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stoych

06/04/2012 07:36PM

Looking for any fishing reports?\

Fishing lures catch more fisherman than fish!!

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Chilly

06/04/2012 07:41PM

Fishing was good

"Now days these kids take out everything: radar, sonar, electric toothbrushs" Quint

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Basspro69

06/04/2012 08:55PM

quote Chilly: "Fishing was good" WoW, very insightful Chilly, care to expand :-)

" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein.

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LazyLefty

06/04/2012 08:59PM

We had 5 days on brule beginning saturday 5-26. Series of cold fronts and high winds kept us in camp more than I liked. Got out monday and caught some dinner of a few smallies, perch, and walleye. Northerns bit too but all smaller. Walleye were biting at dusk on saddles between islands using leech and slip float. All smallies came on f-7 silver rapalas and 1/8 oz jigs. Perch was long lining lindy with a leech.

I think overall the fishing was good considering the time spent on water or more accurately time not spent on water...

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jb in the wild

06/04/2012 09:01PM

Fishing was vveerryy ggoooodd.

JB

You can't explain the obvious to the ignorant.

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friman001

06/04/2012 09:54PM

quote LazyLefty: "We had 5 days on brule beginning saturday 5-26. Series of cold fronts and high winds kept us in camp more than I liked. Got out monday and caught some dinner of a few smallies, perch, and walleye. Northerns bit too but all smaller. Walleye were biting at dusk on saddles between islands using leech and slip float. All smallies came on f-7 silver rapalas and 1/8 oz jigs. Perch was long lining lindy with a leech.

I think overall the fishing was good considering the time spent on water or more accurately time not spent on water..."

How do you use a slip float? Do you allow it to slide all the way down to the bait/hook? Or tie something to keep it up higher on the line?

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LazyLefty

06/05/2012 10:15AM

I usually use a small splitshot weight, holds it off the hook/bait and pulls the line through the float to fish at the depth I set the stop to.

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Wallidave

06/05/2012 10:42AM

How about water levels?

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bfurlow

06/05/2012 11:02AM

I am assuming that this is something small enough to go through the guides on your rod? Or do you just reel up to that point and cast from there? If so, doesn't that limit castability a bit?

Thanks!

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cooper

06/05/2012 11:05AM

They are called slip bobber stops. What they are is a small piece of rubber or string. The rubber ball has a hole in it and it is adjustable for how far your bait will go under the float. Same thing with the string. Do a search on here or google slip bobber fishing. mc

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MattHolman

06/05/2012 11:09AM

quote bfurlow: "I am assuming that this is something small enough to go through the guides on your rod? Or do you just reel up to that point and cast from there? If so, doesn't that limit castability a bit?

Thanks!

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It's called a bobber stop.

Cabelas, Gander etc all sell pre tied ones (though it's very simple to make your own.)

Doesn't affect casting too much and yes it goes through your guides

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bfurlow

06/05/2012 11:11AM

Thanks

Familiar with slip bobbers, just had not heard of someone using a split shot before.

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LazyLefty

06/05/2012 11:41AM

If you don't use a split shot how do you get your bait to sink and pull the line through the float? I sometimes use a jig head but when I feel the fish may be finicky I like to use a plain hook with the weight a ways up the line.

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outdooraddict

06/05/2012 11:59AM

Hammered walleye pitching jigs with leeches

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bfurlow

06/05/2012 12:57PM

Sorry!! Completely mis-read/misunderstood the previous posts. Went back and re-read and it makes sense now.

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LazyLefty

06/05/2012 02:19PM

quote outdooraddict: "Hammered walleye pitching jigs with leeches"

Any nice ones? Our biggest was 19.5" which was decent but I've never seen a truly massive walleye in person and would like to one day.

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CrookedPaddler1

06/05/2012 02:22PM

we had a great weekend! Just got back last night. Lots of smallies and largmouth -- northerns were a bit slow and the lake we were on does not have any walleyes. Also caught the biggest sunfish I have ever seen!

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Ingvald

06/05/2012 02:39PM

quote CrookedPaddler1: "we had a great weekend! Just got back last night. Lots of smallies and largmouth -- northerns were a bit slow and the lake we were on does not have any walleyes. Also caught the biggest sunfish I have ever seen!"
did it have teeth?

Honesty is my only excuse.

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GeoFisher

06/05/2012 04:04PM

Fishing for us was a little slower than normal. We were there May 25 - June 1.

I suspect the Cold front that pushed in while we were there pushed quite a few fish deeper. While we caught 40-50 fish a day, we had to grind for those. We did catch some quality fish, and I DEFINITELY think Crooked Lake is the BOMB.

Lots of beds were abandoned. I think that was because of the cold and also suspect they came back up Thurs/Fri of the week we had to leave.

The weather started getting better May 31/June 1. We didn't fish either days, as they were "travel" days.

Most fish were caught using tubes and jigs, but quite a few were also caught using soft jerkbaits too. We also caught quite a few on Swimbaits. My fishing Partner.........Bulin, he caught quite a few on a white grub.

Like I said, I think we were a little early, but I bet next year will be much better.

I cannot wait.

Later,

Geo

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outdooraddict

06/05/2012 05:02PM

quote LazyLefty: "quote outdooraddict: "Hammered walleye pitching jigs with leeches"

Any nice ones? Our biggest was 19.5" which was decent but I've never seen a truly massive walleye in person and would like to one day."

My buddy caught one that was around 24-25". I got to see a 31" that went 10lb 1 oz locally here, they.are crazy to see that big.

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