Waubay Report

[ifishsd]

Just got back from Waubay. Fished Jan.1 from 10am till 7pm and Jan 2nd from 8am till 3pm. Caught alot of 13-14 inch walleyes. I was able to get a limit of walleyes both days in the 15 inch size.(Remember limit is 2 walleyes)I had 8 perch on Jan.1 and only 2 perch on Jan.2.

Walleye bite was good from 5pm till 6:45pm on Jan.1. On jan.2 from 8am till 11:30am the bite was good for walleyes.

I fished on the north end in 25 feet on water.

[ricbak]

ifishsd, sounds like you had better luck than we did. We started out (jan. 1) on swan lake south of Webster and fished a couple hours with nothing, than after noon we headed up to waubay and fished from 2-7 and only iced a few small eye's. Than (Jan. 2) we started the day on waubay at 7am and fished till 1pm with the same results, under the slot fish. We came on waubay from the east and fished just outside of the BIG town of houses. We finished up the day down on cottonwood lake with some dandy northers in the 4lb to 8lb class, man it sure got cold and windy! Will have to try again in a few weeks. ricbak

[ifishsd]

As soon as the wind switched and started to blow the fishing just turned off.

[Try Too Fish]

Hi Ricbak
We were going to fish cottonwood last winter when i was out there.But it looked like the only access was the flooded road on the west side and that was snowed in.Is that the access you use? What end of the lake do you fish?
Thanks for any info

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[hawkeye43]

Hi ricbak We were on cottonwood on the same day. we had 11 people in our group, had a ball running tipups. we caught a lot of 3 to7 lbs fish. the boys will remeber it for a long time

[rod bender]

My brother and I just got back from Waubay and surrounding lakes tonight. Had a great trip. Here's our results:

Jan. 1 - 15 perch, 8 walleyes, 1 crappie
Jan. 2 - 20 perch, 5 walleyes, 2 crappies, 1 30" pike
Jan. 3 - 13 perch, 2 walleyes (only fished until 10:00

Hawkeye: Thanks for the info for the crappies on Enemy but the wind picked up and the temp dropped to zero. We did manage to get a couple of crappies and one walleye from the spot (I'm not sure we were on your spot, I'm still a little confused about that) but the bit was tough on the 2nd afternoon.

[ido26.2]

Went to Waubay fished the SE corner from 1-5:30 6 Eyes, no perch, first time I have caught any 11-13inchers, refreshing to see another year class other than the 14-15.75 class.

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[Rick]

Welcome aboard ido26.2

Thanks for the report.

[Reel Inn]

I to fished Waubay last week, limits of 8-10 in perch, once in awhile a 12-in. one. I fished 3-miles south of Grenville, 25 ft water. Bitter is better though for Walleyes when you can find them.

[perchjerk]

Hey Hawkeye,
I was wondering what and where to get the crappies to bite on Enemy Swim. I was there on 1/1 and seen a few but couldn't get them to bite. We were fishing in the weeds on the west end mostly fishing gills but could see some dandy crappies with them on the camera. Just curious.

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[hawkeye43]

we were in 22 ft of water. we came in on the swimming beach, around the point and toward the sunken inland. we found a spot there that had a hard bottom (20 ft) and mud line (22 ft) meet we had 12 that went 2 lbs +, the rest were 1.5, nice fish Rodbender, good to hear you did so well, i think we are going back up on the the 10 or 11th, this was way too much fun!!!!

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[perchjerk]

Thanks for the info. sounds like it would be worth looking for!! What were you using for bait? Can't wait to get back up there!!!!

[ricbak]

Try Too Fish, We came in on the north side of cottonwood lake and went to the west and fished off of a point. It was pretty good action with alot of fish missed on the tip-up's, believe it or not but the smelt outfished the live chub's and the young one's sure had fun running after the flag's! Will have to go after them again. ricbak

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[Try Too Fish]

Ricbak
Thanks Did you drive all the way too the lake with truck or 4 wheeler?The north road is a long one if we are talking about the same road!\you can email me at [email protected]
thanks

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[fishin5]

Fished south end of Waubay on 1/8 - 20 perch, 4 keeper eyes - buch of 14"ers by 10:30 am
Anyone ever fish the weeds on the north side of enemy swim? Caught some Gill monsters there last summer, wondering if there are any left