Lake has turned to mud on this end. Walleye fishing has slowed, you have to go almost all the way to Newtown to escape the dirty water. Need to find new waters!
early summer
Core pumping station!
Went out for the second time to the core pumping station just off the Muddy river. They seem to pump on week days till 6 pm. Lots of fish around a good clear water with max depth around 10 ft. I managed 2 pike, a white bass and shiner using jigs and soft plastics. Need to try lindy spinner next time for eyes!
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Walleye still good
Good numbers of walleye still being caught out at lunds in 4-8 feet of water on lindys and worms or cranks. Went out Saturday and we got 3, 2 16 inch and a 22 inch fish. Rooke skunked me bad!
Late spring eyes
Walleye have been biting great the past week. Went out Thursday and got 5. All of the fish are shallow, 6-10 feet of water or even lesd. Got 3 of them on a yellow and silver clackin-rap but worms on lindys did well too. Weather has been really warm and water is pretty muddy but they don’t seem to mind. Surface temp was 60 degrees or more.
No pictures sorry.
Smelt run
Smelt started running on friday and should continue all week. I checked the muddy yesterday and saw nothing but was curious. Some big pike were also caught this week out at lunds, 19 lbers.
Also today is opening day of paddle fishing, will post more about that later.
Fishing for bass
Went out to Kota-Ray for some post spawn bass. As expected they were hanging under the cattail shelf that surrounds that lake. Did well using a Texas rig firetiger colored soft plastic crawfish. Also tried to catch some perch. Marked a bunch over the main lake flats but all I could catch were less than 6 inches. They may be eating mayfly hatches since they seem to be avoiding structure. Next time I will have to try minnows for the bigger ones. Have a minnow colored gulp bait a try, got a few hits but wasn’t able to hook one. I was using a surf style rig with the weight on the bottom and 2 hooks off the main line. Water temp was upper 60s but not crazy warm.
McLeod
Took the yak out to ray to fish McLeod for a first. Lake is real shallow north of the bridge but the south side is like one big pit that maxes out near 30. Water was warm at 70. Caught about a dozen 2 foot or less pike using a jig head and gulp minnow bait. Was looking for perch and walleye and marked a bunch at 9-10 feet right at the edge of the weeds. Only managed one bitter though on a slip bobber and worm but it was a huge perch. 13 inches long, if I could get a mess of them that would be great. It was bright and sunny and very calm, may have better luck on a cloudy day.
Hunting the perch.
Took the yak out for the first time this year to Kota-Ray. Was targeting yellow perch but only brought worms. Managed to find some at about 10 to 15 foot of water on the main lake point but couldn’t seem to catch any of any size. Trout were all over the surface but none caught. I also didn’t get any bass but didn’t really try. Weather was warm, in the 70s and sunny.