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| She's blowin like a hell out there... Hey KOMER I might be heading to Pulco's tonight, ya ought to give me a call. Nice job on those drakes....any suzies go down?? I admit I shot her...no excuses....broad daylight, my bro shot the drake and the brown ball swang in again to see what happened to MR. Greenhead and I couldnt let her go...they taste the same.
I am trying to get out fishin this week but I love to shoot waterfowl....whats a guy to do when his two hobbies collide. It's like I would go duck hunting but the muskie fishin is good....or I would go muskie fishin but I get two months to hunt ducks and they are migrating. Some unfortunate people will never have this dilemna, unfortunately I do (does that make sense?)
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| I still haven't been out in the metro latly. Gonna change that soon. Has anybody tried trolling for suspended fish out over the main basin,far away from structure, on White Bear?
From the reports it sounds like the 30 inch to maybe 40 inch fish are on the weedlines and shallow, so where's the big girls? Suspended...Hmmmm? I wonder! Just a thought. |
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| Fellas,
Went duck hunting instead of fighting the wind. Morris, I got 3 birds only you could be proud of!!! Hen gadwall, hen woody, and hen mallard. Forgot my glasses at home!
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| So will it be worth my time.. I will be home to visit my family during the MN Deer opener. I dont think I am going to hunt this year, but wouldnt mind driving up from Cannon Falls to see how the muskie action is going.
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| the metro fish are eating everything and anything you throw at them right now. you may find it a bit unchallenging. |
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| I would like to take the time to THANK all those who posted under the Metro Report this year. This has been a great area report and very educational.
By the way....this is the second biggest thread this site has ever seen![:bigsmile:]
Thanks guys for the great disscusion.[:)] |
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| Jason:
We're not done yet!! Any reports for this weekend? Water temps? Turnover? Presentations? I am going to give White Bear a try tomorrow (assuming it has turned over), or possibly Indy or Bald Eagle, depending on WB turnover. Keep this thread going--best time of the year is upon us!!
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| Eagle Lake Temps were 45 to 47, water pretty clear so I assume it turned several days ago. Saw four fish and had one hit and miss [:((] I have the next two days off and plan on fishing hard. Any word on Tonka or Independence Temps -- any action? Spent Friday on Mille Lacs temps ranged from 43 to 46, nothing going there -- but the Tulibees must be getting clost to spawning temps. |
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| Fished WB from 1-5 Sat. Didn't get a water temp, but it must be into the 40's and I've still seen no evidence of turnover. Water is pretty clear and weeds are still fairly green, although they are starting to go a little black, and no floating weeds or debris on the shorelines. There were several musky hunters out but I got no reports of fish. Most were either trolling the open water or fishing the weed flats/edges. I trolled for a while and didn't mark anything in less than 25', most of the bait seemed to be balled up on the bottom in 35'-45'. There were very few walleye fishermen, none were in the typical fall spots, and I didn't catch a single pike or bass - which is usually an automatic on WB - so I'm figuring everything must be really deep. I also casted the steep drop-off areas and deep weed edges with bulldawgs and depth raiders. I had one upper 30's fish go around the 8 about 3 times on a perch DR but didn't eat. Fish was in about 20-25' off the windy side of a very steep-dropping, well known bar. Classic fall spot.
Any reports on Baldy or Forest? Turnover?? etc.
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| Went out last night: It wasn't good, but it was cold!
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| Anything New.....
Is it froze yet? |
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| Not froze yet, haven't been out for two weeks due to hunting. Friends tell me they have been moving a few fish on the east metro lakes
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| Been fishing tonka ALOT lately. We've had fish (or chances) every day. Here's the pattern: Lots of dead time followed by 15-20min windows where it doesn't matter what your doing so long as the fish are there. Edges and off the edge is your best bet.
Had one shoot in from under the boat and scared the sh!t out of me!. I pulled it out of his mouth cuz I wasn't looking and got a shower. I fell back laughing so hard that I slapped the bait back the water and jerked it out again and only to get another shower from the same fish! I proceded to 8 and couldn't get him to go.
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| I'm moving fish but not having much luck putting them in the boat. Lost one on Sun and had a biggie up that didn't go. I'm concentrating on sharp breaks with rock/rubble - the classic fall spots. Mostly throwing crankbaits. The only way I've been moving fish is jerking a big Jake - treating it like a Suick - long hard pull ...pause, pull, pause... Yeah it's been cold but I'm hopeful that there's still a lot of fishing time left.
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| I am taking tomorrow afternoon off, and taking my son fishing. I was wondering if anyone has any news on Bald Eagle, or Forest?
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| Lance,
If you feel like taking a little drive, Lake Alexander near Camp Ripley off of Hwy 10 has been kicking out fish for us. It may be worth your time to check it out. Just a thought.
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| Wolf,
I would love to do that. Maybe next year. I only have 1 tow vehicle, and my wife needs it if she needs to go anywhere with the kids. I am going fishing during naptime for my 1 year old twins. I am taking my 7 year old, and I talked to a friend of mine who told me to skip Bald Eagle, and go fish White Bear. I hope that my wife takes a part time job for $25/hour doing some medical billing. If that happens I see a second vehicle capable of towing a boat in my future. Then I might be able to take a day and go to Alexander. Good luck this weekend.
