Comments on: Fish Tales

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:05:44 +0000

Thanks Jeff – we’re still trying. We were in Henby Bay & Foster hooked something big, but it jumped & lost the hook. We’re in the Bustards now, no nibbles last night but good day for fishing today I’ll grab one of my big spinners this morning and see what I can do!

By: Jeff Bateman / Katya Lookin

Jeff Bateman / Katya Lookin — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:29:14 +0000

Hello Susan:

Excellent catch – glad to see that all those casts finally paid off.

Try using a larger spinner with some bright colours in it – your in Northern Pike and walleye territory and you may just land a lunker.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:55:42 +0000

Great advice! I’ll try tonight with worms. We don’t have any minnows & not near any place with a store. I hesitated to get minnows before now because I don’t have a good way to keep them alive and hate to waste them.

By: Sami

Sami — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:49:25 +0000

Postcard Photos!

By: Mike Schucker

Mike Schucker — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:52:43 +0000

Glad I could help, Susan! And btw, that second one is a pretty nice sized smallmouth, they usually average 2-4 lbs (males are smaller than females), and from the looks of the one youve got there I’d guess that guy is around the 3 lb mark.

If you want to catch walleye, try using live minnows. Anchor in about 10′ of water just outside one of the shallow, weedy bays where you see lots of minnows, starting early dusk. Rig your gear with a sinker about 12″ above the hook, and hook the minnow through the mouth and back. Then just drop it down to the bottom, reel it back up a foot or so, and wait. Without a fishfinder to tell you depth and what kind of bottom there is (weedy, sandy, rocks, etc), it’ll be down to luck if you picked a good spot or not.