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Location: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | Heading to Northern Minnesota on Wednesday. Weather forecast is for a BIG change. Lows in the 30's and highs in the 50's. I'm thinking it's going to turn the fish on or shut them down. Any bets/advice on which way it may go? Any suggestion on tactics with such a big change on big water? Fall is upon us… just didn't expect things to get that chilly that soon. Any input would be appreciated.
Can't wait to go even if I'm wearing my duck hunting clothing! |
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Location: Lino Lakes, MN | Be on the water early Wednesday and grind it out. Big fish will go.
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| I'm gonna bet the fishing is good if you have good boat control in the wind. |
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| I'd go shallow. If that didn't work, I'd go shallower. Little complexes, like the one patch of cabbage in the reeds. The three stems of cabbage on a gravel flat. The one boulder on a rock flat. I get nervous straying so far from the basin, until I see who's up so shallow. |
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Location: Eagan, MN | It's gonna rock. Unlike 'sconi fish, Leech Lake strain fish love a good, seasonally appropriate cold front. I'll be there!
Brian
Edited by BrianF. 9/8/2014 9:23 PM
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| The beginning of feed-bag season. I agree 100% with what Ebanezer has for a game plan. Love those shallow hot skis. |
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| i went out tonight moved three hot fish and lost 4!! including a Big girl at the boat. all in a two hour window on blades. going to cry my self to sleep. they were all on point and reefs that topped out at 10 feet |
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Location: Walker, MN | If I wasn't busy I'd be out there for sure, could be epic. |
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Location: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | Hope you are right! Thanks for the tips. I'll report how we did at the end of the week. No internet in the local will be in. Work won't be able to find me:)
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Location: MN | Kid had a giant miss a topwater in shallow sand today, and caught a beautiful 20 incher when he went back on the big one :), and his buddy got a 45, so a little bit of action while still prior to the heavy stuff hitting.
Edited by Propster 9/9/2014 8:11 PM
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| moved 4 tonight and got one in the boat 37" was a guys first he was pumped. got out after the wind hit. trolling motor died so had to try and drift the reefs. not good. got the small one trolling at 820 tonight\ |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | So.....how'd it go? |
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Location: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | We didn't get up until after the front blew in. It was very, very slow. Only saw a few fish. One in the weeds and a couple off the rocks. It was windy and very cold. Reports are that it will warm up this week. Still had a great time… just not great fishing. |
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| fishing has been slow for me, the last few days.
Cold front hurt the action, here on Vermilion, for me. |
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Location: Almond, WI | The leading edge did suck; however it got better as things progressed. I got 45.5 (Friday), 38.25 & 40 (Sat.) and 47.5 (Sun) all shallow on bucktails, with the 45.5 on a direction change 10' from the boat and the 40 on the 8. Had some follows but not a lot; for the most part you either saw nothing or fish literally inhaled the bait (I need to rebuild 2 bucktails, absolutely mangled). It was short windows, nothing for three hours then action for 30 minutes, then nothing again. What I noticed is most people were not fishing shallow enough. I was casting into 3 FOW, most other people were casting to 6 and not seeing anything, or trolling off the break and not getting rips. |
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