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| Lance, I fished WB the last two Sundays and today (Thurs) - nada - it's been very slow for about 3 weeks. Got a 37" pike trolling the long sand bar at the south end. Spent most of my time throwing cranks on the steep breaks but no sign of skis. I heard of one 36" caught trolling the main basin, otherwise nothing. Don't know much about it, but if I had the time I'd try Forest.
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| Steve,
Thanks for the info. My son wants to try a different lake. I have taken him out on Forest, and Owasso this season. We didn't get any muskies on those trips so he doesn't want to go back to Forest yet. He wants to try another lake. Hopefully with the warm up, the fish will also warm up. I will fill out a report tonight on how we did this afternoon.
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| Hit White Bear today, and didn't get anything. A friend of mine got a 42, and had some lazy follows. I saw about a 2 footer cruising shallow on the way off the lake.
Lance |
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| Well guys I think that the season is winding down. !@#$$#@(*&^%$&*)_ pretty well sums it up for me! I was out on White Bear on Monday 11/4, for a couple of hours. Didn't catch anything or see anything, which seems about normal for this lake in the last couple of years. I haven't been out on White Bear since June, looks like I got the same results as then also.
So what is it about this lake? It's a classic Mesotrophic lake. The fish are there and some are very very big. But what do you have to do to put a fish in the boat? I guess I haven't been out on it this summer because of the poor results. I had kind of given up on it, seems a shame. I watched the posts on this thread hoping that some one would figure out a pattern but it seems like no one ever did. I used to think that night fishing was the answer, but that seems like it's not working either. I hope that next year is better than the last couple of years.
I'm begining to think that the solution is open water suspended trolling out over the main basin. I have tried that a limited amount of times but no go there either. If anyone is getting any fish out there,more power to them!
Even though I haven't had much to report on this thread this year, I want to say Thanks to all who have kept it going. We'll have to see how many pages we can get it up to next year! Oh how I hate the long COLD COLD WINTER! If it wasn't for Muskie fishing I would move south. |
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| Hi Mpls gang,
I got out with Treats on Friday, talked him into driving north that night for hunting opener, and we snuck in a short afternoon on Tonka.
Picture this: Treats gets a nice big strike. I reel in and grab the net. It's one of those Beckman's with the sliding handle. I hurry and get the handle positioned and on the first attempt the rim and net fall off! So I almost fall into the water grabbing the net part and reassemble, this time making sure the little buttong locks in place. Go to the other side where a frantic Treats has the fish under control, and immediately hook the lure on the rim of the net.
F&%^$CK!!!
We got her landed, finally, she was still kind of green but luckily was hooked very well in the corner of the mouth. snip, snip, a few photos nd she swam away strong. So Papa Joe's follies ended up NOT costing a decent fish, she was 43ish and FAT, easily 20lbs.
Just prior we had been pounding the same break, and saw lots of skis. I had 3 follows at one point in 4 casts (on a heavy Suick). The damn fish would just sit there and watch the figure 8s. Lots of other lazy follows and Treats' strike was actually pretty far from the boat.
Great afternoon, I landed a pike around 30ish, but no skis.
What a swell way to spend an afternoon, sure beat working the cubicle world downtown!!
Have great weekend kids,
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| Any reports for the metro area? Has anyone been catching anything on White Bear? With mid 40's forcasted for this week, and weekend I might try to get out one more time.
Lance |
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| Moved a couple of fish on Bulldawgs and 10" Jakes this Saturday on a way west metro lake.....hoping to hit it one more time this week.
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| 42, 37 boated today on Tonka. Had 5 follows and lost one fish @ boatside that just scared the crap out of me. This was a trophy Tonka fish!
Finally found them after seeing nothing for almost 2 weeks!
May be done for the year......... |
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| Tahoe...I was thinking about hitting Tonka tomorrow. Do you have any advice, or can you give any insight on what the fish might be doing. |
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| I'm done for the season. Was wondering what the biggest fish out of White Bear was this year, anyone know? |
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| The biggest fish I heard of on WB was a 50" caught in early June. I also saw a couple big (46-48"?), but not huge fish in June, then they pretty much disappeared. I got 1 40" and many mid-30's (all in Sept) but nothing to write home about. Fish were very active in early June but the water was super clear and not many eaters. July and Aug were pretty much terrible, Sept was good, then Oct and Nov has been slow again. Other area lakes were clearly much better this year but somehow I still like fishing WB - I just can't forget about the shamu I raised there last year.
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| MnsteveH. Would you happen to know if that 50" was released,or its approximate weight?
See the rest of you next year. I wonder how many pages we can make it? 9 has to bee some sort of record. |
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| I saw a picture of the 50" WB fish at Thorne Bros. no other info. It was not a very heavy fish, but it would have made my year.
Anybody still fishing? Weather was great last Fri/Sat and I know WB was still open but my wife insisted on shopping so I had kid duty. Looks like I'm done for the season.
Steve
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