8. lost more 50s than I care to think about..


Congrats on a great week. Makes me think there is still hope for the lake. Numbers like yours remind me of 15 to 20 years ago. This year for me has been so so.....
msky3
Posted 8/7/2017 6:31 PM (#873393 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Posts: 309


Location: Elgin IL
You can't compare numbers with Nelson/Waldera team. Nelson's run and gun and cherry picking only the best part of each structure and Waldera knowledge of the the lake is hard to beat. I will spend many hours on the lake more than most but these guys are insane. I was up the same week 20 in the boat 4 48-49s. I couldn't cut those guys off if I tried ....they're never in the same spot for more than 10min...lol

Edited by msky3 8/7/2017 7:30 PM
BNelson
Posted 8/7/2017 6:56 PM (#873395 - in reply to #873393)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Location: Contrarian Island
Believe it or not we even fished a lot of new spots to us both. Had 3 or 4 over 50 hit on new spots. But yah. Run n gun was the tactic. Why fish dead water!?

Congrats on a great week as well.

Edited by BNelson 8/7/2017 7:39 PM
Propster
Posted 8/8/2017 12:03 AM (#873411 - in reply to #873372)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?




Posts: 1901


Location: MN
short STRIKE - 8/7/2017 3:15 PM

Every year when I get the privilege to go up for a week my numbers goal is 21. Sometimes I do better, and sometimes worse. Heading up Thursday Morning (8-10)... anyone having success with numbers or bigger fish in the Sab bay area? (Seems like the numbers of fish are there the last few years, but overall size is down). Plan to head West if the bigger fish just don't want to play in Sab. I will trade #'s for size any day.


They're still here Geno. I'm up here with Billy Buechner right now. We've struggled for sure but Bill got a 51 today and pulled the bait away from another 50. We're at Tamarack Island.
VMS
Posted 8/8/2017 6:58 AM (#873424 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Posts: 3467


Location: Elk River, Minnesota
BNelson,

What part of the lake were you targeting?
BNelson
Posted 8/8/2017 7:06 AM (#873426 - in reply to #873424)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Location: Contrarian Island
we put on 650+ miles.. wasn't much of the lake we didn't fish except whitefish bay!
we moved fish everywhere... on every type of structure out there...

Edited by BNelson 8/8/2017 7:34 AM
cluelessfisherman
Posted 8/8/2017 12:27 PM (#873497 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?




Posts: 51


Location: Bemidji
I agree - weather can certainly shut it all down. I've had weeks with as little as 2 fish on nasty cold fronts.
However, the more time and experience you have up there and using the run & gun approach, you will put more & more fish in the net during your milkrun. Don't even think about the gas!

I always have a reasonable goal of 2 fish/day average for me personally over the week. Some days you get skunked, other days you get 5. I fish alone a lot, so I maybe work the spots a little slower than I would with a boat partner & several baits in the water. So I have to pick key locations during prime times. But, I'm not afraid to burn gas. The last two years have been my personal best number weeks with 21 last year & 23 this year during a July trip. They'd be a little higher if I had a net man those weeks! Lost some nice fish trying to get them into the bag or getting a hook caught outside the bag. Oh well - you win some & lose some...

Looking forward to 2 full weeks coming up the end of the month!!

Edited by cluelessfisherman 8/8/2017 5:01 PM
Dave T.
Posted 8/8/2017 3:48 PM (#873529 - in reply to #873426)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Posts: 512


BNelson - 8/8/2017 7:06 AM

we put on 650+ miles.. wasn't much of the lake we didn't fish except whitefish bay!
we moved fish everywhere... on every type of structure out there...


well that doesnt help us amateurs at all!

we need gps coordinates and baits used man!

BNelson
Posted 8/8/2017 3:51 PM (#873530 - in reply to #873529)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Location: Contrarian Island
bucktails and topwaters got 95% of the hits as always...but we threw them the most too!
VMS
Posted 8/8/2017 10:38 PM (#873587 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Posts: 3467


Location: Elk River, Minnesota
Dave,

It sounds like the lake is our coordinates... somewhere over by that rock..

I've never travelled anywhere near that much, but am considering a try a day or two...

Steve
Nershi
Posted 8/8/2017 11:12 PM (#873588 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?




Location: MN
BNelson, do you bring your own gas or purchase at the lake?

