nov 1st, 2nd 2008 *OLD POST EDIT*
space inwaders 11/04/2008 - 00:53 Trip Reports
november 1st was a beautiful day, warm compared to recent days. After continuing some work on my autocross car, we decided to get outdoors for the afternoon. I had a few places in mind i wanted to check out.
We hiked around one place, found the river, it didnt look too promising, but we found a 10' or so waterfall.
We drove to another new-to-me place that i had wanted to visit for a while. Found a way down to the river, and found a really nice spot. After a while i had a serious fighter on, this was a long cast, just above current, and guess where it ran!
I had to move downstream to some slower water to land this fatty 20".
We had a couple more strikes and wrapped it up a little after dark.
We decided to hit my favorite walleye spot early am.
Suprisingly there was one other fisherman nearby. About a half hour into casting, she gets a strong fighter, and eventually lands a nice 21" walleye. Couple minutes later, and she has another on, but not as big. I estimated 14", but measured 18". Soon she has another one, approx 20".
I had no bites. I used "the lure" the night before and got the big smallie, so she was using it this morning. She was kind enough to let me try it out for a while, and not 5 mins later i hook into a nice one. After a good fight, pulling drag, i landed and measured 22".
This was amazing to me. We were using THE SAME lure, except the one i started with was a slightly different color.
We kept at it for another hour or so with no more takers. Left about 8am to get some breakfast. After breakfast we decided to visit another nearby spot and hike. We found a really good looking spot, but didn't find any hungry fish.
We drove to another place that i'd been trying to find for a while, found it! We ended up hiking about a mile to a big feature on the river.
It looked every bit as good as i had hoped, but wasnt very accessible w/o waders. We explored the bank a bit, and after fishing some really nice looking areas, a 16"x12" smallie nailed a floating rapala in a less likely spot.
We decided to head to the car, head home for some sleep, food, and guiness. On the way back to the car we stopped at a interesting looking spot. There was an underwater ledge, and i watched a smallie come out of nowhere behind the ledge up onto it and miss my lure. Then i casted to the same spot again and got him! about a 10"er. A few minutes later- the catch of the day bit her short fatty crank when i gave it a try!
We contemplated hitting the early AM again for monday nov3, but decided to try the afternoon instead, i was hoping the afternoon sun might warm the water and get them going. We arrived around 1530.
I saw my minnow fishin buddies there, and they were having a slow day but did catch a small musky. Within 10 minutes i had a NICE one on the line, this one took a few runs, pulling drag. At the end, 22".
She was casting the yo-zuri and not having luck, so we switched. The yo-zuri DID produce about 30 mins later. I hooked into a few smaller ones 14-18", skinny, and lost a nicer one. She also hooked a nice one, but lost it. I decided to tie on a larger lure. 2 more, ~ 20", but the last hour or so was dead, our legs were getting numb, so we headed in for a break, then decided to head for some soup instead.
This past weekend we didnt catch many fish, but definitely some quality fish!
its cold out there, but you'll get used to it, its worth going!
We hiked around one place, found the river, it didnt look too promising, but we found a 10' or so waterfall.
We drove to another new-to-me place that i had wanted to visit for a while. Found a way down to the river, and found a really nice spot. After a while i had a serious fighter on, this was a long cast, just above current, and guess where it ran!
I had to move downstream to some slower water to land this fatty 20".
We had a couple more strikes and wrapped it up a little after dark.
We decided to hit my favorite walleye spot early am.
Suprisingly there was one other fisherman nearby. About a half hour into casting, she gets a strong fighter, and eventually lands a nice 21" walleye. Couple minutes later, and she has another on, but not as big. I estimated 14", but measured 18". Soon she has another one, approx 20".
I had no bites. I used "the lure" the night before and got the big smallie, so she was using it this morning. She was kind enough to let me try it out for a while, and not 5 mins later i hook into a nice one. After a good fight, pulling drag, i landed and measured 22".
This was amazing to me. We were using THE SAME lure, except the one i started with was a slightly different color.
We kept at it for another hour or so with no more takers. Left about 8am to get some breakfast. After breakfast we decided to visit another nearby spot and hike. We found a really good looking spot, but didn't find any hungry fish.
We drove to another place that i'd been trying to find for a while, found it! We ended up hiking about a mile to a big feature on the river.
It looked every bit as good as i had hoped, but wasnt very accessible w/o waders. We explored the bank a bit, and after fishing some really nice looking areas, a 16"x12" smallie nailed a floating rapala in a less likely spot.
We decided to head to the car, head home for some sleep, food, and guiness. On the way back to the car we stopped at a interesting looking spot. There was an underwater ledge, and i watched a smallie come out of nowhere behind the ledge up onto it and miss my lure. Then i casted to the same spot again and got him! about a 10"er. A few minutes later- the catch of the day bit her short fatty crank when i gave it a try!
We contemplated hitting the early AM again for monday nov3, but decided to try the afternoon instead, i was hoping the afternoon sun might warm the water and get them going. We arrived around 1530.
I saw my minnow fishin buddies there, and they were having a slow day but did catch a small musky. Within 10 minutes i had a NICE one on the line, this one took a few runs, pulling drag. At the end, 22".
She was casting the yo-zuri and not having luck, so we switched. The yo-zuri DID produce about 30 mins later. I hooked into a few smaller ones 14-18", skinny, and lost a nicer one. She also hooked a nice one, but lost it. I decided to tie on a larger lure. 2 more, ~ 20", but the last hour or so was dead, our legs were getting numb, so we headed in for a break, then decided to head for some soup instead.
This past weekend we didnt catch many fish, but definitely some quality fish!
its cold out there, but you'll get used to it, its worth going!
