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Fishing Reports for Minnesota Fishing-Archive
Name: Harry Upper_Red_LakeCookie: Was great to hear your personal story about your Grandmother, now I know where you values come from and why you are such a nice guy!! The road out of Hillmans was great, no pressure ridge at all!! We fished north of the pine tree on the left, in the same area as before. Fishing wasn't good but that is fishing!! We caught a bunch of small perch that we threw back and two nice walleyes that also went back in the lake. I talked with other people in that area and no one caught any. It was still a great day to be fishing, I was able to spend the day with my son and we were able to catch up with each others lives once again since he is in college, I don't get to see him very often any more. I just wish he could have met you, so he could have seen who I am talking about when I mention your name. Hopefully we can get up there one more time this winter and catch some slabs!! Harry Name: Deb Small_LakesI would like some info on Tulaby Lake, Elbow Lake (by Waubun), McCraney Lake, and Maple Lake (by Mentor). Looking primarily for fishing reports. Thanks for any help - Deb Name: Mikeoxlong Upper_Red_LakeA couple of my co-workers were up last weekend and did fair. They came back with 26 after fishing 6 hours. They talked to some others at Hudecs and found out where to go. If you ask around it can save a lot of driving for nothing. Name: Mikeoxlong Upper_Red_LakeA couple of my co-workers were up last weekend and did fair. They came back with 26 after fishing 6 hours. They talked to some others at Hudecs and found out where to go. If you ask around it can save a lot of driving for nothing. Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeI do not go by gps cordinances as there is no structure on the lake? I do go by landmarks and milage. We move around and try different areas, when we find fish thats where we set up. I have people that come here and try different areas if they do good I make mental notes of those spots. Some of the people I have had here are inconsiderate and I try and weed them out as I don't need the headaches. Please respect the lake and pick up your garbage, field stip your smokes, the butts do not belong on the ice the lake is not a ashtray.I hate liter and always pick up my share of other people trash. I have a butt can outside of my fishouse. It is there for a reason.IF we respect others we can all enjoy the lake.Will try and give detailed report tonight or tomorrow. Have a nice day COOKIE Name: grayfishers Leech_LakeHeard the "pout" festival was on.....drove up for a look and chance to catch some. Never fished the lake before,spent time looking for 10-12 ft of h2o. Hard to find. Found lots of deep water, beautiful ice... Caught 2 walleyes around 5:30pm. About 20 machines went by and ended the bite. Had fun. Will be back next yr. Plan on staying a couple of days....with a depth map of lake!!! Name: wade ClassifiedI have a PSE Mach 8 Bow, Valued at $850. I am looking to trade it for a vexilar or something similar. pLEASE, NO JUNK. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you Name: brandon johnson Classifiedi have a two 2 person ice shack. one is an ht and it is approximently 6x3 and a shappel that is 5x2 will sell both for 200 Name: Vexilar Lake_BemidjiBeen catching some nice perch on the big pond in bemidji, about 18 ft...evening bite has been the best Name: Bob Small_LakesHey I spent alot of time there as a kid. Looking for a phone number or address of the Viking Bay resort or Costellos. Plan on being back that way in June and would like to make a reservation. Can anyone help me out with this?? Much appreciated Name: Ludog Upper_Red_LakeHi Cookie, great reports from you daily. Was wondering if you could give me directions from Bemidji. Never have been up there before. Actually picking up my brother in law from Park Rapids and are coming up next weekend. Would really appreciate directions from Bemidji. Thanks--email me at lulill@mn.rr.com Name: Paul Upper_Red_LakeWhile I have not fished on Red yet this year (we are going up in March), I have fished it the last 3. My experience has been similar to the rumors about a nonexistant crappie bite during the day. Out of over 100 crappies that we have taken, only 2 came during the middle of the day. We have learned to concentrate on crappies during the late afternoon and evening hours. We spend the majority of the daytime hours fishing for big northerns which can really be a blast. If we are ambitious, we fish on Lake of the Woods early in the day for walleyes and fish for crappies later. LOW is about an hour farther north. Otherwise, we spend the majority of the day recovering from the night before. Name: BAOHUTCH Brainerd_AreaAny word or info on the crappie bite on Mitchell lake by Brainerd, any info would be GREAT ! Thanks. Name: Old PC Upper_Red_LakeGroup is going up for the first time. Any suggestions on location, and fishing times are greatly appreciated. Per some rumors (true or not) the day bite is nearly zero. Please advise. If possible, please send GPS