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| Any ideas of what to throw on Waconia this time of year?? Colors??
going up this weekend. 1st time
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Location: Minnesota | Kurt, I would try a super model off the deep edge. With the amount of rain we got the last couple days, no telling where they have moved to now.
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| Larger rubber or tolling cranks off the weed lines and reefs.
Agree with white color, have had some good luck with that. |
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| Thanks guys |
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| How did it go for you? I was out there yesterday and saw a few muskie boats. Had one follow, maybe a 30" fish. I would like to fish this lake and believe it to be okay, but looking at the metro tournament results and dnr lakefinder, seems like it was better around 2010. Minnetonka seems like the place to be now, especially with the recreational boaters gone now. |
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Location: Bloomington, MN | I was also out yesterday, and the water sure was clear. We saw two laying up on the reefs, one small and one over 45", and managed a 19.5" bass on a double 8. There was one of the largest flocks of coots I've ever seen on the west end of the lake. |
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Location: Minneconia | Sounds like you saw both fish in the lake Clark! |
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| Clark, awesome bass. I also managed a 19.5" bass that was blind in one eye and barley weighed 3 pounds. Came across a 34" northern too I thought was a muskie. I will be spending the rest of my fall at Indy and Tonka.. |
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Location: Bloomington, MN | I last fished Waconia for 3 days in early July and saw only 1 muskie (??46"ish), but we did get two nice northerns 36" & 35.5". I really enjoyed spending a half day for gills and crappies. I hope there is still a fishable population, but reports seem bleak. |
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| How did it go? |
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| When the coots show up it gets really tough out there. Imagine hundreds of big macs in front of you all day just sitting there ready to be eaten at will. They don't stay hungry very long this time of year.
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| People seem to be pretty hush-hush. I've noticed a lot fewer people on Tonka... |
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| tolle141 - 10/18/2017 1:13 PM
People seem to be pretty hush-hush. I've noticed a lot fewer people on Tonka...
Haha yep. Waconia is pretty choked full of muskie boats as of late. |
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Location: Bloomington, MN | I saw 2 other boats pitchin' baits on the gin clear pond, and yes I did see one incredibly cute 24" Spotted, and boated a pike. If the lake still had a good population, I'm thinking more may have been out. I pretty much know I couldn't catch a muskie in a closet, so I'm not the one to base how good the fishery is or isn't I will be back next year for the giils and crappies. |
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| Can't tell if I'm catching shoepacks or leechers out of here. An older gentleman caught a 52" 35 lb. Earlier in the month fishing for bass with a small 3 inch sucker minnow. Temps were 47. Saw a few other boats running and gunning, lake was very empty for a Saturday. |
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