Let the games begin...

[Deitz Dittrich]

My younger brother(though he really isn't young 27) has just started to get into fishing, he still has quite a bit to learn, but I think I am up to the challenge. We had a very fun day yesturday in the Chisago Lakes area. Boating well over 30 fish with probably 10 fish over 3 lbs. Largest just a hair over 4 lbs.

The point was, fish have started to move out to their summer haunts. This was the first time of the year where I had found numbers of fish on summer type spots. Trips before may have yeilded 1 fish maybe per spot where now the numbers are starting to show up!

So, let the summer bassin begin!

Good luck to all in the FishingMinnesota.com family the next time you hit the water!

[river rat316]

Whats the typical summer haunts for those lake greenies? slop? deep weedlines? Mid Lake humps? I am not that great at fishing lakes and would like to learn more this year, but who knows with the river dropping, I might not get any more time to fish the lakes!

[Deitz Dittrich]

RR- Slop, deep weedlines, deep water rock piles. The main thing is they have started to school in areas rather than roam!

[TurnUpTheFishing]

I noticed this last night too. My dad and I got our first double from a dock that sits on a nice drop off. My dad also hooked a 20" bass on the next dock and had another fish about the same size following it around. Also, we finally got into a good number of fish.

[EBass]

I caught 5 smallies off one piece of structure last night on pool 2. But don't smallies normally school all the time? Biggest was 18" and the smallest was 12". So wide year classes. It was fun for the short time it lastest.

[Matt Johnson]

So Deitz, who caught more fish? You or your brother? Is your brother good at pingpong?

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

[Deitz Dittrich]

bro is just starting out, and needs to perfect the hookset. He missed a few very nice fish that he had on for a little while then either jumped off or pulled off... So I did a little education on him... he's decent at pong.. but cant beat me...