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| Come on PMTT boys spill the beans the tourney is over. | |
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| I don't know the winning pattern, and I find it funny that there are/were 83 viewers and no replies! Tight lipped folks :-) I do know the shallows were getting the snot pounded out of them, hint hint....? | |
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| Jason,
Keith and I didn't end up with any winning patterns. We fished our butts off and only came up with an undersized in the boat and a couple of lost fish. We caught tons of pike. I can honestly say I have never caught so many pike in my life in one day. Speed trolling spinnerbaits in 1 to 5 foot of water was producing pike like they were going out of style. We also managed to catch a couple of nice largemouth.
With 15,000 acres to run around on, we selected a couple of spots and just hammered them shallow, medium and deep. We covered the entire range. We saw plenty of fish but no pigs. It seems like those who happened across some big fish during pre-fishing lucked out because the weather was stable and the fish stayed in the general area.
I know Greg and Dave won the thing by fishing one single spot for the entire tournament. Dave caught a 45" and Greg lost a 30lber during pre-fishing on this spot. Nice shallow millfoil shelf with a quick drop into deep water. Dave got one of the fish on a burt and Greg got the other two on Squirkos (walleye pattern). I know of quite a few fish on Squrkos pre-fishing including a 46-1/2". Thier boat was in 12 to 18 feet working the millfoil flat back and forth. Obviously it worked for a cool $16,000 and first place!
The most consistent pattern I heard of was fish shallow (even 1 foot of water). If you found pockets of sand in the shallow water, you were generally running into some good fish. Casters definitely prevailed in this tournament. Big fish were caught on bucktails, topwaters, spinnerbaits and jerkbaits.
We certainly lucked out with the weather playing a role in keeping the pleasureboaters off of the lake. There were a couple of massive boats that went by, leaving four footers. I couldn't even imagine what the place would be like on a hot Summer day. I bet it puts the Fox Chain to shame with regards to boat traffic.
I can see Tonka being an excellent fishery in the Fall. The locals probably aren't so happy that Tonka is getting the noteriety right now. They had this awesome fishery to themselves. I think more people will be venturing to Tonka instead of Northern, WI. I know I will. Glad I have relatives within a short distance.
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Tonka.. So what was the winning patterns?