coordinates to OLDPC@MN.RR.com. Promise not to re-dristribute. Thanks - Old PC Name: Shogren Whitefish_ChainWalleye fishing on Chain is starting to taper off.There is still some fish being caught on the humps out from Big Island. Try fishing the breaks with rainbows or shiners from 21 to 30 feet. Some fish are getting caught in shallow water at night, some in less than 10 feet. Crappies are still biting on Loon at night in 20 to 25 feet of water suspending off the bottom about 2 to 4 feet. Use glow jigs and watch your locator. Lake Trout and Walleye and huge Northern are being caught on Big Trout Lake. Fish center lake area and humps on west end of lake from 45 to 80 feet of water and be patient. Shiners seem to work best here. Only today and tommorow left so get out and give it a try. Good Luck! Name: Shogren Whitefish_ChainWalleye fishing on Chain is starting to taper off.There is still some fish being caught on the humps out from Big Island. Try fishing the breaks with rainbows or shiners from 21 to 30 feet. Some fish are getting caught in shallow water at night, some in less than 10 feet. Crappies are still biting on Loon at night in 20 to 25 feet of water suspending off the bottom about 2 to 4 feet. Use glow jigs and watch your locator. Lake Trout and Walleye and huge Northern are being caught on Big Trout Lake. Fish center lake area and humps on west end of lake from 45 to 80 feet of water and be patient. Shiners seem to work best here. Only today and tommorow left so get out and give it a try. Good Luck! Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeGlow red has been consistant all year for us. Thursday killed them on waxies, Friday the bite was lghter and they preferred minnows. The first crappie Wayne caught was all of 14 inches and he released it, we ended up with 25 and released 10 to 15 fish. Tim and Tammy caught 16, wild Bill,Phil and Stu caught 32 crappies they spread out Stu got 6, phil got 6 and Bill got 20. Bill had a good spot. Stu and Phil got 6 of theres out of Bills house. Will be heading to West wind to clean them a little later. The bite started about 5:30pm and lasted untell 8:30. JIm got his biggest one at 2:00am. Wayne caught the smallest one i've seen all year 7 inches. Cute little guy we let him go that was 8:30 am. We only caught 3 after sunrise but I was able to watch the sun come up which I always enjoy. Lady likes to fish you must be wise,look for stable weather. Have to go got company now and will be heading out on lake for coney dogs Ummm coney dogs. COOKIE Name: joe Lake_WinnibigoshishLast weekend my wife and I and another couple stopped in to Ben's Bait on our way up to Winnie. We were very pleased with Ben and his employees and how muched they helped us find the fish. Ben gave us a few different coordinates of where the fish were biting and to our surprise he put us right on the fish. We had a great weekend and for sure will stop there again on our way through. Oh, by the way the coupons for Rapids Tackle that are in WI Outdoor News are bogus. If you do the math, Ben's bait is cheaper at the beginning before you even have to use a coupon. I would recommend you stop in to Ben's and check it out. On our next trip we surely will. Name: FLfisherman Upper_Red_LakeComing up there next week and would like to know if there are any special colors or baits (minnows, waxies) which are working better. Anyone??? Name: ben Upper_Red_LakeI was up there on the 13th. four of us brought back 51. It was a great time. I will be returning soon. Name: Thrutheice Lake_of_the_WoodsGentelmen & ladies, Hints from this past erk of fishing at LOW... Fishing was the best we had this year {3rd trip} Went out of Morris Point Just because its only 3 bucks per person to use his road and bridge over pressure ridge... You can drive anywhere and this trip we only went out 1 1/2 miles aprox 30ft of water...ice is THICK need extension this time of year.... Fishing was like I said VERY good.. limits of decent walleyes 16-22 inches.. but the best part is the sauger were very nice also.. many 14-16 inchers....The bride and I fished the same 4 holes 3 strait days... didnt need to move in the "shallows" at all...You will still have to catch ALOT of the "cigar" type walleys and sauger, but just throw them back because the bigger ones are on the bite....HINT:..Bait of choice fatheads and anything that GLOWS.. tried many different types and styles of jigs.. but if it didnt glow bite % was way down....larger jigs worked best.. 3-6 inches off the bottom and jig every 10-15 sec.. seamed this trip to work best..Afortability:... We stayed at a local motel $35 bucks a night and bring your own portable, because you can drive anywhere this year...Hope this helps....Good Luck & Good Fishing....thrutheice Name: wildwing Upper_Red_LakeI wonder if some fishermen are blowing hot air up our a**'s about catching their limit in 15 min., and 100's of fish in one day. Heres a some words of wisdom......... "BEHOLD THE FISHERMAN"...HE GOETH FORTH FULL OF HOPE, AND WHEN THE DAY IS FAR SPENT, HE RETURNETH SMELLING OF STRONG DRINK,...AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM!
