Weekend in Webster

[Avid Angler]

I got back yesterday after a 3 day run out in Webster. It was a very interesting weekend to say the least. I am glad we had snowmobiles. We ran into slush, white out conditions, wind and just about everthing a guy can get. Like always though, the fishing was very good. I caught the biggest perch of my life and so did my buddy. Mine was 13.25 inches and a 1 pound 3 ounces. His was 13.75 and 1 pound 9 ounces. I am going to put them together on the wall. We also got into some decent crappies. Most were 10 inches, but they were some of the healthiest crappies I have seen in awhile. We also got into some nice walleyes. They were in a range of 15 to 22 inches. We worked hard for our fish and it paid off. The sumo perch out there are incredible. The freshwater shrimp can really make panfish huge. I wish the lakes back home would have them. I think water quality plays a role in this.

Avid

[carpshooterdeluxe]

Glad you had a good trip. the fishing has been great if you can stay above the slush. We tried walking out off a public access on saturday, and with the portable weighed down with gear for 2 guys all it did was snowplow through the fresh powder, making it a biiatch to drag. ended up only fishing 50 yards from the access and didnt catch anything, but the guys stopping by on sleds had a good bite further out into the basin. I really wish i wouldn't have sold my ski-doo 2 winters ago...

[Avid Angler]

I probably ran into out there. We talked to quite a few guys.

Were you on the lake south of town?

[carpshooterdeluxe]

I wasn't that far north this weekend; fished Sinai saturday afternoon. I bet i know which lake you speak of and we killed em up there 2 days in a row. kept enough for a good fish fry and threw back some really really nice perch and crappie. the guys fishing right next to us only caught 1 fish though in the time we caught a limit of crappies the one afternoon. Gotta bring your A game!!!

[Avid Angler]

I hear you.

The crappies seemed finicky, but if you played with them enough they would go.

There were guys bragging about keeping limits weekend after weekend and days after days. I just shook my head. It seems like you run into this no matter where a guy fishes. We kept 30 crappies for the weekend for four guys. We could have easily kept our 8 limits if wanted, but took what we wanted to eat and a few to take home.

People don't get it. That is why fisheries are boom and bust.They talk about trying to prevent evasive species spreading, but I think the biggest threat to our fisheries are humans!!!

[engfish]

Avid, you said you were fishing south of Webster and catching crappies? Waubay has crappies and so does Pickerel, but I wasn't aware of anything south of town. If you did, great for you, and I certainly don't want you to name the lake or slough.

I fished in the Webster area at Christmas time before the big snows, and it was some of the best fishing I've ever had out there. I get weekly reports and know that the snow/slush has been awful since then, but I'm hoping to get back out there in early March.

[basssmasher*]

Just once I'd LOVE to get outthere and fish, but no clue where to go/start Someone need a fishing partner some weekend?

[carpshooterdeluxe]

Just once I'd LOVE to get outthere and fish, but no clue where to go/start Someone need a fishing partner some weekend?

I would meet up with ya but I'm more than likely done ice fishing for the season. I have to put some serious work in on the weekends before the snows start flying north again.

[basssmasher*]

Carp, i do have fridays off too.. not just sat-sunday if that would work 4 ya

[carpshooterdeluxe]

Carp, i do have fridays off too.. not just sat-sunday if that would work 4 ya

I wish! I would love to get up to the webster area lakes for one more shot at crappies and perch but its just not in the cards. Putting the ice gear away next weekend and getting out the white decoys.