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Sioux Narrows Report

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Was up in Sioux Narrows from the Dec 30 - Jan 3 for the laker opener.

Fished Yellow Girl on the 31st and picked up some slab crappies and did pretty well on walleyes. Even iced an accidental 6 lb laker. Ran into a big group of locals up there bringing in the new year. grin

For the opener we made a 25 mile run into a portage lake. In the first 5 minutes of fishing I broke a rod on the hookset, my dad got broke off, and I finally iced a 6 lb laker all in the same hole. Pretty exciting way to start the day haha. Ended up fishing 5 spots that day, my dad and I iced a total of 12 fish between 26 and 31 inches.

Big fish of the Day:

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The next 2 days we fished Whitefish Bay and didn't catch as many but got better size. The biggest of the trip was 33.5". Also iced and got broke off by a few pesky pike but nothing over 30". Met a CO from Kenora on our way back to camp and he came back to our cabin to check our fish to make sure everything was legal. Had a nice little chat with him and learned some new things about the area.

The theme of the trip was cold cold and more cold. Makes fishing and mobility a little more difficult but I was able to stay out of a portable for all but an hour of the trip and was able to stay mobile. Slush wasn't really a problem, it was definitely there but not enough to be an issue and no one ever got stuck in it. The ice on the other hand was a little spooky at times. I found 4" in 3 different spots we fished and 6" in many other spots. Some lakes up there will be like this all winter so BE CAREFUL!!

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I've caught trout, walleyes and perch in Yellowgirl but never crappies. One of the coolest experieces I ever had on the ice was there and we were feeding perch to an eagle. After a half hour he got pretty tame. Were you actually in Yellowgirl or up "the creek" in the narrows for the slabs?

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It was the first time any of us were ever in Yellowgirl so I'm not sure on where we caught the crappies. I do know we were just west of Adam's River Bay and north in a narrows so how you explain it does make sense. Does that sound right?

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