Getting sloppy as you can imagine. Season's pretty much wrapping up - but they were driving diesels on and permanents were all over the place. I was shocked. Fished it with a bunch of party animals this Fri-Sat. I relied on my snowmobile rather than drive around with the truck. Slow action in 20 FOW Friday. Got lucky the next day and found a bunch of active 14-17" walleyes in 12-14 FOW in front of some flooded trees. Forage minnow and waxies worked best - minnow heads too. They chased it up just like a perch. Tease them up 3' and wham. Great fun on light perch ...
Went fishing Saturday 10:00-5:00. Spent four hours trolling cranks, lindy rigging with crawlers/leeches, pitching cranks and paddle tails, and slip bobbering - without as much as a nibble. Just about to pull the pin and give up when I found a perch on an inside corner of some weeds. Stuck the Talon and worked the area patiently by pitching a green 1/8 ounce gumball jig tipped with bait. Eventually teased out three jumbos and six walleyes 18-25" along with several smaller eyes and perch. All the fish came on 8 lb nano, no fluorocarbon leader. Never ...
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