Tullibee fishing

[Fowlmouth]

I've never really targeted tullibee before and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. Like lures, bait, rod type, line weight and what kind of structure/depth to look in. Thanks!

[DTro]

Where? Mille Lacs Mud Flats

Gear? Typical Perch or Panfish

Lure? Anything Shiny, we had good luck last year with a siver or gold spoon with a short dropper rig full of euros.

Depth? About 30'

How? Jig aggressive to bring em in, and then finesse em

Here's a neat video I took last year with my 380 Marcum

[Fowlmouth]

Thanks for the info! I'm gonna be in the Aitkin area next weekend and thought i'd give them a try on Big Sandy.

[fishuhalik]

on bsl i've had good luck with diamond jigs and really small (like 1/62 oz) hair jigs with waxies, not euros. never done well with jigging spoons out there, although i have been proven wrong once or twice. right now can be tough out there but you might tag a few. be prepared to drill a couple hundred holes & just keep moving. there's several good areas scattered over the north end. start at the point that comes out from the channel that goes into aitkin lake and drill your way east. another good area is all the way down that north shoreline where the shore starts to go south again. when you see one on the flasher it'll probably move out before you get down to it, but fish that hole 10mins or so at the depth you saw the mark at before you move, sometimes it'll come back around. watch for em coming through anywhere from 10'-30' off bottom in 25'-35'. when you do get one to show interest, make em chase it 5' or so then stop & if they look & wont bite raise it another couple feet. repeat until they bite or swim away. also, look for a ton of weak interference down toards bottom. those are mayfly larvae and the tullies love em. if you see those you'll probably find tullies in that area, but usually the mayflies dont start coming up in force til late ice. another little tip for ya; when you do finally catch one (or a crappie) cut open its belly and see if you can find some mayfly larvae. they work awesome! hope that heps!

[Pooh]

I've never fished em in less than 60 FOW. Anywhere from a few feet off the bottom to a few feet under the ice. I run a hammered spoon with swivels above and below the spoon (helps keep line from twisting) and a dropper line of 12-18 inches and tie a small sunfishing jig to the end of that. Never fished thejm before the beginning of march either, but that doesnt mean u cant catch em.

[Chris Barlage]

they act a little different on bsl. I would stay away from spoons myself on that lake. Panfish jig and 1 wax worm will do the trick. 22 FOW

[TroutYammer]

Never been to that lake but here is a tip that works for me. Rather than pounding a million holes in the ice, tip your lure with berkley troutdough (don't know if panfish dough would work or not...never tried it). Once the Tullibees smell thr trout dough they will come to you out of curiousity - can take up to 10/20-minutes. Once they start showing up get rid of the trout dough (they don;t seem to bite on trout dough) and swicth to wax worms. This has worked for me many times. After the bite cools down in that location...move on and go bore a few holes somewhere else.