Any luck on Devil's lake?

[FishFreak75]

Im going up to devils lake in a few weeks and would love to hear if anyone has done good up there lately or if ever done good up there. i would also appreciate tips on where to go in the lake and what to use while im up there. dont spare me the details.

thanks

[hanronson]

FishFreak75...I went to Devils Lake 6/25-28 this year and did pretty good. We(6 of us) stayed at East Bay Campground and fished mostly around East Bay and Black Tiger Bay. We did the best with Firetiger crankbaits and slip bobbers and leeches in the trees. We totaled about 30 Walleyes, 6 Northerns and had a blast catching White Bass from the docks. When are you going? Good luck!

[MG - Fishin']

I heard the white bass are jumpin in the coolers like mad from a group of guys from St. Paul!! (Sorry I couldn't resit that one after reading the poacher post)
Well, time to play hooky here and bail for Gull Lake a little early than I had planned. Have a great weekend everyone!

[bigbucks]

We got back from there a week ago Saturday. We fished Tuesday, 6/28-7/3. The white bass were jumping on the jigs, but from shore, no bait just twister tails.

We fished almost totally in a boat, at the time I'm not so sure the shore fishermen weren't still outfishing us. Overall we didn't do great up there, but never made it as far as East Bay or Black Tiger. We went West to Minnewaukan Bay the day we probably should have gone East. We caught about 50 walleyes, basically for two guys, 20+ went back & we kept some fairly small ones, seemed like the locals were keeping them even smaller than we were. Also had 10 northerns from 2 1/2 - just under 5 pounds. Our biggest walleye was 22", the next biggest was 19" & we only had about 10 total that were 16"+. We didn't fish the trees enough, when we did we caught them on leeches & bobbers. If you fish trees, don't sit more than 10-15 minutes in a spot if you haven't caught anything. If you catch something decent, then give it a little more time. We caught them in the trees as shallow as 8' & some quite a bit deeper. When not in the trees 12-16' on crawlers & plain hooks or leeches & spinners was the best for us. We had zero luck on leeches & floating jig heads, not sure why, too much bloom maybe.

[smalls]

Hey big bucks,

Nice to see you caught some fish while in our neck of the woods. I hope you had a good time and were treated well by the locals.

smalls

[bigbucks]

smalls,

Just saw your post, thanks, yes the locals treated us fine. Most were pretty friendly & willing to provide some info.

[hanronson]

FishFreak75...How did you do at Devils Lake? You started this post and have yet to reply!