Giant Eye's

[tbags]

Where is everyone's favorite body of water for the big gals. I like the Winnipeg in the spring myself, but am looking to venture out someplace else. Always nice to find new honey holes.

[Northlander]

You will never find out my big eye holes! Good try though.

I do want to get up to the Winapeg and Red this winter as well as Erie, Little bay Denoc and many others before too long.

Rainy river early spring bite can be very good for big fish.

[Flaco651]

Devils Lake

[topcat3820]

Definitely the Red for early and late ice. By all accounts, the Winnipeg at Pine Falls and Traverse is like the dead sea this year.

Here's some pics from last ice season.

Here's some from a couple of weeks ago which are still swimming... still undecided where to go ???

[Ed Carlson]

I completely agree with Topcat, the Red and the Peg Lake would be on my top pick list for sumo eye's.

[Coldwater Crappie Guy]

Nice "Green backs"!

[Boar]

Hey topcat I done the catfish at selkirk dam with nothing but dreams coming true. I've heard tell about the greenbacks an was wondering after youre post about where to start? I fish the rainy river spring an late fall do the same time frams apply? do the same tactics apply, Rainy is generaly a jig bite but lots of people run cranks, less fish but bigger fish. On the Red would a guy start looking from Stu Mckays down river. Any info would be great. Later boar

[topcat3820]

If you're looking at open water fishing for them, yeah, you've pretty much answered all your own questions. No real secrets, look for a whole bunch of boats downstream from Stu's and drop anchor near them or troll cranks in the same areas.

The best bite of the year is just about here, though. The river has really been making good ice for the last couple of days. My Vex is charging, rods are rigged... CAN'T WAIT . First and last ice is always the best IMO... nothing against the October bite, but now we can get in a nice, warm portable, not have to worry about guys dropping anchor in your boat when they see you land a biggun', etc.

Give Stu a call if you wanna' come up for some ice action, we'll probably start prospecting this week (barring a warm spell ).

Stu McKay

Cats On The Red

Red River, Lockport, Manitoba, CN

e-mail address: [email protected]

HSOforum: www.catsonthered.net

Phone: (204) 757-9876

[Boar]

Thank you for the info, With first Ice approaching what dose a guy look for, I've never fished river ice before, I suppose with very little current it should freeze quite healty with stable ice all over, do you guys get around on 4 wheeleer this early or do ya hoof it till thicker ice, I guesse what I'm after is, are the eyes spread out for the most part an poking hole anywhere is good or dose a guy look for the main channel of some deeper depression or large bowl for staging. When I was fishing for cats I did'nt have to leave the spill ways at the damm to catch fish so I really dont know the river, I'm not looking for a secrete spot just a little intel. on where a newbe should start looking for some pig walleyes. Thank you later boar