Just curious because we brought our own gas on a past trip (most of what we needed anyway) and the resort owner told us we can't bring it next year and must buy his. I thought that was pretty odd. Is that common up there? The lodging rates were very reasonable but the gas, not so much. Seemed like they were trying to make their money on the gas instead of lodging costs.

We ran a fair amount during the trip (nothing compared to you). The fuel cost would be outrageous if we didn't bring our own. My pockets aren't that deep.
Propster
Posted 8/9/2017 1:30 AM (#873595 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?




Posts: 1901


Location: MN
You need to stay at a different resort. Tamarack has no problem with you bringing your own gas.
BNelson
Posted 8/9/2017 8:29 AM (#873614 - in reply to #873595)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Location: Contrarian Island
I would agree, stay at a resort that doesn't mind. We spent about $550 each for gas for the week... which wasn't all bad for the miles we ran.

Edited by BNelson 8/9/2017 8:34 AM
msky3
Posted 8/9/2017 8:32 AM (#873615 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Posts: 309


Location: Elgin IL
It cost money to get the fuel to the resort and that would explain the higher cost
NathanH
Posted 8/9/2017 8:56 AM (#873624 - in reply to #873614)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Posts: 859


Location: MN
BNelson - 8/9/2017 8:29 AM

I would agree, stay at a resort that doesn't mind. We spent about $550 each for gas for the week... which wasn't all bad for the miles we ran.


are you bring all your fuel up with you?
BNelson
Posted 8/9/2017 9:02 AM (#873627 - in reply to #873624)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Location: Contrarian Island
No, we fill boat in morson a time or 2 and any resort that has it... gotta pay to play We are there a week a year... gas cost is the least of my worries.

Edited by BNelson 8/9/2017 9:14 AM
Dave T.
Posted 8/9/2017 10:06 AM (#873643 - in reply to #873530)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Posts: 512


BNelson - 8/8/2017 3:51 PM

bucktails and topwaters got 95% of the hits as always...but we threw them the most too! ;)


ha ya, i always wonder if thats why most fish are caught on them, because thats all people throw up there!

def will try some other baits this trip..
Dave T.
Posted 8/9/2017 10:09 AM (#873644 - in reply to #873587)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Posts: 512


VMS - 8/8/2017 10:38 PM

Dave,

It sounds like the lake is our coordinates... somewhere over by that rock..

I've never travelled anywhere near that much, but am considering a try a day or two...

Steve


ya i know, im still a little scared traveling too far, but i did the most traveling i ever have last year, and will do so again this year.. its fun, and it never looks far on the map, but it is!!

VMS
Posted 8/9/2017 6:38 PM (#873777 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Posts: 3467


Location: Elk River, Minnesota
I'll travel a bit, but I always feel that I'm passing up good spots.. I usually try to pick an area and learn it well and expand from there..

And yes... doesn't seem far on the map but once going it can take a while...

4 days to go!!

Steve
MuskyMidget
Posted 8/13/2017 9:55 PM (#874160 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?




Posts: 901


Frankly, I am embarrassed to admit this ... but I just got home today and was skunked on LOTW this past week for the first time in 17 years. It was my "bonus" trip this year with the girlfriend and her two kids. I was there on my normal trip 2 weeks ago.

I didn't spend nearly the amount of hours on this trip with her and the kids, but we did some serious fishing over the week and didn't put a musky in the boat. I fished the hour before and after moon rise and set all week (when it was during daylight hours) and literally had almost no activity. I was dumbfounded. Completely baffled. When I got there last Sunday night we saw fish at 3 out of 5 spots. I was so pumped that the fish were moving. Then it's like a switch was flipped. I bet we saw 10 fish or less all week. I didn't see a fish yesterday in 7 hours of fishing. I thought that was impossible. Although, the algae did get really bad on Friday, so the clarity had something to do with our potential of seeing fish Friday and Saturday.

The only fish we saw yesterday was my girlfriend's 10 year old had her first follow of her life.

I am not an early morning fisherman, and everyone we talked to in camp kept saying "you're missing out" by not going out by 7 am. I don't get up to go to work at 7 am, let alone to go fishing while on vacation

Edited by MuskyMidget 8/13/2017 9:57 PM
Propster
Posted 8/13/2017 10:55 PM (#874168 - in reply to #870386)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?




Posts: 1901


Location: MN
What part of the lake did you fish MM?
Musky Brian
Posted 8/14/2017 7:04 AM (#874180 - in reply to #874168)
Subject: Re: LOTW Reports?





Posts: 1767


Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin
Keith, how'd you guys end up doing ?
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