Hoffer Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Well...this year at least for us has been a tough one on Tonka chasing Norts! We have been out alot and have averaged maybe one flag an afternoon -which is way less than prior years fishing in the same areas.We went out on Sunday afternoon for about 3 hours and had 8 flags! which was a nice way to end the season.The funny thing is that we only have very small sucker minnows to use - because thats all the bait stores had available now. i mean these were small minnows - about the size I would use for walleye fishing. In fact, the very last flag - right at pitch dark when I was going to call it a day - produced a 35 inch 12 pound Nort - easily our biggest from tonka for awhile.I wonder if it was just coincidence with the smaller minnoes or what? Also, with these smaller minnows we were able to take the fish right away - because we knew they would be easily able to fit the whole minnow in their mouth. We did not miss a hook set - and we also hooked most of the fish right in the corner of the mouth. I do know this for sure...next year I am going to fish with both the real small suckers as well as those larger ones we usually use. Anyway, it was a nice way to end the season and all the fish including the 12 pounder are back in the water - waiting to be caught this Spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottle Fish Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Great story and very nice to hear they will be caught again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaco651 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Nice way to end the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishinChad Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I dont think its coincidence, I have found that the fish are wanting smaller minnows on Waconia also. A few times this year we have had pike hitting crappie minnows and snapping our lines even when we had a sucker and shiner down right next to it, hardly got a bite on the bigger minnows all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ec30_06 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Small shiners and suckers caught all my pike over 24" this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBuck Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Nice story Hoffer. Great way to end the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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