Name: lady likes to fish Upper_Red_LakeCookie,I didn't make it up on the 7th because of the wind. We are hoping to get up there soon. I hope you'll have a hot tip for that trip I read your coments and think your a great help to a lot of us that don't live closer to the lake. Thanks again and I'll contact you when we get to come up. Name: iceman Debatable_Issueshotrod yes this is normal. it all depends on the lake your fishing also. i've caught a 100 of them off of tipups i will usualy cathch them on deep reefs, with a sucker minnow. they sure do zip that line out!! Name: sully Detroit_Lakes_Fishinghow is the actual fishing on dertroit lakes Name: Scott McNamee Whitefish_ChainWelcome to the Whitefish Chain Fishing Reports Page! Name: Glen Upper_Red_LakeThanks Cookie I should be driving a new truck by next year! Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeGlen you should have no problem crossing over bridge ,go slow.. COOKIE Name: Glen Upper_Red_LakeDoes anyone know if it is possible to get a car over the pressure ridge? Thanks Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeJust waiting for Jim and Tammy,the sun is out,the temp is 10 degrees,the birds and chipmonks are feeding and chirping. I am anticapating a good bite, Time will tell. COOKIE Name: Mark Lake_SuperiorSue, I fish the St. Louis Bay for Walleye in the summer and know it well. What kind of info are you looking for? Mark Name: Shelly-Marie Lake_WinnibigoshishCatching Perch in about 34" (32" - 36") is probably the best depth. Had our limit in 3 days (2 people). Perch are hitting on the mayflies!!!! Can't wait to do it again. Went out off of High Banks Resort about 1.8 miles. No walleyes this time, but from previous fishing experiences, we know they are out there!!!! Stay safe out on the Ice and have a blast!!! Name: steven kehoe Upper_Red_Lakehey cookie the just talked to ya last week and didn't do very well whent out today on the north shore about 2.5 miles out and just absolutely killed them cought my limit in less than 15 min and had to have cought over a 100 fish lots of nice 18-26 inch walley too, Name: JERRY 1 Detroit_Lakes_FishingStill No Takers Ha! I told you Guys that the best lake in the Detroit Lakes is Nottage Lake For Nice Crappies But if you guys want to let me catch all the fish I will. Last Night 10 Smallest one 9.5" Biggest 13" From 6:00 to 8:00 PM Glow Jigs 3 feet off bottom, small Crappie Minnows Fish by train tracks (its the deepest part of the lake) ENJOY The fishing Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeJared, they say there is no structure on red lake it is a big bowl. Last year they did real well by the pressure ridge,is this upside down structure, is rough ice structure?don't no, the bottom of the lake looks like the moon to me is this suttle structure? Is there a transition zone? Good luck COOKIE Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeJarred, Name: Jared Upper_Red_LakeCOOKIE, i've been checking the red lake reports everyday for the last 4 weeks. I am coming up to URL sat., sun., mon., with my Father and mother. So far, you and Roger's are both saying to get away from the crowds and to go out quite-a-ways! It seems to me like you got all the tricks to landing on some good schools of fish and I was wondering if there were any last minute tips of advise you might be willing to give me. I am going off to college at the end of this year and this will be one of the last (full) weekends i'm gonna get to spend with my old man ice fishing. Any advice to make it a great weekend would be greatley appreciated.(please email) (j_ice8@hotmail.com) THANK YOU!!!, JARED Name: Jared Upper_Red_LakeCOOKIE, i've been checking the red lake reports everyday for the last 4 weeks. I am coming up to URL sat., sun., mon., with my Father and mother. So far, you and Roger's are both saying to get away from the crowds and to go out quite-a-ways! It seems to me like you got all the tricks to landing on some good schools of fish and I was wondering if there were any last minute tips of advise you might be willing to give me. I am going off to college at the end of this year and this will be one of the last (full) weekends i'm gonna get to spend with my old man ice fishing. Any advice to make it a great weekend would be greatley appreciated.(please email) (j_ice8@hotmail.com) THANK YOU!!!, JARED Name: Tuck-a-way Small_LakesLake Hattie - Tuck-a-way Resort Name: coneyking Upper_Red_Lakecookie, talked to wild bill this morning. sounds great up there. will be bring some coney for all of us. hope you are hungry.will arrive by 9am if not sooner.bringing my buddy jeff and his son jake you meet them early this year. sounds like fishing is picking up.cant wait to get there. stay safe my friend
Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeKevin, yes a extension is a good idea, Hillmens has been good for me this year,but anyone could be fine what ever you prefer. The West Wind has a state of the art fish cleaning shack 2 dollars per person can't beat it, thats where I go. I have not been to any of the other resorts cleaning facilities. COOKIE Name: Young Buck Leech_LakeDont cha know we got us tree of dem der kegs and lookin' fer tree tings, couple dem pout, bit of a buzz, good party. be darn if I didnt ferget da women. anyone tell me where to find dees tings. Name: Kevin Morlan Upper_Red_LakeCookie, first I would just like to say that I love your sight. I've been reading it for the last couple of weeks since I am coming up on Sunday and Monday the 16th and 17th. I was just wondering a couple things if anybody knows. Do I need an extension? What resort should I be driving out of? And is there a place for us to clean our fish? Since we will be staying in Bemidji. If anyone could help it would be great. E-mail: Guitars@cableone.net. Thank You Kevin Name: Adam Hagen Lake_of_the_WoodsHello all, I just have another quick question. How does tipping work up at most of the resorts at L.O.W. Is it better to tip right away or when the trip is all over? What if I'm staying for 3 days? Should I tip daily, at the end, or whenever they assist us? Just curious. Any information would be great. Also, what is an "average" or normal tip. Thanks again and good luck to all. Name: wade Small_LakesLooking for a vexilar or similar. I have a pse mach 8 bow with sight,rest and stabilizer. I want to trade this bow for flasher or for 300 cash. please email me at wadesmarine@aol.com Thanks and good fishing. Wade Name: ICEMAN Mille_LacsIF YOU WANT PERCH ON THE POND, GO DEEP 27-34 FEET OF WATER STAY MOBILE, PORTABLE OR WALK AROUND THE 30 HOLES YOU SOULD HAVE DRILLED, 5 MIN IN ONE HOLE WITH NO FISH MOVE!! SET UP BASE CAMP IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL YOUR HOLES WITH 1 SET LINE WITH A FATHEAD. THE OTHER YOU WALK FROM HOLE TO HOLE AND JIG. MANY LIMMITS OF PERCH THIS YEAR!! Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeWaiting for Wild Bill so I thought I would share some personel information with you. A guy name crazysonofsomthing ask some personel questions My father and grandmother were born and raised here.I have been coming to Red lake since I can remember,over 40 years,I have hunted north of here since I was 17 bowhunted here since I was 22. My father died in a car crash on his way home from Waskish when I was 18. My granmother passed away last year in April her name was olga Warren. There is a lake close to her old homstead that is named after my great grandfather. All I'm doing here is trying to carry on here legacy. Here is part of her obituary. Olga always welcomed visitors, her hospitality was second to none. She loved wild animals,especially bears. She had a passion for Red lake walleyes,wild blueberrys,and morel mushrooms. Many fishermen and hunters can attest to her open door and endless supply of Sweddish pancakes. That was the toughest thing i've ever wrote.I love and care more about Red lake then anyone can imagine. The fishing was great tonight see report below.
Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeTo all fishermen go out on the lake go out at least 4 miles find a spot, no where close to anyone. If you havn't landed a crappie by 6:30pm move to a new location away from anyone because now it is prime time . If you keep doing this you will find fish. Don't give up the fish were very hungrey tonight as they havn't been feeding for a week,they were attacking my waxies befor they got to the bottom. Please respect others space there is plenty of room for all of us. COOKIE Name: Corey Gunflint_TrailName: cookie Upper_Red_LakeMike my house is not open as I have company that weekend,and will be pulling it off the lake. Name: MARK Lake_WinnibigoshishLISTENED WITH INTEREST TO FISHING REPORTS OUT OF HIGHBANKS Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeBuck thanks for the report, to bad about the weather ,maybe next time the weather will cooperate. Basswacker, Fishing out of Hillmens ,Ray.Dennis.and Ted caught 12 crappies last night.1/2 dozen walleyes they released right away and many perch,so the bite may be picking up. I have had sucess on waxies but they seem to like atleast 3 on the jig with the last one covering the point and barb.Will be wetting a line myself and having dinner in the shack ummm pizza freash out of the oven. COOKIE Name: wp20 Lake_of_the_WoodsLOW-Zipple. Bring a vex and don't be afraid to try pulling the fish off the bottom. Water is clearer this year. Deeper the better during the day.
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