Sunday- Report

[Mr. Pike1]

I will keep it short. Went to little lake close to home that I have been having some success on. I got more bass then I could count but only an few in the 17" class everything else 12-15. Almost all were caught on number 0 Mepps aguila spinners with the silver blade and I added an exude 1" twister tail for effect. It was a blast as I had on 4lb test line and ultra light pole. I also got a quite few panfish mixed in.

The fun part of the story is I bumped into my neibor on the lake and he stated he had picked up a few walleyes on the weedline by a sandy beach like area. I decided I would pull a spinner and crawler and was getting hammered by 10-14" eyes. I decided to fish one small area and toss the Mimic minnow. Well I got into 20- 30 plus walleye with the largest going 22" I brought one home for my wife as she was craving walleye.

Great day on the water, hope others got out to enjoy !!!!!

[Captain B.R.K]

Your day truely was a success. You tried different things and walked away knowing more than what you did going onto the lake. Though anyday I can get on the lake is a success...catching fish and having fun is just a bonus!

I can't say I had success today though. Fished a lake my buddy and I have had great success on in the past and thought those postspawn blues were gone. Guessed wrong on that one. Did pick up one probably 3-4lb's and another one around 2lbs. My buddy did the same. Pretty slow for 5 hours between 2 guys.

Better luck next time!

[Mr. Pike1]

Capt. I am a multi-species angler and love to try new things every time out. I think it was Al Lindner that said the fish are always biting somewhere. My favorite fish recently has been the small mouth and that is followed by walleye and then the Large mouths. When fishing bass I usually target docks, rocks, timber, weed edges or other sturturess places. My go to's are sencko's and tubes. The three other baits that have produced and I would highly recommend this year are:

- The x-rap in perch or clown. This has worked for largemouth, smallmouth, walleye, and of course Mr. Pike as in the northern.

- The mepps Aguila spinners in silver or gold. The smaller the better. I have had great success on the 0 and 1's for bass and the panfish just kill them. I fish them plain or tip with tiny twister tail, other small plastics, of you could add some form of live bait.

- The mimic minnow to my surprise has been excellent. It produced 20 plus walleyes on the same one and some bass as well.

Things that are not working this year like they have in the past.

- Scum frog and larger bass spinner baits. They will continue to be tossed as I know there will be a day when they are the bait of choice. I just love it when the scum from is on some pads or other matty weed and the surface expludes with old bucket mouth from below.