Hot Lures on LOW- Arnesens this weekend!!

[LARRYBIRD]

Headed up to Arnesens this weekend 3/27-3/30. Any hot lures I need to pick up this year before heading out to the sleeper for the weekend? Any help is greatly appreciated....Also, curious to know if the Perch bite has picked up at all in the last couple weeks?

[pushbutton]

Might want to check out the LOW forum for more info, but was up at arenesons last week and the best by far presentation was a hook or tungsten jig. It is not glamorous just sitting there staring at the set lines, but it at least caught fish. Every day can be different so bring up your box and see what works. As far as the perch, there were a few flurries, nothing to write home about, but the houses are not " on the reefs" either. Bottom thumping with a chain dropper was very effective when I knew they were there, but hard to know when they were there, and movement usually spooked the saugers. Did get some walleye near dark jigging. Best lure for them was a green pimple, but thats what was on when the first one bit, and not into changing what is not broken. Might want to pack some rubber boots, know of more than a few houses there that were completely surrounded by slush.....ours included....could not step a foot away from the house without busting through nor could step in the troughs to help land a fish. Overall action was decent , but a lot of small fish. Think this shot was from our first day....we had to fish hard for these though.........Good luck!

[LARRYBIRD]

Thanks for the note....I realized my mistake and posted in the LOW forum as well. Saturday is looking like we could hit 40 up there so it's gonna be a sloppy mess I'm sure. We've got a group of 4 headed up and we'll fish hard hopefully I can post some pics as well.

[buzbunni]

The age old axiom proves true for LOW: Bring any color...as long as it's gold .

I was up at LOW only 2x this year, and gold far outproduced any other color. Not sayin' you can't catch fish on other colors (we did), but gold (or gold/glo-red combo) were far the best producers. Eary in the season jigging outproduced dead sticking, but 2 weekends ago dead sticking outproduced jigging. Horizontal jigs saw more action than vertical (tear drop) jigs. Plain hooks picked up nothing. Nada. Weird.

After many years going to LOW with WAY too many lures, I finally pulled all my gold lures out and put them in a kit marked LOW. It's always good to bring a few other color options, but for my crew gold has been the ticket.

Many good (and well stocked) options are available at the bait/tackle shops near the lake.

Good luck!

[LARRYBIRD]

Thanks Del. I'm sure I'll start and end with gold, but I like asking the question because it seems like every year there is a new hot lure that everyone swears by. I haven't really seen anyone ranting and raving this year about any particular presentation. Thanks again!

[Cliff Wagenbach]

My best lure there this winter was a small gold Swedish Pimple with a single hook on it and a small minnow head for bait.

Cliff

[LARRYBIRD]

Thanks Cliff. I'll definitely give it a shot!

[WalleyeVision]

I fish a lot in the Arnesen's area and lately the best bite during the day has been the smallest presentation, either a bare pink or red hook w. live minnow or a small almost crappie size hook (color didn't seem to matter, but I'm partial to gold on LOW). In the earlier morning and late afternoon (2:00 and on) a red and pink buckshot or Rattelin Flyer has been the ticket. They have been leaving the bigger rattling jigs alone during the day, but when they decide it is time it seems to be almost all they want.

[LARRYBIRD]

WalleyeVision....Thanks for the breakdown. Thanks to everyone for the helpful feedback.