Lake Gervais Tigers
ErockEsox
Posted 6/16/2015 4:37 PM (#772839)
Subject: Lake Gervais Tigers




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Anyone fish Gervais in the TC metro area? I'm making it a point to catch a tiger this year and that lake is quite convenient along with Johanna. Is Gervais worth hitting?

Any pointers on tactics for tigers versus pure strain that I am used to fishing?

Thanks,
Eric
MuskieFever
Posted 6/16/2015 8:30 PM (#772864 - in reply to #772839)
Subject: Re: Lake Gervais Tigers




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Location: Maplewood, MN
I live very close to the lake. Every year I say I'm going to target tigers, but then I feel like I'd be wasting a day that I could be fishing for pure strainers. That lake has changed a lot in the last 3 years. A lot of weed killer and fertilizer. Honestly, it looks like the black lagoon! Not much for a weedline and a lot of algae bloom. Used to be a good bass lake, now I struggle out there. Good luck if you go out there. Not a ton of structure, but you could work the entire lake in about 2 hours.
Nick59
Posted 6/17/2015 6:56 AM (#772893 - in reply to #772839)
Subject: Re: Lake Gervais Tigers





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Location: MN
Think I would skip Gervais.
White Bear has tigers.
burningdubs
Posted 6/17/2015 7:09 AM (#772895 - in reply to #772839)
Subject: Re: Lake Gervais Tigers




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I'd run to Elmo, not to far from the Gervais area.
Cloud7
Posted 6/17/2015 10:55 AM (#772929 - in reply to #772895)
Subject: Re: Lake Gervais Tigers





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Location: St Paul, Minnesota
Gervais is a great tiger lake and very easy to figure out. If fished and caught tigers on Elmo, Johanna, and Gervais and if the bite is on Gervais is a great time. I'll PM you.

-C7
TCESOX
Posted 6/17/2015 2:09 PM (#772957 - in reply to #772839)
Subject: Re: Lake Gervais Tigers





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I'm 10 blocks from Gervais, have fished it a lot. Plenty of 39" fish and smaller. Very few over, as the bass guys like to take them out as soon as they are legal.
MuskieFever
Posted 6/17/2015 2:47 PM (#772965 - in reply to #772893)
Subject: Re: Lake Gervais Tigers




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Location: Maplewood, MN
I think targeting tigers in WBL is a lot harder than gervais..
happy hooker
Posted 6/17/2015 6:38 PM (#772995 - in reply to #772965)
Subject: Re: Lake Gervais Tigers




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Gervais is good don't forget Johanna seems to have bigger ones,double bladed willow spinnerbait in chartreuse is about all I ever use on a tiger outing if you can find a CJ's small double willow hard to beat.
Also in that hood como park has huge tigers!!!!

Edited by happy hooker 6/17/2015 6:46 PM
mnmusky
Posted 6/17/2015 7:31 PM (#773003 - in reply to #772839)
Subject: RE: Lake Gervais Tigers




Curious if this is a tiger? caught a few that look like this over the years at Indy. I never bothered to count the jaw pores. all that looked like this were low to mid 40's.
I always assumed they were tigers but the lake is not known for them.


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Chuckin Baits
Posted 6/17/2015 8:01 PM (#773006 - in reply to #773003)
Subject: RE: Lake Gervais Tigers





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Location: La Crosse, WI
Definitely a tiger.
Nick59
Posted 6/18/2015 9:12 AM (#773078 - in reply to #772965)
Subject: Re: Lake Gervais Tigers





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Location: MN
MuskieFever - 6/17/2015 2:47 PM

I think targeting tigers in WBL is a lot harder than gervais..


That's all I can boat there. lol